The Bishop's Eye, Wells
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The Bishop's Eye in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway into a walled precinct, the Liberty of St Andrew, which encloses the twelfth century Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Vicar's Close
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Wells St Andrew
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Wells St Andrew, or St Andrew Liberty, or derivations thereof, was a liberty, ecclesiastical parish, and later a civil parish, containing Wells Cathedral and surrounding land, now in the civil parish
The Bishop's Eye, Wells
…The Bishop's Eye in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway into a walled precinct, the Liberty of St Andrew, which encloses the twelfth century Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Vicar's Close and the residences of the clergy who serve the cathedral. It has been…
The Bishop's Eye: the most prominent extant gateway, leading from the Market Place into the walled precinct of the Liberty and the Bishop's Palace; the walls and gates belonged to the Liberty.
The Cathedral Green: the Swan Hotel is outside the Liberty but can be seen through a gap made in the perimeter otherwise formed by the buildings surrounding the Green.
One of the wells, dedicated to St Andrew, which give the city its name, located in the gardens of the Bishop's Palace in the centre of the Liberty.