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Saint Patrick's Chapel, Heysham - HTML text/pictures
Saint Patrick's Chapel, Heysham, near Morecambe, Lancashire, with the nearby St Peter's parish church, is an early Saxon monument dating from the 8th CCE. While the church is still in use the chapel was ruined at an unknown time, presumably in the…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework
Lincolnshire Church Photographs
These photographs were taken by Wendy Parkinson and Paul Fenwick, and feature on Wendy Parkinson's site, Lincolnshire Church Photographs (http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/Guide.htm), which provides an archive of images of churches from all periods…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework
St Nicholas Church, Leicester
Parts of the Saxon St Nicholas church in Leicester date from around 900. My photograph shows two small Saxon windows in the north wall of the nave, displaying Roman tiles in their rounded arches.
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework
Anglo Saxon Architecture
Part of an evolving web site covering Anglo-Saxon church architecture from the end of the Roman period to the Conquest, this table is part of my web site and is based on information, extracted by me, contained in H.Taylor's three volumes,…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Art history, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework
Saxo-Norman window head
Photograph of head and one jamb of a Saxo-Norman (?) window in south wall of chancel of St.James church, Dorney, Bucks. Described as Norman in Pevsner; not described in Taylor & Taylor.
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Norman, Religion, Stonework
Anglo-Saxon Architecture (i).
A series of photographs created as PDF files for inclusion in a web site about Anglo-Saxon architecture. Each file deals with a particular church and contains specific text/information about that subject.
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework
Saxon House
Link to website www.saxonhouse.co.uk.
A recreation of a 7th century building using authentic tools and materials. Costumes and artefacts.
Further information at www.saxonhouse.co.uk.
A recreation of a 7th century building using authentic tools and materials. Costumes and artefacts.
Further information at www.saxonhouse.co.uk.
Anglo-Saxon Architecture (ii).
A series of photographs created as PDF files for inclusion in a web site about Anglo-Saxon architecture. Each file deals with a particular church and contains specific text/information about that subject.
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework
St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire
St Gregory's is an Anglo-Saxon Church located in Kirkdale near Kirkby Moorside in North Yorkshire. The present building preserves a considerable amount of early Anglo-Saxon crosses and sculptural fragments built into the fabric of the church, which…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Religion, Stonework, Sundial
St Mary's Lastingham, North Yorkshire
Lastingham was founded by Bishop Cedd in AD 654. St Cedd was born in Northumbria, and was trained at Lindisfarne under St Aidan along with his brothers Cynebil, Caelin and Chad. During his lifetime Cedd was sent to evangelise the Middle Angles and…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Cross, Religion, Stonework