Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Worcester: Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of the Edifice, Including an Architectural Description of the Church; And Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops and of Other Eminent Persons Connected With the Cathedral The first portion of the present Volume was issued in January, 1832; and the last ought to have been finished by the end of that year, and which the author fully anticipated at the time he began. A succession of unexpected and uncontrollable events, however, have occurred to thwart his intentions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.