MINSTERS AND ABBEY RUINS

OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM.

By the same Author.

1.

THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND,

FROM THE RECULVERS TO THE LAND'S END, AND FROM CAPE

CORNWALL TO THE DEVON FORELAND.

II.

THE CATHEDRALS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

III. THE MEMORIALS OF WESTMINSTER. (Illustrated.)

WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM AND HIS COLLEGES.

(With Thirty-two Illustrations.)

.

THE ENGLISH ORDINAL.

THE

MINSTERS AND ABBEY RUINS

OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM ;

Their History, Architecture, Monuments, and traditions ;

WITH NOTICES OF THE LARGER PARISH CHURCHES

AND COLLEGIATE CHAPELS.

BY

MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A.

OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.

High towers, fair temples, sacred sepulchres,
Strong walls, rich porches, princely palaces,
Sure gates, sweet gardeus, stately galleries,
Wrought with fair pillars, and tiue imageries.

LONDON:
EDWARD STANFORD, 6, CHARING CROSS.

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.