Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . een a member of either university, he was notvery well received in that city. In 1788 he was translated toHereford, where he presided till his death, in 1802. He built thepresent chapel of the Palace, and liberally contributed towardsthe rebuilding of the west end of the Cathedral, and other ex-tensive repairs carried on at the same time. George Isaac Huntingford, , was translated from the seeof Gloucester to Hereford in 1815. He was made warden ofWinchester College in 1789, which place h
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . een a member of either university, he was notvery well received in that city. In 1788 he was translated toHereford, where he presided till his death, in 1802. He built thepresent chapel of the Palace, and liberally contributed towardsthe rebuilding of the west end of the Cathedral, and other ex-tensive repairs carried on at the same time. George Isaac Huntingford, , was translated from the seeof Gloucester to Hereford in 1815. He was made warden ofWinchester College in 1789, which place he held with this see tillhis death, which happened in 1832. He is the author of severalclassical and religious works of great merit. The present much and deservedly respected prelate, is ThomasMusgrave, , formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,and Arabic professor in that university. On the death of his pre-decessor, the excellent and amiable Bishop Grey, brother of EarlGrey, in 1837, he was promoted to this see, over which he presideswith credit to himself, and advantage to the WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. In the modern name of Worcester, the Roman origin of this cityis still clearly discernible. Camden Bays, Worcester was. probablyfounded by the Romans when they built cities, at proper intervals,on the east side of the riveT Severn, to check the Britons on theother side of that river. It formerly boasted Roman walls. It baanow a tolerably strong wall. It is supposed by some to have beenan important Roman station, both from its situation on the Severn,and from the many Roman roads which cross each other at thisplace. In 1833, on removing the Norman keep of the castle, on thesouth side of the Cathedral, an urn of red earth, with one handle,was found, and a great number of coins, both of the early and lateremperors; and, in a field near upper Deal, another Roman urn wasdiscovered containing twenty copper coins of Carausius. The Saxons afterwards were masters of this
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