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Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey: A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & Ethelfleda — John Shaqi

Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey: A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & EthelfledaPerkins, Thomas, Rev.

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Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey: A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & Ethelfleda

Name: Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey: A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & Ethelfleda
Author: Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

Romsey Abbey

Abbesses, historical list of, 67-78.
  AElfgyfu (Emma), benefactress, 18.
  AElflaed, 16, 17.
  Aisles, 24, 48;
    north choir, 22, 28;
    south, 56.
  Ambulatory, 52.
  Apse, foundations of, 17.
  Apsidal chapels, 24, 34, 50, 59.

  Bells, 34.
  Berthon, Rev. E. L., 18, 24, 59.
  Brackley tomb, 50.
  Broke, Eliz., Abbess, 76.

  Capitals, carved, 48.
  Chantry of St. George destroyed, 22, 28.
  Choir rebuilt, 40.
  Christ Church, Oxford, 47.
  Church purchased by the people, 22, 78.
  Clerestory, 45.
  Corbel table, 30.

  Danes, destruction by, 18.
  Dimensions, 82.
  Doors, 32.

  Eadgyth (Queen Maud), 71.

  Font, 64.
  Foundation, 16.

  Horse-shoe arches, 52.

  Icthe, Joan, Abbess, 61.

  Kilpec, Isabella de, supposed effigy of, 60.

  Lawrence, St., Parish Church, 22, 28, 50.

  Mary, Abbess, 72.
  Monuments, 60-63.

  Nave, interior, 39.

  Organ, 60.

  Petty, Sir W., tomb of, 63.

  Relics, hair, 52;
    sundry, 53.
  Reredos, fourteenth-century, 51.
  Restoration, 24, 36.
  Robert, Earl of Gloucester, 48.
  Romsey Psalter, 53.
  ---- Rood, 32.
  Ryprose, E., last Abbess, 77.

  St. Barbe John, monument of, 60.
  Saxon carving, 56.
  Screen, choir, 59.
  Suppression of the nunnery, 77.

  Tomb of priest, 62;
    of unknown lady, 60.
  Tower, top, 24;
    interior, 49.
  Triforium, 44, 46.

  Vaults, 39, 48.

  West front, 29.
  Western (Early English) addition, 20, 43.
  Windows, east, 21, 28, 64;
    west, 63.




DIMENSIONS


Total length of church, including buttresses                263 feet.
      "           "     from outer faces of walls           256  "
Total width of nave and choir from outer faces of walls      86  "
Total length of transept: exterior                          140  "
      "           "       interior                          127  "
Length of nave, interior                                    165  "
      "   choir   "                                          54  "
Width of retro-choir, interior, east and west                15  "
      "  nave, interior, between centre of piers             39  "
      "  aisles, interior, from centre of piers to walls     18  "
Height of nave walls to wall plate                           70  "
Height of tower                                              93  "
Length and breadth of tower, interior                        28  "

    Total area                              21,470 square feet.




[Illustration: GROUND PLAN OF ROMSEY ABBEY CHURCH]

A Saxon Rood.
B Saxon Reredos.
C Effigy of Lady.
D Sir W. Petty's Monument.
E Choir Screen.
F Organ.
G Font.
H Abbess's Door.
J Nuns' Door.
K North Door.
L Clergy Vestry.
M Choir Vestry.

(The three western
bays are of
thirteenth-century
work).


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Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey: A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & Ethelfleda

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