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Bell's Cathedrals

INDEX.

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Abbots, list of, 142.

Ailcy Hill, 9.

Aisles of the nave, 78;

south aisle, 79;

north aisle, 81;

of the choir, (north) 113;

(south) 115.

Archbishops of York, 13 et seq.

Athelstan, King, 9.

Bas-relief of lion, 80.

Bedern, the, 24, 26, 34.

Bells, the, 43.

Bishops of Ripon, 143.

Bridge, the North, 141.

Canons, irregularities of the, 23.

Canons of Stanwick, list of, 142.

Chantries, 28.

Chapter, the, 29, 30;

re-established, 31, 33, 34, 37.

Chapter-house, the, 53, 122-125.

Charles I., 34.

Choir, the, 49, 58;

interior, 96-117.

College of Canons, the, 12, 17, 22, 30.

Courts, ecclesiastical and secular, 19, 31, 37.

Crypt, the Saxon, 71-78;

the Norman, 117-120.

Cuthbert, St., 4, 11, 12.

Deanery, the, 133.

Deans, list of, 143.

Dedication by Wilfrid, 6.

Diocese of Ripon, 36.

Eadhead, Bishop of Ripon, 7.

East End, the, 60.

Eata, first Abbot, 4, 12.

Edward I., 25.

Fonts, the, 79.

Grammar-School, Ripon, 14, 30-36.

Gray, Archbishop Walter de, 11, 16, 21.

Henry IV., 26.

Henry V., 11.

James I., 31, 33.

Lady-Kirk, the, 22, 27.

Lady-loft, the, 54, 129.

Liberty of Ripon, 19-37.

Library, the, 130.

Mallory Chapel, 93.

Markenfield Chapel and tombs, 90.

Monastery of Ripon, the (Scottish), 4;

(Saxon), 5;

end of, 12.

Nave, rebuilding of, 27, 69;

north side, exterior, 44;

south side, 50;

interior, 65.

Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury, 11.

Organ, the, 111.

Oswald, Archbishop, 11.

Palace, Archiepiscopal, 24, 35.

Peculiar, the parish a, 19, 31, 37.

Prebends, 12, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26.

Presbytery, arrangement of the, 104.

Pulpit (Old) in north transept, 88.

Ripon Minster, foundation of the Scottish monastery, 4;

original site of, 5;

dedication of new church, 6;

end of monastery, 12;

as a collegiate church, 12, 22;

as a parochial church, 18, 22;

present church built, 15;

central tower reconstructed, 27;

nave rebuilt, 27.

Rising in the North, the, 30.

Roger de Pont l’Evêque, Archbishop, 15;

his plan, 16, 67.

Rood Screen, the, 94.

St. Agnes’ Lodge, 136.

St. Anne’s Hospital, 133.

St. John’s Hospital, 36.

St. Mary Magdalene’s Hospital, 35, 137.

Sanctuary, right of, 9, 23, 30.

Saxon monastery, the, 5.

Scots, incursion of, 25.

Scottish monastery, the, 4.

Sedilia, the, 104.

Site, original, 5.

Spires, fall and removal of the, 34.

Stalls, the choir, 106.

Stammergate, 5, 22, 35.

Stanwick, Prebend, 17, 18, 29, 142.

Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 6.

Thomas of Bayeux, Archbishop, 13.

Thorp, prebendal house, 36, 136.

Throne, the Bishop’s, 111;

the Archbishop’s, 36.

Thurstan, Archbishop, 73, 14.

Tower, the central, 45, 56;

interior, 82.

Towers, western, 41.

Transept, north, 46;

south, 51, 56;

interior, 85;

north, 86;

south, 91.

Vault-bosses in choir, 103.

Vaulting, north transept, 91.

Vestry, the, 125.

Wakeman, the, 33.

West front, the, 16, 40, 43;

interior, 68.

West Gate, the, demolished, 35.

Wilfrid, St., 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 75;

relics of, 11, 16;

translation of, 14;

shrine of, 14, 29, 81;

crypt of, 31, 71.

William, St., of York (Archbishop Fitzherbert), 15.

Window, east, 34, 62, 102.

Wolsey, Archbishop, 33.

Wulfstan, Archbishop, 10.

Drawing of plan of the cathedral
Drawing of plan of the cathedral

GROUND PLAN OF RIPON CATHEDRAL.

DIMENSIONS (internal).

Total Length, 270 feet

Length of Nave, 133 ”

Width of Nave, 87 ”

Width of Transept, 52 ”

Height of Vault (Nave), 88 ”

Height of Towers, 110 ”

Area, 25,280 square feet.

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Transcriber’s Note

The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Page Error

2 the Tower. changed to the Tower.)

10, fn. 10 St Wilfrid’s changed to St. Wilfrid’s

111 ascendency changed to ascendancy

115, fn. 103 Surtee’s changed to Surtees

118 anyrate changed to any rate

137 acolyte’s Orders changed to acolyte’s Orders.

The following words were inconsitently spelled:

afterthought / after-thought Agnesgate / Agnes-gate aisleless / aisle-less stonework / stone-work

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