Ancient Cotswold Churches

Author : Ulric Daubeny
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ISBN 13 : 9781330658956
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book Ancient Cotswold Churches, Vol. 1 written by Ulric Daubeny and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancient Cotswold Churches, Vol. 1: Illustrated With Pen-and-Ink Drawings by Cecily, Daubeny and the Author's Photographs In the following pages it has been attempted to give a methodical account of the ancient churches within a certain well-defined area of the northern Cotswolds. Although so remarkable for their wealth of early work, these churches have been accorded surprisingly little printed notice. Some of the more important ones are described in the earner archaeological journals, but even where such information is conveniently accessible, much of it has been superseded by later study or rendered obsolete by subsequent "restorations." Meanwhile, a great mass of interest, distributed mainly among the smaller churches, remains unrecorded, and in the majority of cases is yet scarcely appreciated, even in the immediate neighbourhood. It is with these less-known buildings that the present volume particularly deals. Descriptions of famous churches such as Cirencester, Fairford and Burford have been purposely compressed, in order to leave all possible space for new material; even so, at an early stage this became so voluminous that no absolutely exhaustive account of any one particular church could be entertained. Much had to be omitted, in order to keep the letterpress within tolerable bounds. For this reason no very detailed descriptions have been attempted of Norman doorways, of fonts, of bells, of monuments or of plate, these in most instances having been set forth in the monographs enumerated in the appendix, or mentioned in the footnotes. It falls as a significant sidelight upon Cotswold churches that, having touched even so lightly upon such details, there remains so much of genuine interest to record. The Introduction, while classifying the main characteristics of the churches, provides also a short glossary, the various paragraphs of which may be read in conjunction with the description of any individual church. As an appendix, an index has been designed to give, at a glance, the most outstanding features, arranged according to place-names. In the preparation of this volume, help was received from various sources, and this, wherever possible, has been acknowledged in the following pages. A particular expression of gratitude, however, is due to Mr. St. Clair Baddeley, who, besides so often and so readily responding with valuable advice, annotated a number of the proofs. Many profitable hours have been spent in the library of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, at Gloucester, where Mr. Roland Austin obligingly placed his wide knowledge of local literature at the writer's disposal and also revised the list of references. Thanks must be rendered also to my wife, for her ever-available help and for the patient care with which she prepared the drawings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.