▁reconst ruction . ▁To ▁its ▁use ▁as ▁a ▁char nel ▁house ▁it ▁ow es ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Gol g oth a . ▁ ▁The ▁library ▁contains ▁mainly ▁old ▁books ▁in ▁manuscript ▁ch ained ▁to ▁their ▁places , ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁fine ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁ancient ▁hand writing , ▁containing ▁beautiful ▁illustr ations ▁in ▁gold ▁and ▁colour . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁valuable ▁are ▁a ▁unique ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁Here ford ▁anti phon ary ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁in ▁good ▁pres ervation , ▁and ▁the ▁Here ford ▁G osp els , ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁G osp els ▁at ▁least ▁a ▁thousand ▁years ▁old , ▁in ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁characters . ▁Another ▁tre asure ▁is ▁an ▁ancient ▁reli qu ary ▁of ▁o ak , ▁be que athed ▁to ▁the ▁c athedral ▁by ▁Can on ▁Russell , ▁who ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁obtained ▁it ▁from ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁family ▁in ▁whose ▁possession ▁it ▁had ▁long ▁been . ▁It ▁is ▁covered ▁with ▁co pper ▁pl ates ▁over la id ▁with ▁Lim og es ▁en am el ▁representing ▁the ▁murder ▁and ▁ent omb ment ▁of ▁St . ▁Thomas ▁of ▁Can ter bury . ▁ ▁Other ▁buildings ▁Between ▁the ▁clo ister s , ▁the ▁Bishop ' s ▁and ▁Vic ars ', ▁both ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁c athedral , ▁are ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁Chapter ▁House . ▁In ▁the ▁troubles ▁of ▁ 1 6 4 5 ▁the ▁lead ▁was ▁stri pped ▁from ▁its ▁roof , ▁and ▁we