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The castles and abbeys of England; Vol. 1 of 2

St. Alban’s Abbey. S. ALBANUS PROTO-MARTYR ANGLICANUS.

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Steel Plate.—General View of St. Alban’s Abbey, from the SouthT. Allom.Adlard.

Piscina—with a Monk of the OrderPrior.Smith.79

Entrance to Our Lady’s Chapel, From the North.Prior.Smith.80

The Nave of the Abbey Church, Showing the Saxon (or Norman) and Gothic Arches, the Great West Window, &c.Herman.Evans.83

The Choir—with the Pulpit, Organ, Window of the North Transept, the Norman Arches, &c.Sargent.Evans.86

The Shrine-Tomb of Humphrey the Good, Duke of Gloucester. Drawn By Mr. Beattie Gray.89

The Duke’s Vault, with His Coffin and Skeleton, in their present state, under The ShrinePrior.Whimper.91

The Entrance to the Lady Chapel, from the SouthPrior.Jackson.93

The Ancient Altar of the Abbey, now in the South Aisle, with PilgrimsArcher.Gray.95

The Gate-House, or Grand Entrance to the Abbey Court, from the InteriorSargent.Nicholles.96

St. Peter’s Street, including the Abbey Tower, the Market-place, and the Town-hallPrior.Smith.99

The entrance to the Lady Chapel, from the North LanePrior.Jackson.102

St. Michael’s Church, from the ChurchyardPrior.Smith.104

Monument and Statue of Lord Chancellor Bacon, in St. Michael’s ChurchPrior.Whimper.105

Sopwell Nunnery in Ruins, with the Abbey Church in the backgroundSargent.Whimper.107

Grand Entrance to the Abbey Church from the West, with the Distribution of Alms in the CemeteryPrior.Whimper.108

Interior of the Lady Chapel—showing the public thoroughfare through the Outer ChapelPrior.Smith.109

Arms of the Monastery of St. AlbansHerman.Cook.110

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