pers by experts which appear from time to time in the
Transactions of the Antiquarian and Archaeological Societies; (3) the
important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master
of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton and Willis on the
English Cathedrals; and (5) the very excellent series of Handbooks to
the Cathedrals originated by the late Mr John Murray; to which the
reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, especially in
reference to the histories of the respective sees.

GLEESON WHITE, E. F. STRANGE,
_Editors of the Series._

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

I wish to express my great obligations to Mr F. S. Waller (the Cathedral
Architect) for his courtesy and kindness in allowing me to make the
fullest use of his "Notes and Sketches" of the Cathedral, a book which
is now, unfortunately, out of print; to Mr W. H. St. John Hope, F.S.A.,
for permission to quote from his "Notes on the Benedictine Abbey of St.
Peter at Gloucester," published in the Records of Gloucester Cathedral;
also to the Records of Gloucester Cathedral.

To Mr E. J. Burrow I owe special thanks for permission to use blocks
made from his black-and-white drawings, one of which has not been
published before; to the Very Rev. the Dean for much useful information
and assistance; and lastly to the Sub-Sacrist, Mr T. W. G. Cooke, whose
help has been at all times ungrudging and invaluable.

H. J. L. J. M.

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.--History of the Building 3

CHAPTER II.--The Exterior of the Cathedral 14
The West Front 20
The South Front and Porch 20
The South Transept 21
The Tower and the Bells 22
The Lady Chapel 26

CHAPTER III.--The Interior 28
The Nave 32
The West End and South Aisle 36
The West Windows and the Font 40
The North Aisle 41