. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . inchester; on pp. 78, 101, 104, 117, 124, 127, 169, ISO, 217, and 401, to Messrs. G. and Co., Aberdeen; on pp. 93, 344, and 380, to Messrs. Poulton and So7i, Lee; on pp. 121. 326,and 32S, to Messrs. Taunt and Co., ; on pp. 14S and 149 to Mr. John Barnard, St. Albans;on %P. 177 and ISl to Messrs. Beer and Covent Garden; on p. 216 to Mr. W. H. Barton, Bristol;on p. 2SS to Mr. S. A. Waller, Mari p. 349 to Messrs. Bedford Lemereand Co., 147, Strand; on p. 361 to Mr. P. Stabler, Sunderl
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . inchester; on pp. 78, 101, 104, 117, 124, 127, 169, ISO, 217, and 401, to Messrs. G. and Co., Aberdeen; on pp. 93, 344, and 380, to Messrs. Poulton and So7i, Lee; on pp. 121. 326,and 32S, to Messrs. Taunt and Co., ; on pp. 14S and 149 to Mr. John Barnard, St. Albans;on %P. 177 and ISl to Messrs. Beer and Covent Garden; on p. 216 to Mr. W. H. Barton, Bristol;on p. 2SS to Mr. S. A. Waller, Mari p. 349 to Messrs. Bedford Lemereand Co., 147, Strand; on p. 361 to Mr. P. Stabler, Sunderland; and on p. 365 to Downeyand Sons, South Shields. The vieio of Truro Cathedral, on p. 237, is by ki7id permission of J. , Esq., , the INTRODUCTION. HE catliedrals of England, in design and i)lan, are more nearlyrelated to those of North-Western France than of any other23art of Euro}3e. This is of course only what might be expected,seeing that the connection between the two countries was, forso many years, so close, and, for a time at least, the centreof civilisation of the united kingdom of England and Duchyof Normandy was on the other side of the Channel. There weremen of mark among the clergy, and buildings of some fame among the^ churches of England, long before the battle of Senlac; but there can be nodoubt that, whatever ill may have been done by the invader, he broughtwith him a more learned clergy, and a higher standard in the arts of civilisa-tion, especially ecclesiastical. One of his first steps was to replace, as quicklyas possible, the English bishops by Norman prelates; and these, almost withoutexception, busied themselves in rebuilding the cathedrals of their dioceses. Ofthe chief churches anterior to
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