Category: History - British

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See

Nave 54 Pulpit, Lectern, etc. 64 North Aisle of Nave--Monuments and Glass 64 South Aisle of Nave--Monuments and Glass 67 Transepts 67 Organ 71 Choir 75 Screen and Stalls 84 Reredos 87 Sedilia and Pavements 88 Monuments and Glass in the Choir 91 Lady Chapel 99 Sacristy and Chap...

Chapters

6. CHAPTER III

Lichfield is one of the smallest cathedrals in England. In length it only measures 370 feet from the inside of the west door to the extreme end of the inside of the Lady Chapel,...

4. CHAPTER I

The cathedral of Lichfield, as we now know it, was built at various times in the thirteenth century and the early part of the fourteenth; and but for some comparatively slight a...

8. CHAPTER IV

At the present day the diocese of Lichfield consists of almost the whole of the county of Stafford, part of Shropshire, and a small part of Flintshire and of Warwickshire. Origi...

5. CHAPTER II

Of all the cathedral churches of England, Lichfield may be said to be the most lovely. Other cathedrals are larger--indeed, this is the smallest of them all--grander, or more ma...

7. Chapter I. and in the account of the choir and presbytery. The founder of

the chapel, Bishop Langton, was buried here, but his tomb was afterwards removed to the south side of the high altar. Shaw tells us of the monument at one time "in the east part...

3. CHAPTER IV.--History of the See 117

PAGE Cathedral from the West _Frontispiece_ Arms of the See _Title page_ South Prospect of the Cathedral (Old Print) 2 Cathedral from Stowe Church (Old Print) 13 Ancient Gateway...

2. CHAPTER III.--Description of the Interior 54

Nave 54 Pulpit, Lectern, etc. 64 North Aisle of Nave--Monuments and Glass 64 South Aisle of Nave--Monuments and Glass 67 Transepts 67 Organ 71 Choir 75 Screen and Stalls 84 Rere...

1. CHAPTER II.--Description of the Exterior 30