History of the Cathedral Church of Wells: As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old FoundationMacmillan, 1870 - 200 pages |
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... carry their meaning at once . To others I am afraid that they may not suggest any very definite idea . But without a definite idea of them neither the general history of England nor the local history of Wells can be clearly understood ...
... carry their meaning at once . To others I am afraid that they may not suggest any very definite idea . But without a definite idea of them neither the general history of England nor the local history of Wells can be clearly understood ...
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... carried so far as it now is , is undoubtedly an abuse and an anomaly , and how it came about I shall show as I go on . You may also ask how it happened that the see of the Bishop of this diocese should have been placed at Wells rather ...
... carried so far as it now is , is undoubtedly an abuse and an anomaly , and how it came about I shall show as I go on . You may also ask how it happened that the see of the Bishop of this diocese should have been placed at Wells rather ...
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... carried the English frontier as far west as the boundary of Somersetshire goes now . ( 7 ) Neither of these places was well suited to be the centre of the diocese . Bridgewater , which is more central , was not built till some ages ...
... carried the English frontier as far west as the boundary of Somersetshire goes now . ( 7 ) Neither of these places was well suited to be the centre of the diocese . Bridgewater , which is more central , was not built till some ages ...
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... carried from the Axe to nearly the present limits of the shire . ) Taunton was a border fortress , newly raised against the gradually retreating but still often threatening Welsh . If the eye caught the hills of Devon or perhaps even ...
... carried from the Axe to nearly the present limits of the shire . ) Taunton was a border fortress , newly raised against the gradually retreating but still often threatening Welsh . If the eye caught the hills of Devon or perhaps even ...
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... carried his point for the time . He built a cloister , a refectory , and whatever other buildings were needed for his purpose , and made the Canons live after the Lotharingian fashion . As their chief officer he ap- pointed one Isaac ...
... carried his point for the time . He built a cloister , a refectory , and whatever other buildings were needed for his purpose , and made the Canons live after the Lotharingian fashion . As their chief officer he ap- pointed one Isaac ...
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Abbey Abbot ancient Anglia Sacra apse arches architectural bays Bishop of Bath Bishop Robert Bishoprick body building built called capitular cathedral cathedral church central tower century changes Chapter Chapter-house choir church of Saint clergy cloister College corporation Crown 8vo Dean Deanery diocese Duduc duties east end eastern limb ecclesiæ ecclesiastical Edward election England English estates Exeter Extra fcap fabric Fcap finished Gisa Gisa's Glastonbury Godwin Henry Hereford high altar Historiola Jocelin John of Tours King Lady chapel land lectures Lichfield Llandaff look minster monastery Monasticon monks nave non-residentiary Canons offices Old Foundation palace POEMS Pope Prebendaries prebends Precentor presbytery present priests Professor Willis Ralph of Shrewsbury reign residence Residentiaries Robert Burnell Romanesque Saint Andrew Saint David's Salisbury secular canons Somersetshire style suppressed thing transept Translated vault Vicars west front western towers whole William William of Malmesbury Winchester
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