Chapter 7
Waltham Abbey
“Within fifteen, holding my passage
Mydde of a cloyster; depict upon a wall,
I saw a Crucifixe, whose woundes were not small,
With this Worde wide written there besyde—
‘Beholde my meekness, childe, and leave thy pride!’”—Lydgate.
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Steel Plate.—Waltham Abbey Church, from thy Meadows Sargent. Godfrey.
View of the Main Street, with the Tower of the Abbey Church Delamotte. Wall.
Abbey Church, East End (with a funeral), showing the Ancient Arch Window Tiffin. Jackson.
Heraldic Shield of the Abbey Herman. Wakefield.
Saxon Bridge, still used in “Harold’s Park,” Waltham Herman. Wall.
Inner Porch of the Abbey Church Delamotte. Wall.
Baker’s Entry, remains of the Houses occupied by the Abbots’ retainers Herman. Walmesley.
Gateway, Bridge, and Abbey Tower Herman. Wall.
Principal Entrance to the Church, with a Monk Herman. Wakefield.
Ancient Font in the Church of Waltham Herman. Wakefield.
View of the Abbey Church, across the Burial-ground Herman. Walmesley.
Ornamental Buttresses of the Abbey Church Herman. Evans.
The Seal of the Abbots of Waltham Herman. Jackson.