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Kennelwalch ; and St . Swithun would have found near him his last resting-place , but he was full of humility , and chose to be buried in a damp , shady part of the churchyard . St . Swithun was first monk and then prior of a monastery bearing his name ; and then , through
the interest of Ethelwolph ( Athelwolfe ) , he was promoted to the bishopric , 852 . The bones of St . Swithun , when canonized , w ere removed , and the translation was delayed by heavy rains ; and so it became a popular belief that if rain falls on St . Swithun ' s day , namely the fifteenth of July , the weather does not clear up for forty days . St . Swithun was fond of architecture , and promoted greatly
the building of monasteries and churches ; so we cannot wonder that his grave was frequented by the pilgrim , and miracles said to have been wrought there . A beautiful chapel was erected over his remains at the north door of the nave , and for some tiftie a solemn service performed upon his day . It is almost needless to remark that St . Swithun encouraged Masonry , which had now began to revive from the low state into which it had fallen Had it not been
for Ereemasons , few of these religious houses and noble churches would have arisen ; nor would the Craft , patronized by Alfred the Great , have so rapidly improved . The next bishop who carried on the good work of St . Swithun was Athelwold , who was previously a monk at Winchester , and then abbot at Abingdon . He is said to have disinterred the bones of
Birinus and St . Swithun , and to have placed them in " scriniums , " made of silver and gold . Budborne and Milner , to whom we are indebted for the history of Winchester cathedral , so ably given with other authors by the Bev . Professor Willis in his Architectural History of Winchester Cathedral , contained in the Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute , tell us that Wakelin was the first bishop of Winchester appointed , after the Norman conquest , in this see . The
crypts [ confessiones et martyria ] , of Winchester cathedral , which latter is built in the form of a cross , are very old , and were built by St . Athelwold in the Saxon style ; but in the building itself all styles are combined , and hence it has been called " a school of ecclesiastical architecture . " Doubtless all the original building was Saxon ; but a great part of the old church falling into decay , it was restored , and added to by this Bishop Wakelin , in the Norman , justly termed a Bomanesque style .
The tower , which was built , it is conjectured , shortly after—some , as Milner , say , before—the death of Bishop Wakelin , is peculiarly massive , built so as an act of precaution , because the former tower gave way . Eew persons unacquainted with architecture , who gaze on this tower from its exterior , are contented with its eifect ; indeed
many think it would be decidedly improved if it were built higher , or the addition made of a spire . This would be indeed contrary to the sound principle of architecture ; the fine Norman lantern towernever built , by the way , for bells—would be immediately spoiled . But let any one , with the most uneducated eye , enter the interior of this massive pile , and ho cannot fail to be awed into admiration—hero ,
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Kennelwalch ; and St . Swithun would have found near him his last resting-place , but he was full of humility , and chose to be buried in a damp , shady part of the churchyard . St . Swithun was first monk and then prior of a monastery bearing his name ; and then , through
the interest of Ethelwolph ( Athelwolfe ) , he was promoted to the bishopric , 852 . The bones of St . Swithun , when canonized , w ere removed , and the translation was delayed by heavy rains ; and so it became a popular belief that if rain falls on St . Swithun ' s day , namely the fifteenth of July , the weather does not clear up for forty days . St . Swithun was fond of architecture , and promoted greatly
the building of monasteries and churches ; so we cannot wonder that his grave was frequented by the pilgrim , and miracles said to have been wrought there . A beautiful chapel was erected over his remains at the north door of the nave , and for some tiftie a solemn service performed upon his day . It is almost needless to remark that St . Swithun encouraged Masonry , which had now began to revive from the low state into which it had fallen Had it not been
for Ereemasons , few of these religious houses and noble churches would have arisen ; nor would the Craft , patronized by Alfred the Great , have so rapidly improved . The next bishop who carried on the good work of St . Swithun was Athelwold , who was previously a monk at Winchester , and then abbot at Abingdon . He is said to have disinterred the bones of
Birinus and St . Swithun , and to have placed them in " scriniums , " made of silver and gold . Budborne and Milner , to whom we are indebted for the history of Winchester cathedral , so ably given with other authors by the Bev . Professor Willis in his Architectural History of Winchester Cathedral , contained in the Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute , tell us that Wakelin was the first bishop of Winchester appointed , after the Norman conquest , in this see . The
crypts [ confessiones et martyria ] , of Winchester cathedral , which latter is built in the form of a cross , are very old , and were built by St . Athelwold in the Saxon style ; but in the building itself all styles are combined , and hence it has been called " a school of ecclesiastical architecture . " Doubtless all the original building was Saxon ; but a great part of the old church falling into decay , it was restored , and added to by this Bishop Wakelin , in the Norman , justly termed a Bomanesque style .
The tower , which was built , it is conjectured , shortly after—some , as Milner , say , before—the death of Bishop Wakelin , is peculiarly massive , built so as an act of precaution , because the former tower gave way . Eew persons unacquainted with architecture , who gaze on this tower from its exterior , are contented with its eifect ; indeed
many think it would be decidedly improved if it were built higher , or the addition made of a spire . This would be indeed contrary to the sound principle of architecture ; the fine Norman lantern towernever built , by the way , for bells—would be immediately spoiled . But let any one , with the most uneducated eye , enter the interior of this massive pile , and ho cannot fail to be awed into admiration—hero ,