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John Britton FSA (7 July 1771 – 1 January 1857) was an English antiquary, topographer, author and editor. He was a prolific populariser of the work of others, rather than an undertaker of original research. He is remembered as co-author (mainly in association with his friend Edward Wedlake Brayley) of nine volumes in the series The Beauties of England and Wales (1801–1814); and as sole author of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols, 1805–1814) and Cathedral Antiquities of England (1814–1835).

John Britton published his Cathedral antiquities as follows:

1814

Cathedral antiquities: Historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations, of the following English cathedrals. Viz, Canterbury, York, Salisbury, Norwich, Oxford, Winchester, Lichfield, Hereford, Wells, Exeter, Worcester, Peterborough, Gloucester, and Bristol

1836

Cathedral antiquities. Historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations, of the following English cathedrals. Viz. Canterbury, York, Salisbury, Norwich, Winchester, Lichfield, Oxford, Wells, Exeter, Peterborough, Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford, and Worcester. The engravings, mostly by J. Le Keux, esq. from drawings by E. Blore … [and others]

1836

Cathedral antiquities: Historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations, of the following English cathedrals, Viz, Canterbury, York, Salisbury, Norwich, Winchester, Lichfield, Oxford, Wells, Exeter, Peterborough, Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford, and Worcester / the engravings, mostly by J. Le Keux … from drawings by E. Blore …