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 137
one stonework ofthe Saxon. But the interest of this most interesting place centres in an earthy moundjust under the site of the Norman high altar. And here let us pause. This is thespot hallowed for centuries as that upon which King Edwin was baptised, and wherehis head was brought home to be… … THE VESTRY. wooden hut was the beginning of York Minster, but over it rose a larger church ofstone, which Edwin did not live to finish. That task was accomplished about 642by Oswald, his successor. It was repaired by St. Wilfrid about 720, and destroyedby fire in 741, rebuilt by Egbert (732-766),…
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