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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.A list of changes is foundat the end of the book. Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation havebeen retained. A list of inconsistentlyspelled words is found at the end of the book.
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
RIPON
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE
CHURCH & A DESCRIPTION
OF ITS FABRIC
BY
CECIL HALLETT, B.A.
MAGDALEN COLL., OXFORD
ILLUSTRATIONSLONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1901
PREFACE.
The original authorities for the history (both constitutional andarchitectural) of the Church of Ripon have been most ably edited for theSurtees Society by the Rev. Canon J. T. Fowler, F.S.A., in hisMemorials of Ripon and The Ripon Chapter Acts (Surtees Soc., vols.74, 78, 81, 64). These authorities range from the Saxon period to thetimes following the Reformation, but in the Introductions to vol. 81,and in the Rev. J. Ward’s Fasti Riponienses, included in vol. 78, thestory is virtually continued to our own day; while the aforesaidIntroductions epitomise, in its constitutional and architecturalaspects, the whole history of the church.
To these volumes and to their Editor, who most kindly consented torevise the proofs of this book, the present writer is very deeplyindebted. He has also had recourse to an article by Sir G. GilbertScott, R.A., in vol. xxxi. of the Archæological Journal; to the sameAuthor’s Recollections; to several articles on the Saxon Crypt, dulyspecified on pp. 76, 77; to the Guides, by J. R. Walbran, F.S.A.,published by Mr. Harrison of Ripon; to Mr. Murray’s Cathedrals; to thevolume by the Ven. Archdeacon Danks in Messrs. Isbister’s CathedralSeries; to A Day in the City of Ripon, by Mr. George Parker of Ripon;to the old Guides by Farrer and Gent respectively; and to other works ofa more general character.
His sincere thanks ar