How to Visit the English CathedralsSingleton, Esther
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How to Visit the English Cathedrals
Singleton, Esther
Cathedrals -- England
Lincoln: East Window 306
Southwell: North-west 307
Southwell: Chapter-House 316
Peterborough: West front 317
Peterborough: Choir, east 328
Peterborough: South 329
Ely: West Towers 336
Ely: Choir, east 337
Ely: East End and Lady-Chapel 346
Ely: Lady-Chapel 347
Norwich: East 356
Norwich: Choir 357
St. Albans: North 366
St. Albans: Nave, east 367
Oxford: Tower and Entrance 382
Oxford: Choir, east 383
Oxford: Latin Chapel 392
St. Paul’s: West front 393
St. Paul’s: Choir, east 414
St. Saviour’s, Southwark 415
St. Saviour’s, Southwark: Nave, east 424
Westminster Abbey: West front 425
Westminster Abbey: Poets’ Corner 432
Westminster Abbey: Choir, east 433
Westminster Abbey: Chapel and Shrine of
Edward the Confessor 436
Westminster Abbey: Henry VII.’s Chapel 437
Westminster Abbey: Cloisters 440
Westminster Abbey: South-west 441
CANTERBURY
DEDICATION: CHRIST CHURCH. FORMERLY THE CHURCH OF A BENEDICTINE
MONASTERY.
SPECIAL FEATURES: BECKET’S CROWN; DOOR OF CHAPTER-HOUSE; WEST
DOORWAY; CRYPT.
Canterbury Cathedral presents a beautiful effect when seen from a
distance, keeping watch over the city that lies in the valley of the
Stour, girdled by hills. On one of these hills stands the village of
Harbledown, the “Bob Up and Down,” where Chaucer’s Pilgrims halted, and
from which a charming view of the ancient Cathedral is to be enjoyed.
Another fine prospect is gained from St. Martin’s:
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