few illustrations only are from
other sources, among them those on pages 9 and 11, for permission to use
which I have to thank Mr. John Murray. I have also to acknowledge the
courtesy of the vergers, Mr. Newell and Miss Davis from both of whom I
obtained much information; Miss Davis's long connection with the church,
and the interest she takes in every detail connected with it, rendered
her help most valuable. I have consulted many books on the Abbey, among
them Lord Grimthorpe's and Mr. Page's Guides, Mr. James Neale's
"Architectural Notes on St. Albans Abbey," and papers read before the
St. Albans Archaeological Society by the Rev. Henry Fowler.

THOMAS PERKINS.
TURNWORTH.
_July, 1903._

LIST OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. HISTORY OF THE BUILDING 3

II. THE EXTERIOR 23

III. THE INTERIOR 35

IV. HISTORY OF THE MONASTERY AND SEE 81

V. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 106

INDEX 113

DIMENSIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL 115

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
ST. ALBANS CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH _frontispiece_
ARMS OF THE SEE _title-page_
VIEW FROM THE NORTH-EAST BEFORE RESTORATION 2
ST. ALBANS ABBEY BEFORE 1874 3
PLAN OF THE NORMAN CHURCH 9
THE SOUTH-WEST PORTAL BEFORE THE REBUILDING OF
THE WEST FRONT 11
EXTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL BEFORE 1874 15
INTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL BEFORE 1874 16
THE ARCADE IN THE SLYPE BEFORE ITS REMOVAL 20
FLOOR TILE 21
THE ANGLE BETWEEN NAVE AND TRANSEPT 22
THE NEW WEST FRONT 23
THE SOUTH TRANSEPT AS REBUILT 27
THE LADY CHAPEL CHOIR AND TRANSEPT FROM THE SOUTH-EAST 28
VIEW FROM THE NORTH-EAST 30
THREE OLD FLOOR TILES 32
THE NAVE FROM THE WEST END 34
BASE O