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| Cathedral | Cathedral | Mr Ralph Wilson, Harbour Master | on sheet | A magnificent architectural building of a Cruciform | ||
| (In ruins) | (ruins of) | 12.6 | structure, the Nave, Chancel and the Arches of which | |||
| Cathedral | Mr Robert Stamp, Schoolmaster | now only remain, the remainder being a mass of mouldering ruins. | ||||
| (ruins of) | This building appears to have been erected at different | |||||
| Cathedral | Mr William Smith, Fisherman | periods much of it bearing evident signs of the early Saxon | ||||
| (ruins of) | Architecture: some of the Arches are circular, others pointed | |||||
| and the Columns are massive and rich in Ornament. | ||||||
| The pointed Arches still remaining on the South and North | ||||||
| walls indicate |
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| Henry the Second's Reign and the square tower was evidently | ||||||
| erected after the other parts of the Edifice. | ||||||
| A double row of massive Pillars separates the nave from | ||||||
| the Aisles, the shaft of the columns ar about 12 feet | ||||||
| high and five feet in circumference and are richly | ||||||
| ornamented. | ||||||
| When clearing away the rubbish in 1814 the windows | ||||||
| and the great western door were discovered. | ||||||
| Care is now being taken by the Crown and the Trustees | ||||||
| of the |
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| once splendid structure. | ||||||
| Small portions of the ruins of the Abbatial buildings are | ||||||
| still to be seen here but the Monastery itself was destroyed | ||||||
| soon after the departure of its inmates in 882. | ||||||
| The Vicarage | The | Mr Ralph Wilson | on sheet | The residence of the vicar of Holy Island, it is a | ||
| Vicarage | 12.6 | neat, substantial building with garden and offices | ||||
| The | Mr Robert Stamp | attached | ||||
| Vicarage | ||||||
| The | Mr William Smith | |||||
| Vicarage | ||||||
| Thomas Cosgrove |
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