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There are two buildings at Deerhurst in Gloucestershire which are or contain Saxon remains.
Odda's chapel is shown first, then two features
from the nearby Church which was originally Saxon
and much developed later but retaining notable
Saxon…

St Mary’s, Stow-in-Lindsey is one of the few surviving Anglo-Saxon Minster churches, and is chiefly remarkable for its impressive size compared with other surviving Anglo-Saxon buildings. It gives an idea of what must have been lost when the…

Views of the sundial and St. Gregory's Minster,Kirkdale.
See:
Bradley, S.A.J., 'Orm Gamalson's Sundial',Kirkdale', Kirkdale 2002.
Fletcher, R.A, 'St. Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale', Kirkdale 2003.

[L. panel]
ORM GAMAL
SVNA BOHTE…

Photos taken of the Ruthwell Cross at Ruthwell Church, Dumfriesshire, January 2010.

The Church of St Andrew, Greensted-juxta-Ongar (Greensted Church) is a timber-framed church at Greensted, Essex, thought to be Europe's oldest wooden building.

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.

The church of All Saints at Old Byland dates to the late Saxon period. Most of the present church was rebuilt during the Norman period, but the stonework in the exterior of the chancel suggests that once the roof was lower and this implies that…

Stonegrave Minster was in existence in AD 757 when a letter from Pope Paul was written to King Eadberht of Northumbria about appointing an abbot. The church was added onto during the Norman period, though most of the present church was built during…

St Michael's Church in Edstone (or Great Edstone) is located on the edge of a hill overlooking the Ings and the Hambleton Hills The church is Saxon in origin, and it is well known for its late Saxon sundial situated above the door. It is very…

The present church of All Saint's in Sinnington is mostly a late Norman building, but numerous fragments of Anglo-Saxon and Norse sculpture work are preserved in the fabric of the church, clearly implying that its origins are much earlier. I believe…