BYE STREET GATE. FROM AN OLD PRINT.

James Atlay, A.D. 1868-1895, second son of the Rev. Henry Atlay, M.A., formerly Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. He was born July 3, 1817; graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, of which he was afterwards Fellow, appointed one of Her Majesty's Preachers at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, 1857; Vicar of Leeds, 1859; Canon of Ripon, 1861; nominated to Hereford, May 9, consecrated at Westminster on June 24, and enthroned in Hereford Cathedral, July 2, 1868. He was succeeded in 1895 by the Right Rev. John Percival, D.D., the present holder of the see.

PLAN OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.

The dimensions of the cathedral are:—

Ft.In.
Total length outside,about3420
Total length inside,about3275
Length of Nave to Screen Gates,about1586
Length of Choir-Screen to Reredos,about756
Length of Lady Chapel from Reredos,about935
Breadth of Nave (span of roof),about314
Breadth of Nave and Aisles (internally),about734
Breadth of Central Transepts,about1462
Breadth of North-East Transepts (each about 35 ft. sq.),about1106
Height of Choir,about626
Height of Nave,about640
Height of Lantern,about960
Height of Tower (top of leads),about1406
Height of Tower (top of pinnacles),about1650
Height of old central timber Spire,about2400

NEILL AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.


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