Magna Brittanica; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain . AA4>AW|^7*AdMl^i / , Qntu/7/.. l-AlPvT OF T«]E KKJD OF THK CSOTUTlllI TJIIAIXSKPT OF C ATHE JO K^^VJL. , -•(.lid*^ »» /.,,.,, ,/:!/? *:.- CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 49 there is reafon to fuppofe, that at lead fome parts of it are remains of the origi-nal edifice, creeled by St. Etheldreda the foundrefs of the monaRery, in the lat-ter part of the feventh century, This church was an oblong building confidingof a nave and choir, both of them with fide aifles, from which they were fepa-rated b
Magna Brittanica; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain . AA4>AW|^7*AdMl^i / , Qntu/7/.. l-AlPvT OF T«]E KKJD OF THK CSOTUTlllI TJIIAIXSKPT OF C ATHE JO K^^VJL. , -•(.lid*^ »» /.,,.,, ,/:!/? *:.- CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 49 there is reafon to fuppofe, that at lead fome parts of it are remains of the origi-nal edifice, creeled by St. Etheldreda the foundrefs of the monaRery, in the lat-ter part of the feventh century, This church was an oblong building confidingof a nave and choir, both of them with fide aifles, from which they were fepa-rated by round and octagonal pillars alternately placed, and circular arches. Theeafl end of the building is fuppofed to have been originally fcinicircular; buta chapel appears to have been afterwaids added there, which is now convertedinto a houfe for one of the prebendaries. Bartlow church has a round tower at the weft end, which is fuppofed to be apart of the church, faid in the Saxon Chronicle, to have been built in the year 1020by permiflion of king Canute, to pray for thofe who were flaiii in the great battleof Aflandune j and ind
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