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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely
A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See

Author: W. D. Sweeting

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Language: English

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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY

A History and Description
of the Building with a Short
Account of the Former
Monastery and of the See

by

THE REV. W. D. SWEETING, M.A.
Vicar of Holy Trinity, Rotherhithe
and
Author of "Peterborough"

With XLVII Illustrations

[Illustration: ELY CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH.
_Photochrom Co. Ltd. Photo._]

[Illustration: The Arms of the See.]

London George Bell & Sons 1910
First Published June 1901.
Reprinted 1902, 1910.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

It is hardly necessary to give a complete list of all the authorities
consulted in the preparation of this book. As specially valuable for Ely
may be named the "Liber Eliensis" and the "Inquisitio Eliensis"; the
histories of Bentham, Hewett, and Stewart; the "Memorials of Ely," and
the Handbook to the Cathedral edited and revised by the late Dean;
Professor Freeman's Introduction to Farren's "Cathedral Cities of Ely
and Norwich"; and the various reports of Sir G. G. Scott. But numerous
other sources of information have been examined, and have supplied facts
or theories; and in nearly every instance, particularly where the very
words are quoted, the authority is given in the text or in the notes.

My best thank