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Tue Jan 12 06:18:23 CET 2010

Wn as #Christ Church Gate#, an exceedingly good example of the later
Perpendicular style. A contemporary inscription tells us that it was
built in 1517. It stands at the end of Mercery Lane, a lofty building
with towers at its corners, and two storeys above the archway. In front
there is a central niche, in which an image of our Saviour originally
stood, while below a row of shields, much battered and weather-beaten,
display armorial bearings, doubtless those of pious contributors to the
cost of the building. An early work of Turner's has preserved the corner
pinnacles which once decorated the top of the gate; these were removed
some thirty years ago. [Illustration: THE SOUTH-WEST PORCH OF THE
CATHEDRAL.] [Illustration: CLOISTERS OF THE MONKS' INFIRMARY.] Entering
the precincts through this gateway we find ourselves in what was the
_outer_ cemetery, in which members of the laity were allowed to be
buried. The _inner_ cemetery, reserved as a resting-place for the
brethren themselves, was formerly divided from the outer by a wall which
extended from St. Anselm's chapel. A Norman door, which was at one time
part of this wall, has now been put into a wall at the east end of the
monks' burying ground. This space is now called "The Oaks." A bell
tower, _campanile_, doubtless used for tolli
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