CHURCH OF RIPON***


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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF RIPON

A Short History of the
Church & a Description
of Its Fabric

by

CECIL HALLETT, B.A.
Magdalen Coll., Oxford

With 53 Illustrations







[Illustration: RIPON CATHEDRAL FROM THE FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE SKELL.]



[Illustration]

London George Bell & Sons 1901




PREFACE.


The original authorities for the history (both constitutional and
architectural) of the Church of Ripon have been most ably edited for the
Surtees Society by the Rev. Canon J. T. Fowler, F.S.A., in his
_Memorials of Ripon_ and _The Ripon Chapter Acts_ (_Surtees Soc._, vols.
74, 78, 81, 64