(6) Lady Chapel. (7)
Door to it from north transept aisle. (8) Chapel of S. John. (9) Chapel
of S. James. (10) Chapel of S. Oswald, the Holy Trinity Chapel above it.
(11) Chapel of S. Benedict. (12) Chapel of SS. Kyneburga and Kyneswitha,
sisters of Peada and Wulfere, the original founders of the monastery.
(13) Choir. (14) Sacristy. (15) Choir-screen. (16) Front of rood-loft.
(17) Nave. (18) Gate to grave-yard. (19) Gate to Prior's lodging. (20)
Minster close. (21) Gatehouse to Abbot's lodging, with the Knights'
chamber above. (22) Chancel of the chapel of S. Thomas of Canterbury.
(23) Great gateway of the close. (24, 25) Doorways from the cloisters.
(26) Slype. (27) Parlour. (28)Chapter-house. (29) Porch. (30) Dormitory.
(31) Cloisters. (32) Lavatory. (33) Refectory. (34) Dark entry. (35)
Gong. (36) Kitchen. (37) Abbot's lodging. (38) Prior's lodging. (39)
Infirmarer's hall. (40) Chapel to Infirmary, dedicated to S. Laurence.
(41) The chancel, and (42) the nave of this chapel. (43) Hall of
Infirmary, the inmates occupying the aisles. (44) Door to Infirmary.
(45) Precinct wall and stables. The building close to the south side of
the Infirmary, not numbered in this plan, is an ancient residence now
used as a dwelling for one of the canons in residence. The small
building south-west of the front is an old vaulted room, now used as a
clerk's office, originally believed to have been the Penitentiary. The
old abbey gaol has escaped notice, though it in part remains. Its door
is immediately to the right upon entering the close through the great
gateway.

[Illustration: Plan of Monastery Buildings.]

=The Interior=.--With few exceptions, to be noticed in due course, the
whole of the interior of the cathedral is in the Norman style, and many
judge it to be the most perfect specimen in England. The plan consists
of a nave of ten bays, with aisles, and a western transept; transepts of
four bays with eastern chapels, the south transept having also a groined
chamber to the west, extending for its whole length; a choir of four
bays, terminating in an apse, nearly semicircular, with aisles; and
beyond the apse a large square-ended addition for more chapels, having a
groined stone roof of fan tracery, now known as the New Building. The
ritual choir, as distinguished from the architectural choir, extends two
bays into the nave. This arrangement is a return to the ancient one used
by the Benedictines, the choir in Dean Monk's alterati