In Bristol, waiting for the ship to sail to Compostela, Margery Kempe  would have been in proximity to the cathedral of Bristol.  One of the oldest extant portions of the building is now know as the Elder Lady Chapel, continually dedicated to the honor of the Virgin Mary.  It would have been entirely likely that this was the focus of Kempe's devotion.  The choir was rebuilt in a subsequent campaign, 1320-30 with an extraordinary vaulting system where the sides aisles were constructed at the same height as the choir itself.  As a layperson she may not have entered the areas where the monks prayed.  Lay persons may have been able to process around the side aisles and to enter the new Lady Chapel at the eastern end. 

BRCA1  Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel of 1220 against  north side of choir, 1320-30.  See extremely tall windows of choir aisles and rhythmic arrangement of buttresses. 

BRCA 2 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel of 1220, interior

BRCA3 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel of 1220, south wall detail. 

BRCA4 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel of 1220, south wall showing tomb placed in 1368.  Tomb of Lord Berkeley + 1368 and his mother Lady Margaret, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March + 1337. 

BRCA5 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel wall arcades in typical Early English architectural style.

BRCA6 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel wall arcade decoration: Man fighting dragon

BRCA7 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel wall arcade decoration: Goat man with musical instrument. 

BRCA8 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel wall arcade decoration: Goat and ape 

BRCA9 Bristol Cathedral,  Transept crossing of 1450, choir 1330-30. 

BRCA10 Bristol Cathedral, choir 1330-30, showing remarkable vaulting and large aisle windows. 

BRCA11 Bristol Cathedral, choir 1330-30, showing vaulting of choir and side aisles.
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BRCA12 Bristol Cathedral, choir 1330-30, showing vaulting side aisles.

BRCA13 Exterior, window of Lady Chapel