The Cathedral Churches of England

A. Hamilton Thompson, The Cathedral Churches of England, London, SPCK, 1925; I do not know the copyright status of this book, nor of the individual images.

Plate XX. Flying Buttresses

Plate XX. Flying Buttresses

A caption identifies this as Plate xx (although on the image, in the upper right, the text Pl. LXIII appears, along with a reproduction of a French library stamp). The caption reads as follows: [more...]

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Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral once stood on an island in the marshes; you can still see it for miles around in any direction. It’s old, very old, and in the days before electric light [...] [more...]

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Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral

Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral

Cloisters; a man leads a dog through them, presumably to give a sense of scale. The arches of the vaulted ceiling aer prominent. On the left there is a graveyard. [more...]

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Plate XXVii. Hereford Cathedral

Plate XXVii. Hereford Cathedral

South West View with Cloisters. [more...]

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Plate xxvi: Lincoln Cathedral. West Front.

Plate xxvi: Lincoln Cathedral. West Front.

The See of Lincoln was formed in AD 678, but the first cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake in 1185. The present building dates from between AD 1255 and AD 1300, with late Normon, [...] [more...]

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