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Arthur Dimock

A clergyman and guidebook writer, he introduced readers to some of England’s great cathedrals with clear, informed detail. His surviving books suggest a practical historian’s eye and a love of church architecture.

2 Audiobooks

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch

by Arthur Dimock

Bell's cathedrals: The cathedral church of Southwell a description of its fabric and a brief history of the Episcopal see

Bell's cathedrals: The cathedral church of Southwell a description of its fabric and a brief history of the Episcopal see

by Arthur Dimock

About the author

Arthur Dimock is known from his published works as the Rev. Arthur Dimock, M.A., and as rector of Wetherden in Suffolk. He wrote books on English cathedrals, including Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul and Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Southwell, both of which were later preserved by Project Gutenberg.

His writing was aimed at general readers and visitors rather than specialists. In The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, he combines architectural description, historical background, and practical explanation in a way that makes a large and complex building easier to understand.

Very little biographical information about him was easy to confirm from reliable online sources beyond his clerical title, academic degree, parish connection, and authorship of these cathedral studies. Even so, the books themselves leave a clear impression of a writer interested in making church history approachable and engaging.