The greater abbeys of England, with illustrations in colour after Warwick Goble (1908)
Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York ; Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 136
forsaken, writes Canon Dixon, the lamp of the altarof St Mary went out for ever, and in the desertedcloisters no sound was heard but the axe and hammerof those who came to cut away the lead, dash downthe bells, hew away the rafters and break in pieces thearches and pillars. Thus dismantled, the… … w < C/) WZ DiD yT Piw HO u w Furness Abbey sum of close on ^C^oo^ and bands of imported work-men were employed for a long time on the work ofwrecking the buildings. Also, says the official ac-count, paid to divers and sundry labourers and arti-ficers hired, as well for taking down of the lead of…
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