34333 DEPARTMENT Z HARVARD UT VERITY, 868 UNIFORM WITH THE PRESENT WORK. THE SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS: WINCHESTER, SALISBURY, EASTERN CATHEDRALS: OXFORD, PETERBOROUGH, ELY, NORTHERN CATHEDRALS: YORK, RIPON, DURHAM, CARLISLE, CHESTER, and MANCHESTER. With 60 Illustrations. 2 vols. 21s. WELSH CATHEDRALS: LLANDAFF, ST. DAVID'S, BANGOR, and ST. ASAPH'S. With Illustrations. 15s. NA 54601 Cachetul AB LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, PREFACE. HE restorations which were in progress when THE the Handbook for the Western Cathedrals was published in 1865, have since that year been so greatly extended, that in the present Edition it has been found necessary to add an Appendix to each Cathedral, recording the changes which have taken place between 1865 and 1874. The most important of these is the addition of a nave to Bristol Cathedral. Mr. G. E. Street, R.A., under whom that work is in progress, has kindly furnished a ground-plan of the Cathedral, with the nave. The former ground-plan is also given, so as to allow of a comparison between the periods. Acknowledgment of assistance is again due to W. C. b Mr. Waller at Gloucester. The Rev. F. T. Havergal, Sub-Treasurer and Minor Canon of Hereford, and the Rev. R. Cattley, Minor Canon of Worcester, have also supplied much valuable information. RICHARD JOHN KING. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 1865. HE five cathedrals-Gloucester, Hereford, THE Worcester, Bristol, and Lichfield-contained in the present division of the Handbook, have all undergone extensive restoration and repair during the last few years. Acknowledgment of much kind assistance and revision is due to Mr. Pope, architect to the Dean and Chapter at Bristol; to Mr. Waller, at Gloucester; to Mr. Perkins, at Worcester; and lastly, to Mr. G. G. Scott, R.A., under whom the cathedrals of Hereford and Lichfield have been restored to their ancient beauty. The published essays and reports of Professor Willis have been freely used throughout the volume. Such obligations have been duly recognised in the notes; but it is proper to refer in an especial manner to the great assistance which has been derived from the "Architectural History of Worcester Cathedral," printed vi Preface to the First Edition. in the twentieth volume of the Archæological Journal. Mr. Godwin's account of Bristol Cathedral, in the same volume, and Mr. Bloxam's paper on the "Sepulchral Monuments in Worcester Cathedral," to be found in the "Gentleman's Magazine" for October, 1862, should also be mentioned here, and with a similar acknowledgment. RICHARD JOHN KING. |