. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . TUB CUOIK-SCHEEX. The ancient city of Hereford stands on the banks of tlie riverWye, in the midst of a fertile, well-wooded district. On aj)-proaching the toAvn the prospect is not inviting. The housesare mostly built of very red bricks, and no objects are S2)eciallyvisible except the lofty spires of St, Peters and All SaintsChurches, and the large square tower of the cathedral. History is altogether silent as to the nature of the fabricwhich stood hero in early Saxon times when Hereford was
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . TUB CUOIK-SCHEEX. The ancient city of Hereford stands on the banks of tlie riverWye, in the midst of a fertile, well-wooded district. On aj)-proaching the toAvn the prospect is not inviting. The housesare mostly built of very red bricks, and no objects are S2)eciallyvisible except the lofty spires of St, Peters and All SaintsChurches, and the large square tower of the cathedral. History is altogether silent as to the nature of the fabricwhich stood hero in early Saxon times when Hereford was calledFernleigh. It is recorded that bishops of the early British Church were here inthe sixth century. In 676 Putta resigned the see of Rochester and came to residenot far from Hereford. Ethelbert, King of East Anglia, was murdered near Sutton,fom* miles from Hereford, by Offa, the great Mercian king, with some intentionof uniting the kingdoms of East Anglia and Mercia. He was buried at ]\[arden,but his body was soon removed to Hereford by a pious noble named 830 the church was rebuilt in stone by
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