Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)
Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 135
The central tower, the largest in England, was built about 1260 by JohnRonianus the elder, treasurer of the cathedral, who enclosed the Norman piers inthe present many-shafted pillars. As William of Wykeham was at that time a gooddeal in York, and also a friend of the Archbishop, probably so… … THE CHOIR SCREEN. on one side of the central doorway, and eight on the other, containing statues ofthe Kings of England from the Conqueror to Henry VI. The iron gate was givenin the early part of last century by a Mrs. Mary Wandesford, a maiden lady, whotook brevet rank. She also endowed an old…
Cathedrals
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