1).
It is to be regretted that at the present day Bolton Abbey wants this ornament; but the Poem, according to the imagination of the Poet, is composed in Queen Elizabeth's time.

'Formerly,' says Dr.Whitaker, 'over the Transept was a tower.

This is proved not only from the mention of bells at the Dissolution, when they could have had no other place, but from the pointed roof of the choir, which must have terminated westward, in some building of superior height to the ridge.' 328.

'_When Lady Aaeliza mourned_' (c.i.l.

226).
The detail of this tradition may be found in Dr.Whitaker's book, and in a Poem of this Collection, 'The Force of Prayer:' 'Bare breast I take and an empty hand' (c.ii.l.179 and onward).
See the Old Ballad--'The Rising of the North.' 328[a].