Illustration: HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.Photochrom Co., Ld., Photo.The Cathedral Church Of HerefordA Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal SeeByA. Hugh FisherLondonGeorge Bell and Sons1898[pg iv]GENERAL PREFACE.This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge and scholarship to be of value to the student of Archæology and History, and yet not too technical in language for the use of an ordinary visitor or tourist.To specify all the authorities which have been made use of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place. But amongst the general sources of information which have been almost invariably found useful are:—(1) the great county histories, the value of which, especially in questions of genealogy and local records, is generally recognised; (2) the numerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in the Transactions of the Antiquarian and Archæological Societies; (3) the important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton and Willis on the English Cathedrals; and (5) the very excellent series of Handbooks to the Cathedrals, originated by the late Mr. John Murray; to which the reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, especially in reference to the histories of the respective sees.GLEESON WHITE.EDWARD F. STRANGE.Editors of the Series.[pg v]AUTHOR'S PREFACE.In addition to the well-known books mentioned in the General Preface, the "Monastic Chronicles" and many other works named in the text, some dealing especially with Hereford have been of valuable assistance to me in preparing this little book. Amongst these are the various careful studies of the Rev. Francis Havergal, Dean Merewether's exhaustive "Statement of the Condition and Circumstances of the Cathedral Church of Hereford in the Year 1841," and "The Diocese of Hereford," by the Rev. H.W. Phillott.My best thanks are also due to the Photochrom Company for their excellent photographs.A. HUGH FISHER.ContentsGENERAL PREFACE.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.CHAPTER I. - THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.CHAPTER II. - THE CATHEDRAL - EXTERIOR.CHAPTER III. - THE INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL.CHAPTER IV. - HISTORY OF THE SEE.[pg xi]IllustrationsHEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.THE AUDLEY CHAPEL.THE WEST FRONT (FROM AN OLD PRINT).THE NAVE AFTER THE FALL OF THE WEST END.THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE NORTH AT THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.BISHOP BOOTH'S PORCH AND NORTH TRANSEPT.GENERAL VIEW, FROM THE WEST.EXTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.THE CLOISTERS, WITH THE LADIES' ARBOUR.THE NORTH PORCH.THE NAVE.THE CHOIR SCREEN.SECTION THROUGH TOWER AND TRANSEPTS.NORTH ARCH OF CENTRAL TOWER, SHOWING MASONRY ERECTED ABOUT 1320.THE NORTH TRANSEPT.THE CANTILUPE SHRINE.EAST WALL OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT.THE LADY CHAPEL.SECTION THROUGH LADY CHAPEL AND CRYPT.ARCH DISCOVERED AT ENTRANCE OF LADY CHAPEL.SEAL OF JOHANNA DE BOHUN.THE CRYPT.VIEW BEHIND THE ALTAR, LOOKING NORTH. AFTER A DRAWING BY W. H. BARTLETT, 1830.COMPARTMENT OF CHOIR, EXTERIOR, NORTH SIDE.COMPARTMENT OF CHOIR, INTERIOR, NORTH SIDE.EAST END OF THE CHOIR IN 1841.EARLY ENGLISH WINDOW MOULDING.THE REREDOS.ANCIENT RELIQUARY IN THE CATHEDRAL.MONUMENTAL CROCKET.EARLY ENGLISH BASEMENT MOULDING.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.TOMB OF BISHOP THOS. CHARLETON.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.BYE STREET GATE. FROM AN OLD PRINT.PLAN OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.
Illustration: HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.Photochrom Co., Ld., Photo.The Cathedral Church Of HerefordA Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal SeeByA. Hugh FisherLondonGeorge Bell and Sons1898[pg iv]GENERAL PREFACE.This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge and scholarship to be of value to the student of Archæology and History, and yet not too technical in language for the use of an ordinary visitor or tourist.To specify all the authorities which have been made use of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place. But amongst the general sources of information which have been almost invariably found useful are:—(1) the great county histories, the value of which, especially in questions of genealogy and local records, is generally recognised; (2) the numerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in the Transactions of the Antiquarian and Archæological Societies; (3) the important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton and Willis on the English Cathedrals; and (5) the very excellent series of Handbooks to the Cathedrals, originated by the late Mr. John Murray; to which the reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, especially in reference to the histories of the respective sees.GLEESON WHITE.EDWARD F. STRANGE.Editors of the Series.[pg v]AUTHOR'S PREFACE.In addition to the well-known books mentioned in the General Preface, the "Monastic Chronicles" and many other works named in the text, some dealing especially with Hereford have been of valuable assistance to me in preparing this little book. Amongst these are the various careful studies of the Rev. Francis Havergal, Dean Merewether's exhaustive "Statement of the Condition and Circumstances of the Cathedral Church of Hereford in the Year 1841," and "The Diocese of Hereford," by the Rev. H.W. Phillott.My best thanks are also due to the Photochrom Company for their excellent photographs.A. HUGH FISHER.ContentsGENERAL PREFACE.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.CHAPTER I. - THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.CHAPTER II. - THE CATHEDRAL - EXTERIOR.CHAPTER III. - THE INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL.CHAPTER IV. - HISTORY OF THE SEE.[pg xi]IllustrationsHEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.THE AUDLEY CHAPEL.THE WEST FRONT (FROM AN OLD PRINT).THE NAVE AFTER THE FALL OF THE WEST END.THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE NORTH AT THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.BISHOP BOOTH'S PORCH AND NORTH TRANSEPT.GENERAL VIEW, FROM THE WEST.EXTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.THE CLOISTERS, WITH THE LADIES' ARBOUR.THE NORTH PORCH.THE NAVE.THE CHOIR SCREEN.SECTION THROUGH TOWER AND TRANSEPTS.NORTH ARCH OF CENTRAL TOWER, SHOWING MASONRY ERECTED ABOUT 1320.THE NORTH TRANSEPT.THE CANTILUPE SHRINE.EAST WALL OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT.THE LADY CHAPEL.SECTION THROUGH LADY CHAPEL AND CRYPT.ARCH DISCOVERED AT ENTRANCE OF LADY CHAPEL.SEAL OF JOHANNA DE BOHUN.THE CRYPT.VIEW BEHIND THE ALTAR, LOOKING NORTH. AFTER A DRAWING BY W. H. BARTLETT, 1830.COMPARTMENT OF CHOIR, EXTERIOR, NORTH SIDE.COMPARTMENT OF CHOIR, INTERIOR, NORTH SIDE.EAST END OF THE CHOIR IN 1841.EARLY ENGLISH WINDOW MOULDING.THE REREDOS.ANCIENT RELIQUARY IN THE CATHEDRAL.MONUMENTAL CROCKET.EARLY ENGLISH BASEMENT MOULDING.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.TOMB OF BISHOP THOS. CHARLETON.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.BYE STREET GATE. FROM AN OLD PRINT.PLAN OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.
Illustration: HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.Photochrom Co., Ld., Photo.
Illustration: HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.Photochrom Co., Ld., Photo.
HEREFORD FROM THE WYE.
Photochrom Co., Ld., Photo.
The Cathedral Church Of HerefordA Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal SeeByA. Hugh FisherLondonGeorge Bell and Sons1898
ByA. Hugh Fisher
[pg iv]GENERAL PREFACE.This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge and scholarship to be of value to the student of Archæology and History, and yet not too technical in language for the use of an ordinary visitor or tourist.To specify all the authorities which have been made use of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place. But amongst the general sources of information which have been almost invariably found useful are:—(1) the great county histories, the value of which, especially in questions of genealogy and local records, is generally recognised; (2) the numerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in the Transactions of the Antiquarian and Archæological Societies; (3) the important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton and Willis on the English Cathedrals; and (5) the very excellent series of Handbooks to the Cathedrals, originated by the late Mr. John Murray; to which the reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, especially in reference to the histories of the respective sees.GLEESON WHITE.EDWARD F. STRANGE.Editors of the Series.
This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge and scholarship to be of value to the student of Archæology and History, and yet not too technical in language for the use of an ordinary visitor or tourist.
To specify all the authorities which have been made use of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place. But amongst the general sources of information which have been almost invariably found useful are:—(1) the great county histories, the value of which, especially in questions of genealogy and local records, is generally recognised; (2) the numerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in the Transactions of the Antiquarian and Archæological Societies; (3) the important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton and Willis on the English Cathedrals; and (5) the very excellent series of Handbooks to the Cathedrals, originated by the late Mr. John Murray; to which the reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, especially in reference to the histories of the respective sees.
GLEESON WHITE.EDWARD F. STRANGE.Editors of the Series.
[pg v]AUTHOR'S PREFACE.In addition to the well-known books mentioned in the General Preface, the "Monastic Chronicles" and many other works named in the text, some dealing especially with Hereford have been of valuable assistance to me in preparing this little book. Amongst these are the various careful studies of the Rev. Francis Havergal, Dean Merewether's exhaustive "Statement of the Condition and Circumstances of the Cathedral Church of Hereford in the Year 1841," and "The Diocese of Hereford," by the Rev. H.W. Phillott.My best thanks are also due to the Photochrom Company for their excellent photographs.A. HUGH FISHER.
In addition to the well-known books mentioned in the General Preface, the "Monastic Chronicles" and many other works named in the text, some dealing especially with Hereford have been of valuable assistance to me in preparing this little book. Amongst these are the various careful studies of the Rev. Francis Havergal, Dean Merewether's exhaustive "Statement of the Condition and Circumstances of the Cathedral Church of Hereford in the Year 1841," and "The Diocese of Hereford," by the Rev. H.W. Phillott.
My best thanks are also due to the Photochrom Company for their excellent photographs.
A. HUGH FISHER.
ContentsGENERAL PREFACE.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.CHAPTER I. - THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.CHAPTER II. - THE CATHEDRAL - EXTERIOR.CHAPTER III. - THE INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL.CHAPTER IV. - HISTORY OF THE SEE.
[pg xi]IllustrationsHEREFORD FROM THE WYE.HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.THE AUDLEY CHAPEL.THE WEST FRONT (FROM AN OLD PRINT).THE NAVE AFTER THE FALL OF THE WEST END.THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE NORTH AT THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.BISHOP BOOTH'S PORCH AND NORTH TRANSEPT.GENERAL VIEW, FROM THE WEST.EXTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.THE CLOISTERS, WITH THE LADIES' ARBOUR.THE NORTH PORCH.THE NAVE.THE CHOIR SCREEN.SECTION THROUGH TOWER AND TRANSEPTS.NORTH ARCH OF CENTRAL TOWER, SHOWING MASONRY ERECTED ABOUT 1320.THE NORTH TRANSEPT.THE CANTILUPE SHRINE.EAST WALL OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT.THE LADY CHAPEL.SECTION THROUGH LADY CHAPEL AND CRYPT.ARCH DISCOVERED AT ENTRANCE OF LADY CHAPEL.SEAL OF JOHANNA DE BOHUN.THE CRYPT.VIEW BEHIND THE ALTAR, LOOKING NORTH. AFTER A DRAWING BY W. H. BARTLETT, 1830.COMPARTMENT OF CHOIR, EXTERIOR, NORTH SIDE.COMPARTMENT OF CHOIR, INTERIOR, NORTH SIDE.EAST END OF THE CHOIR IN 1841.EARLY ENGLISH WINDOW MOULDING.THE REREDOS.ANCIENT RELIQUARY IN THE CATHEDRAL.MONUMENTAL CROCKET.EARLY ENGLISH BASEMENT MOULDING.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.TOMB OF BISHOP THOS. CHARLETON.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.A GARGOYLE IN THE CLOISTERS. DRAWN BY A. HUGH FISHER.BYE STREET GATE. FROM AN OLD PRINT.PLAN OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.