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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901)
A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The
Diocese And See

Author: Hubert C. Corlette

Release Date: August 30, 2004 [EBook #13331]

Language: English

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[Illustration: CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH.]

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHICHESTER

A SHORT HISTORY & DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
DIOCESE AND SEE

HUBERT C. CORLETTE

A.R.I.B.A.

WITH XLV ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1901

PREFACE.

All the facts of the following history were supplied to me by many
authorities. To a number of these, references are given in the text.
But I wish to acknowledge how much I owe to the very careful and
original research provided by Professor Willis, in his "Architectural
History of the Cathedral"; by Precentor Walcott, in his "Early
Statutes" of Chichester; and Dean Stephen, in his "Diocesan History."
The footnotes, which refer to the latter work, indicate the pages in
the smaller edition. But the volume could never have been completed
without the great help given to me on many occassions by Prebendary
Bennett. His deep and intimate knowledge of the cathedral structure
and its history was always at my disposal. It is to him, as well as to
Dr. Codrington and Mr. Gordon P.G. Hills, I am still further indebted
for much help in correcting the proofs and for many valuable
suggestions.

H.C.C.

C O N T E N T S.

CHAP. PAGE

I. HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL............... 3

II. THE EXTERIOR.......................... 51

III. THE INTERIOR.......................... 81

IV. THE DIOCESE AND SEE: OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE CITY ... 101

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Chichester Cathedral from the South.... _Frontispiece_
Arms of the See..........