Vicars Close in Wells Somerset. Vicars choral (originally Deputies of the Canons) have sung in the Cathedral since about 1140 . In 1348 they were incorporated as a College of Vicars when the dining hall above this archway came into use. The Houses were completed by 1363,the chimneys were raised and crowned about 1470. At the far end is the chapel above which was there Library. Robert Timoney/AlamyLiveNews.

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