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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[Illustration: VIEW FROM THE NORTH-EAST BEFORE RESTORATION.]
[Illustration: ST. ALBANS ABBEY, BEFORE 1874.]
ST. ALBANS CATHEDRAL
CHAPTER I.
HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
Long before any church stood on the site of the present cathedral, long
before the time of Albanus, who is universally allowed to have been the
first Christian martyr whose blood was shed in this island, events that
have found a place in the early history of Britain occurred in the
immediate neighbourhood of the city we call St.
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