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Anglo-Saxon Architecture (iv)
Part of an ongoing web site dedicated to Anglo-Saxon church architecture.
This is an archived collection of files from Frank Parsons' site, located at http://www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk/ . For full access, please visit the site online if…
This is an archived collection of files from Frank Parsons' site, located at http://www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk/ . For full access, please visit the site online if…
Loki stone
In the church of Kirkby Stephen (Cumbria) is a stone carved in relief with an image of the Norse god Loki, a horned figure bound in chains. I have read that Anglo-Saxon Christians may have made this carving to demonstrate their dominion over Norse…
Breamore & Romsey
1) Photographs of the exterior of Breamore Church, a Saxon arch (and inscription) within, and a Saxon rood (crucifixion carving). The photographs were taken personally. 2) Small Saxon sculptured relief displayed in Romsey Abbey, (again a…
St Wystan's Church crypt
Photographs of the Anglo-Saxon crypt at St Wystan's church in Repton.
Anglo Saxon window in St. Paul's church, Jarrow
Photograph of an Anglo Saxon window in St. Paul's church, Jarrow.
East end of St Pancras's Chapel, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
The abbey complex of St Augustine, founded by the missionary outside Canterbury's city walls, contained three churches, of which this is the easternmost. The surviving sections, which clearly re-use brick from former Roman buildings, include the…
Footings of Wulfric's Rotunda, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
In about 1050 Wulfric, abbot of St Augustine's Abbey, decided to join the two early churches of SS Peter & Paul (the first on the site) and St Mary (built directly behind it on the same alignment), to create a single large church. To do this he…
Porticus of St Gregory, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
The foundations of the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, and the place where the early archbishops of Canterbury were buried. Now several feet below ground…
Grave marker of Justus
Marker showing the original position of the grave of Justus (d.634, 1st Bishop of Rochester and 4th Archbishop of Canterbury), in the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey,…
Grave marker of Laurence
Marker showing the original position of the grave of Laurence (d.619, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury), in the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.