LIST OF CONTENTS

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I.[HISTORY OF THE BUILDING]3
II.[THE EXTERIOR]23
III.[THE INTERIOR]35
IV.[HISTORY OF THE MONASTERY AND SEE]81
V.[THE NEIGHBOURHOOD]106
[INDEX]113
[DIMENSIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL]115

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[ST. ALBANS CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH]frontispiece
[ARMS OF THE SEE]title-page
[VIEW FROM THE NORTH-EAST BEFORE RESTORATION]2
[ST. ALBANS ABBEY BEFORE 1874]3
[PLAN OF THE NORMAN CHURCH]9
[THE SOUTH-WEST PORTAL BEFORE THE REBUILDING OF THE WEST FRONT]11
[EXTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL BEFORE 1874]15
[INTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL BEFORE 1874]16
[THE ARCADE IN THE SLYPE BEFORE ITS REMOVAL]20
[FLOOR TILE]21
[THE ANGLE BETWEEN NAVE AND TRANSEPT]22
[THE NEW WEST FRONT]23
[THE SOUTH TRANSEPT AS REBUILT]27
[THE LADY CHAPEL CHOIR AND TRANSEPT FROM THE SOUTH-EAST]28
[VIEW FROM THE NORTH-EAST]30
[THREE OLD FLOOR TILES]32
[THE NAVE FROM THE WEST END]34
[BASE OF INCOMPLETE PIER]37
[PLAN OF PIER]37
[ARCADE ON NORTH SIDE OF NAVE]38
[EASTERN PART OF THE NORTH SIDE OF NAVE]39
[NORTH NAVE ARCADE, WESTERN END]41
[SOUTH NAVE ARCADE]43
[SOUTH AISLE OF NAVE]45
[HOLY WATER STOUP]46
[NORTH AISLE OF NAVE]47
[SAXON BALUSTER SHAFTS IN SOUTH TRANSEPT]50
[DOORWAY IN SOUTH TRANSEPT]51
[THE CROSSING LOOKING WESTWARD]54
[THE CHOIR]55
[THE WALLINGFORD SCREEN]58
[KEY TO THE SCULPTURE]59
[THE RAMRYGE CHANTRY]60
[SOUTH AISLE OF PRESBYTERY]62
[WOODEN FIGURE OF MENDICANT]63
[RETRO-CHOIR]64
[BASE OF THE SHRINE OF ST. AMPHIBALUS]65
[BACK OF THE WATCHING LOFT]66
[RAMRYGE'S CHANTRY FROM THE AISLE]67
[ONE OF THE OLD WESTERN DOORS]68
[LADY CHAPEL]69
[PEDESTAL OF ST. ALBANS SHRINE]73
[WATCHING LOFT]75
[MONUMENT OF HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER]77
[SOUTH CHOIR AISLE]80
[JOHN OF WHEATHAMPSTEAD'S CHANTRY]100
[OLD FLOOR TILE]105
[THE GREAT GATE]106
[MONUMENT OF LORD BACON]109
[THE OLD ROUND HOUSE]111
[PLAN OF THE CATHEDRAL]116

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