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The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales; Their History, Architecture and Monuments
The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales Their History Architecture and Monuments Author:William John Loftie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: E. Stanford Subjects: Cathedrals Catherals Architecture / General Architecture / Criticism Architecture / History / General Architecture / Individual Architect Architecture / Interior Design / General Architecture / Public, Commercial... more », or Industrial Buildings Architecture / Religious Buildings Architecture / Regional History / General Religion / Christianity / Anglican Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: BANGOR. Like most other cathedral churches of Wales, Bangor lies in a hollow, and a stranger, visiting the town, might easily pass by without seeing it. It is moreover of but little antiquarian or architectural interest, having been, practically, built by the late Sir G. G. Scott, and having few features worth noting, except those that he added or "restored." It is situated at the foot of a steep rock, in a vale half closed in with an amphitheatre of hills. There are traces of an ancient castle, but the city is very modern, and has been greatly increased of late years. The church, which is the parish church of the older part of the city, is dedicated to St. David. It was founded by St. Deiniol, it is said in 525, but destroyed in 1071. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 empowered a collection of the alms of the faithful to rebuild it, but it suffered great damage in 1247, and was burned by Owen Glendower, in 1402, to punish Bishop Yonge, who was a partisan of Henry IV. The earliest portion of the present fabric was built by Bishop Dene about 1500 ; the nave and tower were added by Skeffmgton, before 1534, and after a plaster ceiling and other modern improvements had been made, Sir G. Scott was called in, and...« less