The New England magazine (1900) (14781875021)

Identifier: newenglandmagazi1900bost (find matches)

Title: The New England magazine

Year: 1887 (1880s)

Authors:

Subjects:

Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)

Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

Text Appearing Before Image:

WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. The city of Winchester was farmore busy and populous then thannow. Round about the whole werethe old walls of the Romans, stillstrong and high. The civil war be-tween Stephen and Matilda in themiddle of the twelfth century broughtmuch trouble and commotion to Win-chester. It was occupied by each

Text Appearing After Image:

WAYNFLETE CHANTRY. contending faction in turn. On oneoccasion, tradition says, Matilda wasforced to feigning death and be-ing carried out on a litter for burial,in order to escape a besieging army.As a royal residence the town nowlost much of its importance, althoughthe royal treasury was still kept there.Richard Lion-Heart found valuablesthere on his accession worth ninehundred thousand pounds. From these brief notes we maylearn how closely Winchester town,and of course Winchester cathedral,were always connected with the lead-ing events of early English history.Here, too, the student of architecturemay find interesting and varied ex-amples of English work, from theSaxon piers in the crypt to the lateGothic of thechantries and theLady-Chapel. Hewill find there abuilding solidand substantial,simple and grand.It may safelybe asserted thatfor dignity andmassive grandeurthe exterior ofWinchester willhold its ownamong Englishcathedrals; andyet as we enterthe cathedralclose by the nar-row p

the new england magazine 1900 book illustrations genealogy new england history high resolution images from internet archive

1900

Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

http://commons.wikimedia.org/

public domain