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BOLTON PRIORY.
moft forrowful occafion, of which we (hall more particularly
fpeak. The fortunate pofleflbrs did not ceafe to enlarge im-
prove and enrich their houfe till Henry VIII. broke in upon
them, ftill building, and wrefted the property from Richard
Moon, the prior, before he had completed his weftern tower.
BOLTON PRIORY, WEST END.
The vifitor will be agreeably furprifed to fee the nave
converted into a parifh church, where divine fervice is ftill
performed. In different parts of the nave ftill ftand five lofty
cylindric columns, and equally fine tall lancet windows, with
fragments of ftained glafs, and beautiful tracery. At the eaft
end of the aifle of the nave is the old Chantry Chapel, under
BOLTON PRIORY.
moft forrowful occafion, of which we (hall more particularly
fpeak. The fortunate pofleflbrs did not ceafe to enlarge im-
prove and enrich their houfe till Henry VIII. broke in upon
them, ftill building, and wrefted the property from Richard
Moon, the prior, before he had completed his weftern tower.
BOLTON PRIORY, WEST END.
The vifitor will be agreeably furprifed to fee the nave
converted into a parifh church, where divine fervice is ftill
performed. In different parts of the nave ftill ftand five lofty
cylindric columns, and equally fine tall lancet windows, with
fragments of ftained glafs, and beautiful tracery. At the eaft
end of the aifle of the nave is the old Chantry Chapel, under