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[Illustration: GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, FROM THE ROOF OF ST. JOHN'S
               CHURCH.]




                       THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
                              GLOUCESTER


                     A DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC
                      AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
                            EPISCOPAL SEE


                      BY H. J. L. J. MASSE, M.A.

                   AUTHOR OF "TEWKESBURY ABBEY" AND
                        "DEERHURST PRIORY," ETC.

                     WITH FORTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS

                    LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1905

                    _First Published January 1899_
                     _Second Edition August 1900_
                       _Reprinted January 1905_


               _The Riverside Press Limited, Edinburgh_




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