Wells and Glastonbury : a historical and topographical account

Wells and Glastonbury : a historical and topographical account

Author: Holmes, Thomas Scott

Year: 1908

CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE START OF THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER 3 II. THE MAKING OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH 19 III. THE 'PALACE' — THE HOUSES OF THE CHAPTER AND OF THE VICARS AND CHANTRY CHAPLAINS 43 IV. THE RISE OF THE TOWN AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE BURGHERS FOR FREEDOM 67 V. THE GROWTH OF THE CORPORATION 83 VI. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE CITIZEN8 101 VII. ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCH AND ST. THOMAS' CHURCH 123 VIII. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN — THE ALM8HOUSES AND ANCIENT BUILDINGS 141 IX. AN ITINERARY OF THE TOWN — THE STREETS, LANES, AND MARKET PLACE 201 X. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE ABBEY 231 XIII. THE PARISH CHURCHES OF GLASTONBURY 251 XIV. THE ALMSHOUSES — THE TRIBUNAL — THE ANNALS OF THE TOWN — THE CHALICE HILL SPRING — THE SACRED THORN 265 XV. THE ITINERARY OF GLASTONBURY 293 INDEX 303 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE The Market Place, Cathedral, and Conduit, Wells Frontispiece The Cathedral, West Front 2 The Bishop's Palace, North Side 42 The Vicars' Close, Wells 67 The Chain Gate, from the East 66 The Cathedral from St. Andrew Street 82 The Cathedral from the South-East 100 St. Cuthbert's Church — Interior 122 The Choir from the Retro-Choir 140 Stairs to the Chapter-House and Chain Gate 168 G