Articles about the Abbey from 'Transactions'

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The Cathedral passageway
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans

The Abbey has always loomed large in the concerns of the Society. An announcement in the County Press of 1 November 1845 about the formation of the Society noted that:

We have much pleasure in announcing the institution of a Society for this county. Its object is to aid in promoting a more general acquaintance with those memorials of past ages which tend to illustrate the history and principles of Architecture in England. With this view, its attention will be drawn to the Abbey Church of St Alban’s, and the several churches within the county …

These articles from the Society’s ‘Transactions’ bear testament to the members’ interest in the Abbey.

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The painted wooden vault over the Presbytery and the Saint's Chapel. (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
The Brass of Thomas de la Mare, St Albans Abbey Church (4 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
The Wooden Watching Loft in St. Albans Abbey Church. (5 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
St. Albans Abbey: Excavations on the site of the Great Cloister and adjacent buildings, 1924 (4 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
The Restoration of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans (1 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
The Great Gateway of St Alban's (368 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
The Infirmary of St Albans Abbey (109 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
The Chapter House at St Albans (880 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)
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