The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone; (1886)
Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910 · Boston, Ticknor · leaf 265
hen the episcopal seats weremoved from small to larger places, this of Lichfield was trans-ferred to Chester. About a dozen years later it was movedto Coventry, and the title became Coventry and Lichfield,and the reverse after the restoration (1660). In earlier timesthere were severe dissensions… … LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL. LICHFIELD. 185 for its archives were destroyed in 1642 by certain imitators ofthe Mohammedans at Alexandria. Its ground plan shows theform of a cross, the east end of which is longer than the west-ern. According to Prof. Willis the existing edifice was prob-ably began about…
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