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  2. Strainer arch - Wikipedia

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    "Scissors" strainer arch arrangement in Wells Cathedral includes an inverted arch at the bottom of the upper opening. A strainer arch (also straining arch [1]) is an internal structural arch built to relieve the inward pressure [2] off the spanned vertical supports (providing a "buttress", thus also called buttressing arches [citation needed]), usually as an afterthought to prevent the ...

  3. William Joy - Wikipedia

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    William Joy was a colleague of the master mason Thomas Witney, and took over his work at Wells Cathedral in 1329. Joy extended the choir and retrochoir [ 3 ] and designed the choir vault. [ 4 ] Joy built the scissor arches to prevent the central tower from collapse when cracks appeared in the tower after its height was extended in the 14th ...

  4. Wells Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Wells Cathedral School, which was established to educate these choirboys, dates its foundation to this point. [21] There is, however, some controversy over this. Following the Norman Conquest, John de Villula moved the seat of the bishop from Wells to Bath in 1090. [22] The church at Wells, no longer a cathedral, had a college of secular clergy ...

  5. List of programs broadcast by the History Channel - Wikipedia

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    The Haunted History of Halloween; Heavy Metal; Heroes Under Fire; Hidden Cities; Hidden House History; High Hitler; High Points in History; Hillbilly: The Real Story; History Alive; History Films; History in Color; History Now; History of Angels [19] A History of Britain; A History of God [20] History of the Joke; The History of Sex; History ...

  6. William Wynford - Wikipedia

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    He is first mentioned in 1360 when at work at Windsor Castle as warden of masons' work. He became master mason at Wells Cathedral on 1 February 1365 [3] where he is believed to have designed the South West tower, it was probably here that he met William of Wykeham who was then a provost of the cathedral.

  7. Category : History (American TV channel) original programming

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    Pages in category "History (American TV channel) original programming" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 219 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. List of organists and assistant organists of Wells Cathedral

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    Frederick Crowe [9] (later organist of Chichester Cathedral) c.1880; Charles Harry Moody 1894 – 1895 (then acting organist 1895) Frederick William Heck 1896 – 1897 [10] (afterwards organist of Bedminster Parish Church) W. J. Bown [11] Richard John Maddern-Williams 1904 – 1906 (afterwards sub-organist of Norwich Cathedral). Kenneth J ...

  9. Talk:Wells Cathedral/Archive 3 - Wikipedia

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