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Handbook to the cathedrals of England (1869)

King, R. J. (Richard John), 1818-1879 · London : John Murray · leaf 228

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170 §lip0tt Needle ” (Plate Y.), in many respects the most interesting portion of the whole church. A long and narrow passage leads to a cell, cylindrically vaulted, 7 feet 9 inches … Plan of St. Wilfrid’s Crypt. wide, 11 feet 3 inches long, and 9 feet 4 inches high ; in each wall are plain niches, with semicircular heads. One of these (west) has a deep basin in the base ; and others, apertures at the back, as if for the smoke of a lamp. The larger niche at the east end (see the…

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