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Screen of the Jesus Chapel 31 Entrance to the Chapter House 32 The South Choir Aisle 33 Screen of the Lady Chapel 35 Statue of Sir Humphrey Chetham 36 Interior of North Doorway 39 View across the Nave, looking North-West 40 The Choir, looking West 42 Desk Ends in the Choir Stalls 43 Choir Stalls, North Side 44 The Gordon Memorial Window 51 The Nave from the West 54 The Hall, Chetham's Hospital 62 Chetham's Hospital from the South-East 63 The North Gallery of the Cloister 65 The College Gateway 68 Corridor and Entrance to the Hall 69 The Cloister 70 Recess in the Hall 72 West Side of the Cloister 74 Staircase leading to Cloister Gallery 75 Cloister Gallery, North Side 76 Chetham's Library, formerly the Dormitory 77 The Warden's Room, now the Reading Room 79 The Reading Room, East Side 82 The Cloister, West Walk 83 Plan of Chetham's Hospital 85
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MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL

CHAPTER I.

HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.

In the minds of most Englishmen the name of Manchester calls up the image of a vast city that, with the borough of Salford, which, though municipally distinct, yet is topographically united with it, contains a population of about three quarters of a million of inhabitants. And it is, moreover, generally supposed that Manchester is entirely of modern growth—a collection of mills, and warehouses, and shops; yet, if