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... tower stands , as the spring still flows , in testimony of the event . The villagers believe the tale , and are considered superstitious . What worse are they , and why should the legend be the less true for the scoffs of modern ...
... tower stands , as the spring still flows , in testimony of the event . The villagers believe the tale , and are considered superstitious . What worse are they , and why should the legend be the less true for the scoffs of modern ...
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... tower roof , and admired the native ingenuity of the twisted iron hinges on the doors . We have early pictures of Saxon churches , as well as early accounts , from which our description is derived ; and enough of Saxon work remains to ...
... tower roof , and admired the native ingenuity of the twisted iron hinges on the doors . We have early pictures of Saxon churches , as well as early accounts , from which our description is derived ; and enough of Saxon work remains to ...
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... towers of the church , with their tall wooden spires , covered with leaden plates , glistened in the pale light , and reflected back the beam as it played and lingered on the hallowed walls . The great bell Gabriel , brought from over ...
... towers of the church , with their tall wooden spires , covered with leaden plates , glistened in the pale light , and reflected back the beam as it played and lingered on the hallowed walls . The great bell Gabriel , brought from over ...
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... old church , of which nothing was suf- fered to stand except the Saxon tower , as a me- morial of its first origin and foundation . For this procedure the baron had privately obtained the necessary permission . 26 THE CHURCH RESTORERS .
... old church , of which nothing was suf- fered to stand except the Saxon tower , as a me- morial of its first origin and foundation . For this procedure the baron had privately obtained the necessary permission . 26 THE CHURCH RESTORERS .
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... tower contained a tunable ring of eight new bells , each having a legend and the name of a saint . On the internal walls of the church were de- picted in fresco many Scripture subjects . The stem of Jesse ; the martyrdom of S. Stephen ...
... tower contained a tunable ring of eight new bells , each having a legend and the name of a saint . On the internal walls of the church were de- picted in fresco many Scripture subjects . The stem of Jesse ; the martyrdom of S. Stephen ...
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Page 189 - My lord, I humbly commend my selfe unto your lordshyp, the laste I wrote unto your lordshyp was the xxth daye of thys present monith by the handes of Mr. Wyliamson, by the whych I advertised your lordshyp of the lengthe and greatenes of thys churche, and how we had begon to pull the hole down to the ground, and what maner and fashion they used in pulling it down. I told your lordshyp of a vaute on the ryghte syde of the hyghe altare, that was borne up with fower greate pillars, having abowt it v....
Page 189 - Every of these attendith to hys own office : x of them hewed the walles abowte, amonge the whych ther were 3 carpentars : thiese made proctes to undersette wher the other cutte away, thother brake and cutte the waules.