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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... it seemed needless to give any mere picturesque views of a building of which engravings and photographs are so common . SOMERLEAZE , WELLS , May 18th , 1870 . LIST OF BISHOPS . BISHOPS OF SOMERSETSHIRE OR WELLS . PREFACE . xi.
... it seemed needless to give any mere picturesque views of a building of which engravings and photographs are so common . SOMERLEAZE , WELLS , May 18th , 1870 . LIST OF BISHOPS . BISHOPS OF SOMERSETSHIRE OR WELLS . PREFACE . xi.
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... SOMERSETSHIRE OR WELLS . Consecration . Death or Translation . Æthelhelm · 909 914 ( 1 ) Wulfhelm 914 923 ( 1 ) Ælfheah . 923 937 ? Wulfhelm 938 955 ? Brihthelm 956 973 Cyneward 973 975 Sigar 975 997 Elfwine . 997 998 ? Lyfing 999 1012 ...
... SOMERSETSHIRE OR WELLS . Consecration . Death or Translation . Æthelhelm · 909 914 ( 1 ) Wulfhelm 914 923 ( 1 ) Ælfheah . 923 937 ? Wulfhelm 938 955 ? Brihthelm 956 973 Cyneward 973 975 Sigar 975 997 Elfwine . 997 998 ? Lyfing 999 1012 ...
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... Somersetshire takes its name . Now the Bishoprick of the Sumorsætas was not one of the oldest Bishopricks , one of those which were founded at the first preaching of the Gospel in England . When Augustine came to Britain in 597 , only a ...
... Somersetshire takes its name . Now the Bishoprick of the Sumorsætas was not one of the oldest Bishopricks , one of those which were founded at the first preaching of the Gospel in England . When Augustine came to Britain in 597 , only a ...
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... Somersetshire was English at all ; the Welsh of Cornwall still held all the land from the Land's End to the Axe . Thus Wells , if Wells existed , was within the Welsh border , though Wookey was within the English border . When the West ...
... Somersetshire was English at all ; the Welsh of Cornwall still held all the land from the Land's End to the Axe . Thus Wells , if Wells existed , was within the Welsh border , though Wookey was within the English border . When the West ...
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... 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 later . Glastonbury , which is more central still , could not ...
... 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 later . Glastonbury , which is more central still , could not ...
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