Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) CATHEDRAL CITIES OF ENGLAND [Illustration: CANTERBURY THE BAPTISTERY AND CHAPTER HOUSE] CATHEDRAL CITIES OF ENGLAND BY GEORGE GILBERT ILLUSTRATED BY W. W. COLLINS, R.I. [Illustration] NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1908 _Copyright, 1905_ BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY Published October, 1905 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY _Page_ 3 CANTERBURY " 17 DURHAM " 37 LICHFIELD " 58 OXFORD " 65 PETERBOROUGH " 80 ST. ALBANS " 91 WELLS " 102 WORCESTER " 118 CHICHESTER " 129 CHESTER " 139 ROCHESTER " 162 RIPON " 174 ELY " 183 GLOUCESTER " 202 HEREFORD " 224 LINCOLN " 235 BATH " 259 SALISBURY " 270 EXETER " 292 NORWICH " 315 LONDON " 337 YORK " 371 WINCHESTER " 397 WESTMINSTER " 414 ILLUSTRATIONS Canterbury, The Baptistery and Chapter House _Frontispiece_ " from the Meadows _Page_ 19 " Christchurch Gateway " 23 " Cathedral, Interior of the Nave " 27 " The Norman Stairway " 33 Durham, Framwellgate Bridge " 39 " from the Railway " 43 " Interior of Cathedral, looking across the Nave into South Transept " 47 " Elvet Bridge " 51 " Cathedral, the Western Towers " 55 Lichfield Cathedral. The West Front " 61 Oxford. Christ Church, Interior of Nave " 69 " " Gateway " 75 Peterborough Cathedral. The West Front " 83 " The Market Place " 87 St. Albans. The Cathedral from the Walls of Old Verulam " 95 Wells Cathedral and the Pools " 103 " The Cathedral from the Fields " 107 " The Ruins of the Banqueting Hall " 113