Word: ba
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...buildings proper cover about eleven acres, inclosing three quadrangles of unequal size, while the grounds belonging to the institution have an extent of over one hundred acres. passing through a narrow gateway on the High street, the visitor reaches the first quadrangle called St. John the Ba tist's. In this quadrangle an annual service is held from an old altar standing in one corner, on the day set aside as sacred to that saint. The court is strewn with rushes and hung with green stuffs on that day, probably to represent the wilderness in which St. John preached...