Walter Debenham Sweeting: 2 books

The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of The Episcopal See

by Walter Debenham Sweeting
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The chief authorities consulted in the preparation of this book are named in the text. Besides the well-known works of reference on the English Cathedrals, and the "Monastic Chronicles," there are several that deal with Peterborough alone, of which the most important and valuable are "Gunton's History"...

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

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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

by Walter Debenham Sweeting
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

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...