“It is mostly of that Perpendicular Gothic which I suppose more mystically lifts the soul than any other form of architecture, and it is in a gracious harmony with itself through its lovely proportions; from the stems of its clustered column, the tracery of their fans spreads and delicately feels its way over the vaulted roof as if it were a living growth of something rooted in the earth beneath.” ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS QUOTED A. A.--Alexander Ansted F. B.--Frederic Bond J. E. B.--J. E. Bygate A. B. C.--A. B. Clifton A. C.-B.--A. Clutton-Brock J. C.-B.--J. Cavis-Brown H. C. C.--Hubert C. Corlette A. D.--Arthur Dimock C. D.--Charles Dickens, Jr. P. D.--Percy Dearmer P. H. D.--P. H. Ditchfield T. F. D.--Thomas Frognall Dibdin A. H. F.--A. Hugh Fisher E. A. F.--E. A. Freeman F. W. F.--F. W. Farrar W. H. F.--W. H. Fremantle H.--Hope C. H.--Cecil Hallet L. H.--Leigh Hunt W. H. H.--W. H. Hart A. F. K.--A. F. Kendrick G. W. K.--Dean Kitchin R. J. K.--Richard J. Knight L.--Dr. Luckock W. J. L.--W. J. Loftie M.--Dean Milman J. McC.--Justin McCarthy H. J. L. J. M.--H. J. L. J. Massé P.--Dean Patrick P.-C.--Dean Pury-Cust F. A. P.--F. A. Paley G. H. P.--G. H. Palmer J. H. P.--J. H. Parker T. P.--T. Perkins C. H. B. Q.--C. H. B. Quennell R.--Rickman F. and R.--Field and Routledge S.--Dean Spence A. P. S.--Dean Stanley E. F. S.--Edward F. Strange G. G. S.--G. G. Scott W. D. S.--W. D. Sweeting T.--Canon Talbot W.--Willis Wal.--Walcott A.-à-W.--Anthony-à-Wood C. W.--Winston E. W.--Edward Walford F. S. W.--F. S. Waller G. W.--Gleeson White Geo. W.--George Worley H. W.--Hartley Wither CONTENTS PAGE CANTERBURY 1 ROCHESTER 33 WINCHESTER 46 CHICHESTER 66 SALISBURY 76 EXETER 90 WELLS 107 BATH ABBEY 134 BRISTOL 140 GLOUCESTER 151 HEREFORD 174 WORCESTER 188 LICHFIELD 200 CHESTER 215