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,
EDWARD F. STRANGE,
_Editors of the Series._

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AUTHOR'S PREFACE

The task of writing a monograph, on such an essentially Norman Cathedral
as Norwich, has been most pleasing to one who owns to an especial
fondness for that sturdy architecture which was evolved in England
during one of her stormiest epochs--from the end of the eleventh till
the end of the twelfth century.

I would here acknowledge indebtedness and thanks due to the Very Rev.
the Dean and Mrs Sheepshanks for the personal interest they evinced, and
for his material help; to Mr J.B. Spencer, the sub-sacrist, for that
help which his intimate association with the cathedral enabled him to
offer; and to Mr S.K. Greenslade for the loan of the drawings reproduced
under his name; as well as to the Photochrom Co. Ltd., Messrs S.B. Bolas
& Co., and Mr F.G.M. Beaumont for the use of their photographs. The
views of the cathedral as it appeared in the early part of the
nineteenth century are reproduced from Britton's "Norwich," and from a
volume by Charles Wild.

C.H.B.Q.

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CONTENTS

PAGE
CHAPTER I.--History of the Fabric 3

CHAPTER II.--The Cathedral--Exterior 23
The Cathedral Precincts 23
The Erpingham Gate 23
St. Ethelbert's Gate and the Gate-House 25
Chapel of St. John the Evangelist 27
The West Front of the Cathedral 28
Exterior of Nave 31
The South Transept 32
The Diocesan Registry Offices and Slype 35
The Chapter-House 36