rood loft
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On the south side of the chancel arch is a rood loft staircase turret, of which both the lower and upper door remain.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
W. Delph and W. T. Gilbert, 260; re St. John Timberhill rood loft, 452; re unlawful removal of church ornaments from St. Michael-at-Coslany, 492; deprivation of living, 499.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
The piers at the chancel entrance contain the staircases leading to the roofs and formerly to the rood loft.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.
The nave, from the crossing to the rood loft, and part of the transepts are, undoubtedly, the oldest portions of the existing edifice.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
He died August 8, 1369, and was buried in the cathedral, before the rood loft.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Quennell, C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne)
