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28 this building. There are sixty-four richly canopied stalls for the dignitaries of the Cathedral, namely, six on either side of the entrance doorway, and twenty-six running up the length of the choir north and south. These are completed on the south by the Archbishop's throne, and on the opposite side by the pulpit. The whole is of oak most beautifully €arved, being finished off with crockets and enriched finials. At the foot of the steps rising to the altar, between the throne and pulpit, is the lectern or brazen eagle, from which the lessons are read. At the east end, the altar is reached by fifteen steps. Behind the altar table is an open stone screen, having mullions with transoms, tracery in the upper part, and an ornamented embattled parapet; the eight lights are filled with plate glass ; thus dividing the choir from the lady chapel. In front of this is a reredos of oak, with tryptich, containing an alto-relievo cast of the Crucifixion. The sides of the upper part of the choir are also glazed. In the aisles and lady chapel are a number of remarkable tombs and efi^igies. The south aisle contains several modern erections to the memory of soldiers and others, namely: A marble monument to Lieut. Henry Lees, 3rd Dragoon Guards, accidentally killed by a fall from his horse in Phoenix Park, Dublin, 30th September, 1876. A marble monument to the officers and 191 men of the 33rd Eegiment, who died whilst serving in India in 1857 to 1867. A monumental brass to Frederick Yyner who was murdered by Greek brigands on the 21st April, 1870. A monumental brass to the officers and men of the l9th Eegiment who fell in the Eussian war of 1854-5. A sculptured monument to the memory of the officers and men of the 51st or 2nd West Eiding Eegiment who fell in the war in Burmah in 1852-3. A monument to the officers and men of the 84th Eegiment who fell in the Indian mutiny, 1857-9. A monument to the officers and men of the 33rd Eegiment who fell in the Eussian war, 1854-6 A monument to William Mason (1797), the poet, canon residentiary of York, and also of his nephew, William Henry Dixon (1854), joint authors of *'The Lives of the Archbishops of York."
29 A monument to Major Oldfield, 5th Bengal Cavalry. A finely sculptured monument of marble in memory of Lieut. Col. Willoughby-Moore, seven non-commissioned officers and' ten men of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons who perished in the burning of the " Europa" transport-ship in 1854. In this aisle are the entrances to the vestry and chapter clerk's office. Of the ancient monuments which commence here and are continued beyond the division of the aisle by iron raihngs, the most notable are the following A tablet to Jane Hodson, wife of a chancellor of the Cathedral, who died in 1636, in giving birth to her twentyfourth child, she being in her thirty- eighth year. A small monument to Archbishop Piers (1594), a favourite of Queen Elizabeth. A monument to Sir WilHam Gee, secretary of James I. (1611), with effigies of himself, his two wives, and six children, all in the attitude of prayer. A monument to Archbishop Hutton (1757), with effigy of himself in cope, rochet, and gown, and also of his three children. A monument to Archbishop Lamplugh (1691), a statue with mitre and crozier. The white marble monument is by Westmacott, to the memory of William Burgh, D.C.L. (1808) ; it is an emblematical figure of religion. Against the south wall, towards the east end, is a marble monument, with Corinthian columns, in memory of William Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1695), son of the famous earl^. on it are effigies of the earl and his countess, above are the arms of the family. At the east end is a life-sized statue in Eoman toga, &c.,, Thomas Watson Wentworth (1723), third son of Edward of Lord Rockingham. The massive tomb which fills the whole of the bay between the lady chapel and the south aisle of the first arch, from the east end, is that of Archbishop Bowet (1423) ; above the tomb is a lofty elliptical arch 30 feet high, in the form of a canopy, having beautiful tracery, capped with three lofty pinnacles, each containing a statue. This monument is a rich and elegant specimen of the fiorid style of Anglo Norman, architecture.
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Page 17 and 18: Index, yii PAGE Harrison's Hospital
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Page 36 and 37: 14 In 867, the kingdom of Northumbr
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Page 42 and 43: 18 YORK MINSTER. It seems impossibl
Page 44 and 45: 20 The Nave is divided on each side
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Page 48: 24 and was built from 12*50 to 1270
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Page 65: 37 subscription. The bell is never
Page 68 and 69: 40 CELEBEATED AECHBISHOPS. Since th
Page 70 and 71: 42 The Minster Library is the only
Page 72: THE WALLS AND BAES. The City Walls'
Page 75 and 76: 45 MICKLEGATE BAR consists of a squ
Page 79 and 80: 47 the Blue Coat Boys' School, with
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69 to tlie ground by Athelstane, le
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71 in it the debtors are allowed to
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83 WESLEYAN METHODIST FEEE CHURCH,
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85 Wilson's Hospital, Fossbridge, f
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87 the government of the asylum too
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89 ?tlie art of teaching under tlie
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91 years. The building is of quaint
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93 FEIENDS' BOYS' SCHOOL Is the ver
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