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at the west end. The aisle was then set out on slightly narrower 
lines than had been projected when its eastern arch was built, and 
the work having been carried up too high to permit of an alteration, 
the junction with the transept wall was made in the curious way 
we now see. 
There is one more interesting point to be noted before we leave 
the church. Previous to the excavations, I was at a loss fo explain 
how it was that the nave joined so awkwardly with the present 
school block, which is structurally the ced/arium of the monastery ; 
for when a conyentual establishment was first planned its buildings 
were generally arranged with some regard to symmetry. I have, 
however, since found that at a distance of 4} feet from the present 
north aisle wall there is the foundation of a wall, 6 feet thick, 
running parallel with it, which is exactly in line with the south 
end of the ce//arium. It is obvious, therefore, that the nave was 
at first aisleless, and that when the rebuilding began the new lines 
were so set out that the work might proceed as far as possible 
before the old walls were removed, for there was room to con- 
struct the new wall while the old wall was standing. I have not 
yet been able to recover the old south wall. 
In the centre of the nave is a stone covering a grave ; another 
lies in the south transept, and a third has been removed from its 
position in the south aisle. 
Of the cloister and its surrounding buildings not much can be 
said. The parts that were not demolished at the suppression were 
subsequently converted to tle uses of the school, and the sites 
have been encumbered by still more recent structures. The 
cloister area in particular has been divided by a wall, and so 
encroached upon by various out-buildings and enlargements of the 
school block, that its original square form is only evident on plan. 
Nothing is now visible of any of its arrangements. The east wall 
remains zz situ, but sundry recasings and patchings have quite 
obliterated all traces of the various doorways. 
Of the buildings that surrounded the cloister, commencing on 
the east, we have first the chapter house. It immediately adjoined 
the transept, but only part of the north, and the much patched 
