The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . -^ ^^^^^M^^^ ^^m^^^^m^^m. THE TOWER OF ST. CUTHBERTS CHURCH,WELLS, SOMERSETSHIRE. The only parish church in the city of Wells is St. Cuth-berts, the tower of which catches the eye, and excites theadmiration of every person who has any idea of the beautiesof proportion, or any taste for the exquisite manner in whichits more-ornamental parts are finished : the church is alto-gether a fine specimen of the English, o
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . -^ ^^^^^M^^^ ^^m^^^^m^^m. THE TOWER OF ST. CUTHBERTS CHURCH,WELLS, SOMERSETSHIRE. The only parish church in the city of Wells is St. Cuth-berts, the tower of which catches the eye, and excites theadmiration of every person who has any idea of the beautiesof proportion, or any taste for the exquisite manner in whichits more-ornamental parts are finished : the church is alto-gether a fine specimen of the English, or pointed style ofarchitecture. Wells was first made a free borough in the reign of Henrythe Second, by the interest of Fitz-Joceline, its bishop : itafterwards received a charter from king John, by which itwas made a market town, and was raised into a city by queenElizabeth ; by whose charter, the corporation consists of amayor, recorder, seven masters, and sixteen common council-men.—The town hall stands over bishop Bubwiths hospital,which maintains thirty poor men and women ; and here are VOL. III. ^ THE TOWER OF ST. CUTHBERT S CHURCH. several other alius-houses, particularly those endowed byNatha
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