 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1803 - 662 pages
...which about that time was established in this town.* The present Church is a very spacious structure, built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection of the nave, and supported by four pillars of uncommon magnitude. The interior is particularly neat;... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1805 - 698 pages
...granted by Ethelred. The Church is dedicated to St. Faith, and stands in the centre of the town : it is built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the interseclion ; the colunms of the nave ate of Saxon architecture ; the arches are pointed. In the wall... | |
 | Walley Chamberlain Oulton - 1805 - 964 pages
...one church till the reign of Charles I. Here are now three churches : St. Peter's, the parish church, is built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the middle, with 8' bells in it. In the ceiling is the Ascension of Our Saviour, finely painted in fresco... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1808 - 878 pages
...the Eighth, when it was finally dissolved, its total annual revenues being estimated at 63l. Os. 7d. The Church, which is dedicated to St. Mary and St....insufficient for the accommodation of the inhabitants.-}- In the north wall of the chancel » Peramb. of Kent, p. 167. Edit. 1596. t Hasted says, that, " when... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 448 pages
...The back-court, with offices and gardens, 186 feet, by 120. St. Peters Church Is the parish-church, built in the form of a cross ; with a tower, rising from the middle. In the ceiling, is the ascension of our SAVIOUR, finely painted in> fresco, by Parmentier.... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 454 pages
...The back-court, with offices and gardens,. 186 feet, by 120. St. Peter's Church Is the parish-church, built in the form of a cross ; with a tower, rising from the middle. In the ceiling, is the ascension of our SAVIOUR, finely painted in fresco, by Parmentier. It... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 354 pages
...in the kingdom, with respect to the articles of meat and yarn. The church is a handsome structure, built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection of the nave. There is a good free grammar school, a Sunday school, and a charity school, for forty... | |
 | Daniel Paterson - 1822 - 784 pages
...principally, of two streets cro&aing each other at right angles. In the centre of the town »lands the church, built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection. In October 1764, two distinct shucks of an earthquake were it-It in this town, which continued from... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 1078 pages
...the rampart, on the weit side, flows the little river Bulbourne. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection 148 149 towards the west end, and having a projecting staircase at the south-east angle, terminated... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 296 pages
...the rampart, on the west side, flows the little river Bulbourne. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is built in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection towards the west end, and having a projecting staircase at the south-east angle, terminated by a turret... | |
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Gothic structure, in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection of the nave, and supported by four pillars of uncommon magnitude. The interior is remarkably neat ; having a raised floor, and with pews of the best wainscot. 
