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Title: The Cathedral Church of Peterborough
A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See

Author: W.D. Sweeting

Release Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13618]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Peterborough Cathedral, From The South-east.]

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF

PETERBOROUGH

A DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC
AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE EPISCOPAL SEE

BY

THE REV. W.D. SWEETING, M.A.

WITH FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. 1926

First Published, February 1898
Second Edition, Revised, 1899.
Reprinted, 1906, 1911, 1922, 1926.

PREFACE.

The chief authorities consulted in the preparation of this book are
named in the text. Besides the well-known works of reference on the
English Cathedrals, and the "Monastic Chronicles," there are several
that deal with Peterborough alone, of which the most important and
valuable are "Gunton's History" with Dean Patrick's Supplement,
"Craddock's History," the monographs by Professor Paley and Mr Poole,
and the Guide of Canon Davys. If I have ventured to differ from some of
these writers on various points, I must appeal, in justification, to a
careful and painstaking study of the Cathedral and its history, during a
residence at Peterborough of more than twenty years.

My best thanks are due to Mr Caster of Peterborough, for permission to
incorporate with this account the substance of a Guide, which I prepared
for him, published in 1893; and to Mr Robert Davison of London, for his
description of the Mosaic Pavement, executed by him for the Choir. I
desire also to express my thanks for the drawings supplied by Mr W.H.
Lord, Mr H.P. Clifford, and Mr O.R. Allbrow; and to acknowledge my
indebtedness to the Photochrom Company, Ld., and to Messrs S.B. Bolas &
Co., for their excellent photographs.

W.D. SWEETING.

In this new edition the corrections are limited almost entirely to
alterations necessitated by lapse of ti