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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
CARLISLE
A DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EPISCOPAL SEE
BY
C. KING ELEY
London George Bell & Sons 1900
W. H. White and Co. Limited
Riverside Press, Edinburgh
GENERAL PREFACE
This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitorsto the great English Cathedrals with accurate and wellillustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of eachwriter has been to produce a work compiled with sufficientknowledge and scholarship to be of value to the student ofArchæeology and History, and yet not too technical in languagefor the use of an ordinary visitor or tourist.
To specify all the authorities which have been made use of ineach case would be difficult and tedious in this place. Butamongst the general sources of information which have been almostinvariably found useful are:—(1) the great countyhistories, the value of which, especially in questions ofgenealogy and local records, is generally recognised; (2) thenumerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in theTransactions of the Antiquarian and Archæological Societies; (3)the important documents made accessible in the series issued bythe Master of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton andWillis on the English Cathedrals; and (5) the excellent series ofHandbooks to the Cathedrals originated by the late Mr. JohnMurray; to which the reader may in most cases be referred forfurther detail, especially in reference to the histories of therespective sees.
Gleeson White.
Edward F. Strange.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
Amongst the works consulted in compiling this handbook may bespecially mentioned Nicolson and Burn's "History and Antiquitiesof Westmoreland and Cumberland," Hutchinson's "History andAntiquities of the City of Carlisle," Jefferson's "History andAntiquities of Carlisle," Billings' "Architectural Illustrations,History and Description of Carlisle Cathedral," "Guide to theCathedral, Carlisle," by R.H. and K.H.
Much help has also been obtained from the late J.R. G