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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1891)

Lefroy, William Chambers · London : Seeley and Co., limited; New York, Macmillan & Co. · leaf 166

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to the originalwork of Abbot Alexander. The difference in thefilling-in of the vaulting would alone suggest this tothe most careless observer, but the masonry of thewalls of the latter part is still more noteworthy. 1 rule. Ill- (rater is shown as ii was before it- enlarge- it, and the original… … ill HI - -^vi -1^ s w H—■} Kirkstall and Roche 149 These are literally built, to a great extent, of stonecoffins, some of which have been filled up, whileothers are proved by various holes and fractures tobe hollow. It is by no means surprising to findhere and there in buildings of this period a…

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