A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral - Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral, by George S. Phillips This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Author: George S. Phillips Release Date: April 3, 2007 [EBook #20967] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Peterborough Cathedral—West Front [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] A GUIDE TO PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL; COMPRISING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MONASTERY FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME, WITH A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL PECULIARITIES AND RECENT IMPROVEMENTS; COMPILED FROM THE WORKS OF GUNTON, BRITTON, AND ORIGINAL & AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS. By GEORGE S. PHILLIPS. [JANUARY SEARLE.] A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. PETERBOROUGH: PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. CASTER, BOOKSELLER, MARKET PLACE. 1881. PRINTED BY GEO. C. CASTER, AT HIS PRINTING OFFICE, IN THE "KING'S LODGINGS," WITHIN THE MINSTER PRECINCTS, PETERBOROUGH. 1881. A GUIDE TO PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL. CHAPTER I. From the foundation of the monastery by Peada, A.D.