PAGE CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE BUILDING 15 II. THE EXTERIOR 27 III. THE INTERIOR 39 IV. THE ABBESSES OF ROMSEY 67 VICARS OF ROMSEY 79 INDEX 81 DIMENSIONS OF THE ABBEY CHURCH 82 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE ROMSEY ABBEY FROM THE EAST _Frontispiece_ ABBESS'S SEAL _Title-page_ APSIDAL CHAPEL, SOUTH TRANSEPT 14 THE NAVE, LOOKING WEST 19 JUNCTION OF NORMAN AND EARLY ENGLISH WORK 21 VIEW FROM THE NORTH-WEST 23 THE ABBESS'S DOOR 26 THE WEST END AND SOUTH TRANSEPT 29 THE SOUTH TRANSEPT FROM THE WEST 31 THE SAXON ROOD 33 THE CHOIR, SOUTH SIDE 35 THE NAVE, NORTH SIDE 38 CYLINDRICAL PIER: NORTH NAVE ARCADE 40 THE CLERESTORY OF NAVE 41 EARLY ENGLISH BAYS OF THE NAVE 43 THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHOIR 44 TRIFORIUM ARCH IN THE NORTH TRANSEPT 45 THE INTERIOR FROM THE WEST 46 BASE OF A PIER IN THE NAVE 47 ARCADING IN THE TOWER 48 IN THE RINGERS' CHAMBER 49 THE WEST WALL OF NORTH TRANSEPT 50 THE NORTH CHOIR AISLE 51 THE AMBULATORY 52 THE SOUTH CHOIR AISLE 55 SAXON CARVING, SOUTH AISLE 56 THE NORTH-EAST ANGLE OF THE CROSSING 57 TOMB AND EFFIGY IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT 61 THE NORTH AISLE OF THE NAVE 63 THE SOUTH TRANSEPT 66 PIER IN THE NORTH NAVE ARCADE 73 PLAN _End_ [Illustration: APSIDAL CHAPEL, SOUTH TRANSEPT] ROMSEY ABBEY CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE BUILDING