The Register of the Priory of St. Bees - Couverture souple

Wilson, Rev James

 
9781542101806: The Register of the Priory of St. Bees

Synopsis

Originally published in 1915, this is a facsimile, or exact, reprint of the original book. It contains a transcription of the Chartulary of St. Bees. St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria. There is evidence for a pre-Norman religious site, and on this a Benedictine priory was founded by the first Norman Lord of Egremont William Meschin, and was dedicated by Archbishop Thurstan of York, sometime between 1120 and 1135. From sculptural and charter evidence the site was a principal center of religious influence in the west of the county, and an extensive parish grew up with detached portions covering much of the Western Lakes (1915) 2017, xl, 661pp. (712 total pages) Each page has been carefully processed by trained human artisans to achieve the best possible quality from the original used. We do not use once size fits all automated computer image enhancement of compressed online pdf files that can leave some pages distorted or unreadable.

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