EDITORIAL NOTE 



The Editor wishes to thank all those who have assisted him with notes 

 and information in the compilation of this volume during the long period 

 that it has been in preparation. The work was almost finished and partly 

 in type when the war and post-war conditions required it to be put aside 

 for nearly ten years. On the resumption of work it was difficult to pick 

 up the threads left by a scattered staff, but since that time the whole 

 volume has been revised and brought up to date. In this work the Editor 

 has particularly to thank Dr. John Bilson, who by his unique knowledge 

 of Durham Cathedral has afforded much help in the revision of the 

 architectural description of that great monument. This piece of work, 

 although begun by Mr. S. C. Kaines Smith, M.B.E., M.A., F.S.A., was 

 mainly written by the late Mr. John Quekett, M.A., F.S.A., whose 

 brilliant career as a literary architect was cut short, to the sorrow of his 

 numerous friends, on the battlefield in Flanders on 31 July 19 17. 

 Mr. Quekett left his account of the Cathedral buildings almost complete 

 from the east end of the church to the eastern part of the nave. From 

 this point the remainder of the account of the church and all the descrip- 

 tion of the monastic buildings have been written by Mr. F. H. Cheetham, 

 F.S.A., who at the same time has made such revision in the earlier part 

 of the work as alterations in the meantime have necessitated. The Editor 

 desires further to thank Professor Hamilton Thompson, M.A., F.S.A., 

 for reading the proof of the whole of the account of the Cathedral and 

 Monastery, and Mr. C. R. Peers, C.B.E., F.S.A., F.B.A., for advice 

 and help in the parts of the description, other than that of the historical 

 development of the church for which he himself is responsible. 



Acknowledgment is also gratefully made to the Very Rev. Henry 

 Gee, D.D., F.S.A., Dean of Gloucester, Brigadier-General Herbert 

 Conyers Surtees, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O., F.S.A., D.L., J.P., 

 Mr. W. T. Jones, F.S.A., Mr. E. V. Stocks, M.A., the Rev. Canon E. 

 Sykes, the Rev. Canon W. Bothamly, Mr. K. C. Bayley, F.S.A., and 

 Mr. C. H. Hunter Blair, M.A., F.S.A., for assistance given to the Editor 

 in various ways. The Editor also thanks the clergy who have read the 

 proofs of their parishes or otherwise helped in passing the pages through 

 the press. He would mention the assistance he has received m this way 

 from the Rev. F. P. Bates, the Rev. J. Bennett, the Rev. W. A. Blackwell, 

 the Rev. E. Doddington, the Rev. J. Clegg, the \'en. Archdeacon 

 Derry, the Rev. A. T. Dingle, the Rev. E. A. Douglas, the Rev. J. C. 

 Douglas, the Rev. A. T. Faber, the Rev. J. R. Fuller, the Rev. E. H. 

 Greatorex, the Rev. D, Hodgson, the Rev. C. E. Jackson, the Rev. 



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