rood loft
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A memorandum in the churchwardens' accounts speak of him setting up a pair of organs on the rood loft.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
This archway seems too wide to have been the entrance to the stairs leading to the rood loft, a use which has been suggested for it.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
It is therefore possible to obtain from these stone carvings a very good idea of how the rood looked when it was set up in the rood loft.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
A faculty to confirm the erection of the rood loft and of the figures then on the rood beam and to authorise the placing of other figures there was refused.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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
