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Title: Yorkshire. Maps and plans by Bartholomew
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Baddeley, Mountford John Byrde, 1843-1906
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Publisher: London Dulau
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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ere becominghereditary. The second Norman prelate, William of St. Carilef, aBenedictine, made a clean sweep of this happy family arrangementand, in 1083, substituted monks of his Order, brought from Jarrowand Wearmouth. The Head of the monastery was a Priorwith, however, all the rights, etc., of an Abbot. Carilef also tookdown Aldhuns church, and, in 1093, began the present Cathedral,the first stone of the choir being laid by him and prior Turgot. Exterior. Nothing can be more dignified or picturesque thanthe cathedral when viewed from a little distance. We have alreadynoted this from the station and Framwellgate Bridge, and shallpresently have the most beautiful view of all—p. 127. Here, fromPalace Green, which affords the only full length view near at hand, * The late Professor Chevaliers cannon-ball formerly hung here, but thewire having broken, it is now at the foot of the staircase. The object was toshow the rotation of the earth by the lines traced by the vibration of theball.
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CATHEDBAL. 121 it is as a whole, distinctly disappointing. This is due in a measureto the Norman style of the principal parts but to a great extent isthe result of Wyatts barbarous handiwork. He was the architectemployed at the end of the last century and he thought fit to refacethe stonework by removing several inches of its surface, regardlessof the inevitable flatness thereby given to the ornament. Moreoverthe additions to the original Norman church—the Galilee atthe West and the Nine Altars * at the East—do not improveits outside. The latter, having the form of a second transept, givesit an unfinished appearance, by suggesting that an eastward limbis missing. The elevation of the East end is singularly poor andthe one feature of the exterior of the church that is really impres-sive is the lofty central tower when we stand below it. The upperstages were built between 1470 and the end of the century, butexternally were refaced in 1859. The upper part of the WesternTowers approac

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