Works of sewage disposal : with some historical notes on problems arising in connection with the treatment of effluents from the textile industries, 1870-1931.

  • Bradford (West Yorkshire, England)
Date:
1931
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Credit: Works of sewage disposal : with some historical notes on problems arising in connection with the treatment of effluents from the textile industries, 1870-1931. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was relaxed the rule of absolute silence prevailing elsewhere. This toom had a “ffayr chimney of stone” 6 feet wide. Looking into the orchard was a bay-window “‘elasid.”” Next in the south aisle was the tefectory, the “‘hall’’ as it is called here, a building of 35 feet 20 feet. This stood with its long axis north and south, as at Fountains and Rievaulx. On the west side towards the north end was a “fayre bay window” with an upright window above it. Within this bay window doubtless stood the pulpit from which during meals a book was read to the diners, accord- ing to the custom of the Order. The bay window may be compared with those at Rievaulx and Fountains. On the opposite side of the room was a large wood and plaster fireplace. The pantry and buttery seem to have been at the south end of this hall with the customary screens fitted with two sliding doots and one “shutting door.”’ Close by was a “‘kychyn of the olde flasshyon” with a louvre roof. Those who have seen the kitchen of Glastonbury Abbey will recognise the “old fashion,” the custom of the Benedictines, for the position of the kitchen usual with the Cistercians, adjoining the south walk of the cloister, was at Esholt tmpossible because of the smallness of the cloister court. In this detached kitchen which may have been octagonal, was a fire-range 12 feet in width, very ample proportions, and two “fair ovens,” in one of which could be baked two stones of bread, and in the other one stone. Adjoining the south end of the “hall” was a pantry (for the bread), a buttery (for the drink), a larder, a malt-house, and a brew-house. There was also an “old hall’? occupied in the latter days of the convent, by a man and his wife who were in effect lodgers, the right of food and lodging having been conferred upon them either by the patron of the house, or by the nuns as a benevolence ot for payment. To purchase of a convent such a “‘corrody” as that right was called, was a favourite way of providing a refuge for old age. On the west side_of the cloister were a wood-house, a coal- house, a garner, and three “fair chambers” probably used as workshops, for the convent was self-supporting in everything, even spinning and weaving its own habit cloths. Over this range was the dormitory for the servants, who would probably be twice as numerous as the nuns. 86]