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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield
A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the
Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less

Author: George Worley

Release Date: May 17, 2007 [EBook #21511]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE INTERIOR FROM THE ORGAN GALLERY.
_E. Scamell. Photo._]

THE PRIORY CHURCH OF
ST. BARTHOLOMEW-THE-GREAT,
SMITHFIELD

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION
AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FABRIC
AND ALSO OF THE CHURCH OF
ST. BARTHOLOMEW-THE-LESS

BY
GEORGE WORLEY

AUTHOR OF "SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL,"
"THE TEMPLE CHURCH," ETC.

WITH XLII [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1908

CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

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PREFACE

In gathering material for this handbook I have received valuable help
from several friends, whose kindness calls for grateful recognition. My
thanks are due, in the first place, to the Rev. W. F. G. Sandwith,
Rector of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, and the lay custodians of the
church, for the facilities which have allowed me to examine the building
in all its parts, and for the readiness with which they have given
information, not accessible elsewhere, on various points of its history
and architecture. In this matter, besides more personal obligations, I
feel that I owe much, in common with many others, to Mr. E. A. Webb, the
active member of the Restoration Committee, for the suggestive data of
his open lectures, and for the interesting expositions of the fabric by
which he has alwa