'An Account of the Cathedral Church of Norwich …’ by William Wilkins
Reference code
WIK
Title
'An Account of the Cathedral Church of Norwich …’ by William Wilkins
Date
1813
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
ff. ii + 32.
Quarto.
Black spine, with marbled boards.
Quarto.
Black spine, with marbled boards.
Scope and content
'An Account of the Cathedral Church of Norwich, relating to the progress of its building as collected from Blomfield and other Authors..' (fol. 1). A paper communicated to SA, 16 Apr. 1807 (fol. 1), by William Wilkins, senior, FSA (1749-1819). The author was the architect who restored Norwich Castle and published a number of papers on antiquarian subjects in Archaeologia and the Gent. Mag. Reference, fol. 29v, to drawings of Norwich Cathedral purchased by SA in 1806; see Minute Book XXXI, 8 May 1806, p. 83, 16 Apr. 1807, pp. 261-6. Tipped in, fols. 30-1v, notes relating to Bishops of Norwich and the building of the cathedral from a MS owned by Meadows Taylor of Diss.
Creator
Repton, John Adey (1775-1860), architect and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/766
MS 766
MS 766