The authorities consulted in the preparation of this book are too numerous to quote in detail. But the admirable works by the late Rev. W.H. Jones have been proved so full of useful information that the service they rendered must be duly acknowledged, although in almost every instance further reference was made to the building itself—or to officially authenticated documents. Nor must the help of one of the cathedral cicerones be overlooked, in spite of his desire to remain anonymous; for his knowledge of the building served to correct several mistakes in the first edition. One moot point concerning the bishop commemorated by an effigy in the North Choir Aisle is left an open question. Local authorities insist that it should be attributed to Bishop Poore, antiquarians of distinction affirm that it represents Bishop Bingham.
The illustrations, with the exception of a few details from Britton and Carter, are from photographs most courteously placed at my disposal by Mrs. H. Snowden Ward, or from the series published by Messrs. S.B. Bolas and Co., Carl Norman and Co. (now The Photochrom Company, Ltd.), Poulton and Sons (of Lee) and Witcomb and Son, of Salisbury, in each case duly acknowledged below the engraving.
G.W.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| [History of the Cathedral] | 1 |
| [Description of the Exterior] | 16 |
| Tower and Spire | [18] |
| West Front | [25] |
| North Porch | [32] |
| Nave and Choir | [32] |
| [Description of the Interior—Plan] | 37 |
| Nave | [39] |
| Transepts | [42] |
| Monuments in the Nave | [43] |
| Monuments of the Boy Bishop | [49] |
| Choir Screen | [52] |
| Organ | [52] |
| Choir and Presbytery | [52] |
| Roof Paintings | [53] |
| Choir | [54] |
| Choir Stalls | [57] |
| Reredos | [57] |
| High Altar | [58] |
| East Transept | [61] |
| Eastern Aisle | [63] |
| Lady Chapel | [63] |
| Monuments in Choir, etc. | [65] |
| Chapter House | [71] |
| [The Cathedral Precincts] | 80 |
| Cloisters | [80] |
| Library | [82] |
| Muniment Room | [84] |
| The Close | [86] |
| Bell Tower | [87] |
| Hungerford Chapel | [88] |
| Beauchamp Chapel | [89] |
| The Stained Glass | [91] |
| [History of the See] | 95 |
| [The Diocese of Sarum] | 99 |
| List of the Bishops | [99] |
| [The Close and Churches] | 115 |