Views of Peterborough Cathedral

 

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Early caseless chiming clock. some parts date from 1450
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This tower was added so that a monk could watch the relic chapel below – a sort of medieval security guard.
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Tomb of John Chambers – last Abbot of the monastery and first Bishop of Peterborough, one of the few abbots to keep a post following the dissolution of the monasteries.

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