YorkshireMaps and plans by Bartholomew . arket Day, Sat. Pop.: about 12,000. Beverley, the capital of the East Eiding, and a commonplacetown in a flat, wooded and pastoral district, possesses two greatchurches, which place it in the first rank for ecclesiastical archi-tecture. In this respect it might be called the Kouen of Eng-land. Besides these, the only object we need mention is theWorth Bar, all that is left of the town-gates. It is a 14thcentury gateway, in brick, and has stepped battlements. The Minster is at the north end of the town, and St. MarxfsChurch at the south end, nearly a mil
YorkshireMaps and plans by Bartholomew . arket Day, Sat. Pop.: about 12,000. Beverley, the capital of the East Eiding, and a commonplacetown in a flat, wooded and pastoral district, possesses two greatchurches, which place it in the first rank for ecclesiastical archi-tecture. In this respect it might be called the Kouen of Eng-land. Besides these, the only object we need mention is theWorth Bar, all that is left of the town-gates. It is a 14thcentury gateway, in brick, and has stepped battlements. The Minster is at the north end of the town, and St. MarxfsChurch at the south end, nearly a mile apart. If time be anobject the Minster can be reached from the station in 3—4 minuteswithout going into the centre of the town, thus :—turn to the leftfrom Eailway Street either a little way from the station, or at theend of it—you thus reach the corner of the Minster contrast between the mean streets of this approach and thenoble church, suddenly revealed in its full proportions, is verystriking. BEVERLEY MINSTER. Clioral Services :—Sunday, 10^ and 6^ ; week days (small choir), Principal Dimensions :—Total length (interior), 334 ft.; Nave (includ-ing W. towers), 152 ft. long ; width, with aisles, 64 ; height, 67 ; of side aisles,33 ; Great Transept, N. to S., 167 ; E. to W., 70. Eastern Transept, N. to Height of Western Towers, 16 2± After York Minster, Beverley Minster is by far the finestchurch in the county. For beauty of detail and unity of effect itis second to none in the kingdom. Exterior. Beginning with the North Side, we have to noticeparticularly the elevations of the ends of the two transepts. Theseare Early English, the Eastern being narrow in proportion to itsheight. The Great Transept consists of a lofty central gable, withlean-to aisles. The entrance to this transept on the N. side is asingle doorway; but the S. side has two Pointed doorways, separatedby a clustered column, and enclosed in a round-headed arch of 5members, with
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