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Parish of Melrose

W.Beatty Ca [Civilian assistant]

Melrose (Parish) Continued,
To the west of the transept there are two magnificent rows of pillars ranged along the north & South side of the nave, which form two passages leading into the interior, where it is most spacious, the intersection of the transep [transept] and nave - The passage on the North side is bounded by a blind wall, that on the South, which is broader & more magnificent, opens into a long series of aisles, intended, perhaps, to serve as confessionals, Private Chapels, Baptistries, or Queers, each highly ornamented, and terminated by a splendid Gothic Window - Upon the north side of the building, indications are observable on the outer wall, of a large quadrangular cloister, which, beginning at the transept had extended 150 feet West, and also of a spacious arcade and piazza, with which it had been surrounded - The habitations of the Monks, as is said & confirmed by architectural indications & foundations