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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... ecclesiastical foundations . Some were the dwelling - places of Kings in days before England became one kingdom . Some have been for ages seats of commerce or manufactures ; their history is the history of burghers striving for and ...
... ecclesiastical foundations . Some were the dwelling - places of Kings in days before England became one kingdom . Some have been for ages seats of commerce or manufactures ; their history is the history of burghers striving for and ...
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... ecclesiastical pre - eminence of the cathedral church may be disputed by some other eccle- siastical building . The bishoprick and its church may be comparatively modern institutions , and they may be altogether eclipsed by some other ...
... ecclesiastical pre - eminence of the cathedral church may be disputed by some other eccle- siastical building . The bishoprick and its church may be comparatively modern institutions , and they may be altogether eclipsed by some other ...
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... ecclesiastical history ; the franchises of the borough were simply held as grants from the Bishop . It has its parochial church , a church stand- ing as high among the buildings of its own class B 2 CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WELLS . 3.
... ecclesiastical history ; the franchises of the borough were simply held as grants from the Bishop . It has its parochial church , a church stand- ing as high among the buildings of its own class B 2 CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WELLS . 3.
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... ecclesiastical interest comes in ; the most striking event connected with Wells in the story of Monmouth's rebellion is the mischief done to the cathedral , and the way in which further damage and desecration was hindered by Lord Grey ...
... ecclesiastical interest comes in ; the most striking event connected with Wells in the story of Monmouth's rebellion is the mischief done to the cathedral , and the way in which further damage and desecration was hindered by Lord Grey ...
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... ecclesiastical interest in one point of view surpasses that of every church in England , —I am strongly tempted to say , every church in Europe . The traveller who comes down the hill from Shepton Mallet looks down , as he draws near ...
... ecclesiastical interest in one point of view surpasses that of every church in England , —I am strongly tempted to say , every church in Europe . The traveller who comes down the hill from Shepton Mallet looks down , as he draws near ...
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Abbey Abbot ancient Anglia Sacra apse arches architectural bays became Bishop of Bath Bishop Robert Bishoprick building built called cathedral church central tower century changes Chapter Chapter-house choir church of Bath church of Saint clerestory clergy cloister College congé d'élire corporation Crown 8vo Dean Deanery diocese distinct Duduc duties Eadward eastern limb ecclesias ecclesiastical Edition England English episcopate estates Exeter Extra fcap fabric Fcap finished Gisa Gisa's Glastonbury Godwin height Hereford high altar Historiola Jocelin John of Tours King Lady chapel land lectures Lichfield Llandaff look minster monastery monastic monks nave Non-residentiary Canons offices Old Foundation palace POEMS Prebendaries prebends Precentor presbytery present priests Professor Willis Ralph of Shrewsbury refectory reign residence Residentiaries Romanesque Saint Andrew Salisbury secular canons Somersetshire style suppression thing tion transept Translated triforium vault Vicars west front West-Saxons western towers whole William Winchester
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