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A History of the County of Hampshire
… The Saxon church was abandoned on 8 April, St. Swithun's shrine was removed to the new church on 15 July, and on the … not only a Lady chapel but an adequate place for the shrine of St. Swithun, with a procession path round it. The … at the level of the window sills. As a setting for the shrine of St. Swithun the vestibule must have been a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the well suggest that the site was associated with a shrine. (Dorset Procs. XI (1890), 16; Ant. J. XXXIII (1953), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… obliged to melt down the precious metals with which the shrine of St. Wulstan was enriched. In the course of the same … a stone pulpit richly sculptured, and part of some shrine-work, and sedilia. There is a place of worship for …
A History of the County of York
… of gold. There were many such gifts, 42 but St. William's shrine never attained the wealth or reputation of St. … for Archbishop Scrope, beheaded in 1405, provided another shrine. Thousands visited his tomb in the presbytery and made … as a loft for the watchers who guarded St. William's shrine. 57 The growth in the number of chantries brought its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Each compartment contains, in the lower division, a triple shrine of niches; and in the upper, an open arch, formed by …