. The New England magazine. kelin, a kinsmanof the king, began to rebuild this oldchurch at Winchester, tearing awaythe cruder Saxon work and replacingit with the heavier and stronger Nor-man. Of the immense buildingwhich he finished in the wonderfullyshort space of fourteen years, only thetransepts now remain unchanged. Weare told by the chroniclers that Wil-liam granted the bishop as many treesin Hempage wood as he could fell inthree days, with which to roof thenave. The bishop got together car-penters innumerable, and took offall the oak trees of the wood, leavingnothing standing there save
. The New England magazine. kelin, a kinsmanof the king, began to rebuild this oldchurch at Winchester, tearing awaythe cruder Saxon work and replacingit with the heavier and stronger Nor-man. Of the immense buildingwhich he finished in the wonderfullyshort space of fourteen years, only thetransepts now remain unchanged. Weare told by the chroniclers that Wil-liam granted the bishop as many treesin Hempage wood as he could fell inthree days, with which to roof thenave. The bishop got together car-penters innumerable, and took offall the oak trees of the wood, leavingnothing standing there save the tra-ditional Gospel Oak, under whichSt. Augustine is said to havepreached. The bare stem of this an-cient oak still stands; and by ityearly, when bounds were beaten, theparish priest used to read, until quitelately, the Gospel for the day. Thetrees are still to be seen in the roof ofthe nave above Wkyehams stonegroining, and they are as sound aswhen they were first put in placemore than eight hundred years ago, BISHOP WAYNFLETE.
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