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XVII. An Account of the Prior's Chapel at Ely, by William Wilkins, Jun. Esq. F. A. S. in a Letter to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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I have herewith sent you the drawings of the Prior's Chapel at Ely, which I mentioned to you when I had last the pleasure of seeing you. These drawings are accompanied with an explanation and a few remarks on the style of building, which I have to request you will do me the honour to present to the Society in my name, at the first convenient opportunity. The history of this Chapel you will find comprised in a few sentences, as indeed must be the case of all which are private, and have no religious establishment. The merit therefore of the whole, if it have any, will consist in the drawings, and in those I fear only, considering them as accurate delineations from the original. The few observations subjoined, you will be at liberty to present or not, according to your own opinion of them; and I beg you will not be scrupulous in rejecting them, if you think they approach too near to those which have already been made on the subject. The Chapel you will find is now a dwelling-house, and not much visited by strangers. During my stay at Ely, I was introduced to its present possessor, and had many opportunities of seeing it.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1803

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page 110 note [a] Pl. XXVIIL.