A very interesting discovery was made here during the alterations a few years ago, and that is the remains of the actual original Saxon church which was sacked by the Danes, rebuilt by Bishop Ethelwold and visited by King Edgar and Dunstan, and then destroyed by fire. Evidences of this destruction were not wanting when the discovery was made. The east wall of the chancel stood just where the piers of the aisle of the transept stand. The church was cruciform. This discovery is of great interest and importance. Old Scarlett's memory must not be forgotten, the aged sexton, who lived ninety-eight years, and buried two queens in the Cathedral, dying in 1594. The painting is a copy of the original made in 1747. The well-known rhymes beneath are:-- "You see old Scarlett's picture stand on hie, But at your feet there doth his body lye; His gravestone doth his age and death-time show, His office by these tokens you may know. Second to none for strength and sturdye limm, A scarbabe mighty voice, with visage grim, He had inter'd two queens within this place And this towne's householders in his live's space Twice over; but at length his own turne came, What he for others did for him the same Was done; no doubt his soul doth live for aye In heaven: though here his body clad in clay." DIMENSIONS Total length of interior 426 ft. Nave, length 228 ft. Nave, width 35 ft. Transept, length 185 ft. Transept, width 58 ft. Height of interior 78 ft. Area 41,090 sq. ft. PRINCIPAL BUILDING DATES Norman (1117-1193)--Choir, transepts, central tower (rebuilt in 1886), nave, ceiling of nave, chapter-house. Early English (1214-1295)--West front, font, infirmary, refectory and part of cloisters, north-west tower, windows and parapet in aisles of nave. Decorated (1299-1400)--Large gateway, west porch, roof of choir, south-west choir, parapet of clerestory, inserted windows. Perpendicular (1400-1528)--New building, north-west spire, north-east gateway, Perpendicular tracery in windows, and west window. [Illustration PLAN OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL] ELY CATHEDRAL