Archaeologia cantiana . fact I know of notwo even similar ones. The one peculiar feature, which theyshare with the Secular and Black Canons, is the plan of theirchurches. The limits of this paper forbid my entering intothe case more fully; but it is a well-ascertained fact thatmost canons churchesf were originally cruciform and aisle-less, and that when at a later period it was deemed advisableto enlarge their churches by the addition of aisles, it wasonly possible, owing to the cloister and conventual buildingsabutting against the nave, to add to it one aisle, on the sideremote from the clois
Archaeologia cantiana . fact I know of notwo even similar ones. The one peculiar feature, which theyshare with the Secular and Black Canons, is the plan of theirchurches. The limits of this paper forbid my entering intothe case more fully; but it is a well-ascertained fact thatmost canons churchesf were originally cruciform and aisle-less, and that when at a later period it was deemed advisableto enlarge their churches by the addition of aisles, it wasonly possible, owing to the cloister and conventual buildingsabutting against the nave, to add to it one aisle, on the sideremote from the cloister. With regard to the choir, no suchobstacles intervened, and there was nothing to prevent two * My brother navvies were Messrs. Kichard Ussher, Charles Barrow, W,Miller, and Tim .... f The case has been very ably gone into by my friend Mr. J. T. Micklethwaite,, in a paper on Bolton Priory for the Yorkshire ArchaeologicalAssociation, and in one on the Growth of Parish Churches in ArchceologicalJournal, vol, G2 ON THE P LlJE MON STIt ATEN SI AN ABBEY OF consent to my tracing out the walls by the aid of spade andpick at some future date. During Eastertide 1882 I paid a second visit to Langdon,and, Mr. Taylor having assented to our excavations, operationswere commenced on April 15th by myself and four otheramateur navvies.* The work was carried on more or lessregularly until July 29th, by which date we had excavatedas much as was practicable. With the assistance of £5 granted by the Kent Archaeo-logical Society, we have been able to trace out nearly thewhole of the buildings, including the greater part of thechurch, the chapter-house, part of the calefactory, and thewhole of the infirmary. Before describing the Abbey buildings, a few words arenecessary on the plan and arrangements of the Prsemon-stratensians. Of the thirty-six English Abbeys of the Order, I havebeen able to get together more or less reliable informationrespecting seventeen. With the exception of one
Size: 1180px × 2119px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorkentarch, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookyear1883
