Category: History - British
The see of Minevia, or St. David’s, was founded in the sixth century. It has always included the whole of Pembrokeshire, and is by far the most important of the four Welsh sees--St. David’s, St. Asaph, Bangor, and Llandaff. The impressively wild and open scenery which surround...
At the South Porch, by which the visitor usually enters, the ogee-headed holy-water stoup should be noticed, and a general view be made of the church, as it is most unusual and...
4. CHAPTER IVThe College of St. Mary was founded conjointly by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, his wife Blanche, and Bishop Adam Houghton in 1377, but it was endowed solely by the Bishop f...
2. CHAPTER II=The Cathedral Precincts.=--The wall of the Close, which extends to almost a mile, dates from 1330, but of the four GATEWAYS only one remains. This, to the south-east of the cat...
1. CHAPTER IThe see of Minevia, or St. David’s, was founded in the sixth century. It has always included the whole of Pembrokeshire, and is by far the most important of the four Welsh sees-...