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Title : The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent
Year : 1837 ( 1830s )
Authors : Allen, Thomas, 1803-1833 Wright, Thomas
Subjects : London (England) -- History
Publisher : London, G. Virtue
Contributing Library : Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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anished 1723, died Feb. 15, 1731Samuel Bradford, installed June 7, 1723, died May 17, 1731.Joseph Wilcocks, installed July 2, 1731, died March 9, 1756Zachary Pearce, installed May 4,1756, resigned June 24, 1768, died June 20,1774John Thomas,installed July 19, 1768, died Aug. 22, 1793Samuel Horsley, installed Dec.6, 1793, translated to St. Asaph; died Oct. 4, 1806,William Vincent, installed !August 7, 1802, died Dec. 21, 1815.John Ireland, the present dean, in-stalled Feb. 9, 1816. The ARMS OF THE DEANERY of Westminster are, az, a cross patonee be-tween five martlets, four in the cantons of the cross, and one in base, or,- on achief of the last, a pale quarterly of France and England, between two roses gu.seeded or. barbed vert. ^#^>«^«4V4> CHAPTER H. Survey of Westminster Abbey, and Description of the Tombs andMonuments, The first object that demands attention, in surveying the exteriorof this building, is the principal entrance. This is at the west end.
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HISTORY OF LONDON. 49 and, taken as a whole, makes rather a mean appearance. Thegreat doorway is of considerable depth, and contracts inwards. Thesides are composed of pannels, and the roof intersected with nume-rous ribs. On each side of the door are pedestals in empty niches,with shields in quatrefoils beneath them. A cornice extends overthe whole, on which are ten niches separated by small buttresses :they are without statues, and their canopies are cones foliaged andpinnacled. Above those is a modern cantilever cornice, totallyunfit for the design. The kings and eight other coats of armsadorn the frieze above it. Hence arises the great painted window ; it has a border of eightpointed enriched pannels; a large heavy cornice over it -, and afrieze inscribed A. R. GEORGii II. viii. MDCCXxxv. The roof ispointed, and contains a small wmdow, with tracery. Two greatbuttresses strengthen the towers, and are grand ornaments: withtwo ranges of canopied niches (unfortunately deprived of thei

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