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Churches of Derbyshire
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2022
181 kr
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Within the stunning landscape of Derbyshire lies a wealth of historic churches. These buildings have borne witness to the changes that have taken place in the county through the centuries. Towns, villages and cities all have their church buildings, many dating from the Middle Ages.In this book …
Churches of Glasgow
Av Gordon Adams
Häftad, 2021
181 kr
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Glasgow has long been an important settlement on the River Clyde but it grew rapidly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to become one of the largest cities in the world in that period. The largest seaport in Scotland, it was a major city in the Scottish enlightenment and the transatlantic …
Churches of Kent
Häftad, 2022
181 kr
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Kent is often referred to as ‘the cradle of English Christianity’. Canterbury is not only home to the Anglican Communion but also the location of St Martin’s Church, the oldest church in England in continuous use. Kent’s religious heritage has benefitted from this, as has its proximity to both the …
Churches of Norfolk
Häftad, 2021
178 kr
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Norfolk has long been recognised as one of the best counties in which to study parish churches. It has one of the highest densities of medieval churches in northern Europe reflecting its greater population and wealth in earlier times. It is also home to the largest number of round-towered churches …
Churches of Cornwall
Häftad, 2023
178 kr
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Cornish churches are not simple structures that nestle into the landscape, but complex and little-understood buildings, with many never being completed. The recurrent picture, from some of the best church building accounts to survive in Britain, is that most Cornish churches were building yards …
Churches of Oxfordshire
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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Oxfordshire, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, has always been a wealthy county. Its landscapes vary from the chalk and beechwood Chiltern Hills in the south to the limestone uplands of the Cotswolds in the north-west, which give very fine building stone. The land supports arable and …
Churches of Shropshire
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2022
181 kr
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The first churches in Shropshire were built in Saxon times and the county has a proud heritage of church building through the centuries. Although the county town of Shrewsbury and the other major towns contain many of the larger churches, villages and smaller rural settlements are also home to many …
Churches of Cheshire
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2023
176 kr
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The county of Cheshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches. In Churches of Cheshire , author David Paul explores a selection of the most interesting churches across the whole of the county. The buildings range from a church located in the heart of the city of …
Churches of Hampshire
Häftad, 2022
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The churches of Hampshire are as varied as the landscapes they occupy. Remote rural churches that have changed little in 900 years are so far removed from those found in medieval market towns or bustling seaports that one might imagine that they have little in common. Yet the building materials of …
Churches of Buckinghamshire
Av Eddie Brazil
Häftad, 2024
181 kr
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The county of Buckinghamshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches. In Churches of Buckinghamshire, author Eddie Brazil explores the architecture, history and beauty of a selection of the most interesting churches from all over the county, both the well-known and …
Churches of Staffordshire
Häftad, 2024
178 kr
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The county of Staffordshire has a rich and diverse past which is reflected in its historic churches. It has a varied landscape, from the conurbation of Stoke-on-Trent, the county town of Stafford and the cathedral city of Lichfield, to industrial towns such as Burton-upon-Trent, smaller market …
Churches of Edinburgh
Av Brian King
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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Edinburgh was founded as a royal burgh by David I in the early twelfth century, though there had been a settlement on what became Castle Rock for centuries before that. King David is also thought to be responsible for the city’s oldest building, a chapel built in honour of his mother, Queen …
Churches of Suffolk
Häftad, 2023
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Suffolk boasts by far the greatest number of Domesday churches of any county surveyed by William the Conqueror in 1086. Over the centuries, many of these buildings have been renewed, enlarged and altered, whilst others have sadly disappeared either completely or partially from the landscape. Some …
Churches of Lancashire
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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Lancashire is a county of contrasts, with heavily industrialised and urbanised areas, remote mountain and moorland and an extensive coastline. These contrasts are reflected in its churches, from buildings that have stood from the Middle Ages in historic towns and villages including the county town …
Churches of Southern Yorkshire
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2023
178 kr
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The historic county of Yorkshire is the largest county in England, with 157 Grade I listed churches alone in the whole region. This book will cover a selection of churches throughout the southern half of Yorkshire, both well-known and those waiting to be discovered by a wider audience, showing a …
Churches of Cambridgeshire
Häftad, 2023
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Cambridgeshire is a large and diverse county, and this is reflected in its churches. In the south, chalk provided flints for even the grandest of churches. The Fens in the north and east had no building materials of their own, so limestone was transported from further north and may best be seen in …
Churches of Northern Yorkshire
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2024
181 kr
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The historic county of Yorkshire is the largest in England, home to 157 Grade I listed churches. It’s huge diversity of places and landscapes is reflected in the churches found here, which nicely represent the history of this section of Yorkshire. Some of the medieval churches demonstrate the …
Churches of Bedfordshire
Av John Jackson
Häftad, 2024
181 kr
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The Saxons put the county of Bedfordshire on the map, and signs of the earliest churches from this period remain today. Church building continued after the Norman Conquest, not least the foundation of the Abbey at Elstow by William the Conqueror’s niece, Judith of Lens, towards the end of the …
Churches of Sussex
Häftad, 2024
181 kr
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Sussex runs in an arc along the south coast of England. Inland from the coastal towns, the South Downs cross East and West Sussex. Although built up in places, much of the county is still rural, with a wide variety of churches dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. In Churches of Sussex author John E. …
Churches of Berkshire
Av Robert Bard
Häftad, 2026
181 kr
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The county of Berkshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches. In Churches of Berkshire, author Robert Bard explores a selection of the most interesting churches across the whole of the county. The buildings range from churches in the county town of Reading and …
Churches of Hertfordshire
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Although Hertfordshire is one of the smaller English counties, there are numerous attractive historic towns, villages and hamlets. The influence of St Albans Abbey, one of the most powerful monasteries in the country, spread throughout the county, and there is a wealth of other fascinating medieval …
Churches of County Durham
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Pennine hills, unspoilt moorland, dramatic dales, picturesque villages, market towns and a magnificent coastline are all part of the scenery of County Durham. The history is equally rich, from early farming settlement, conquests, rebellion and mining to industrial development, and always present …
Churches of Bristol
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Bristol’s importance in medieval England was demonstrated when it became the first borough in the country outside of London to be given county status in 1373. It has been one of the largest settlements in the kingdom since this time and the wealth brought through its port and industries spurred the …
Churches of Warwickshire
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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The county of Warwickshire has a rich and varied past that is reflected in its historic churches. In Churches of Warwickshire, author and stained-glass artist Aidan McRae Thomson explores a selection of the most interesting churches across the whole of the county. Coventry has been included as it …
Churches of Essex
Häftad, 2025
176 kr
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Essex boasts a large number of important religious buildings, yet many are little known despite the county containing churches of Saxon origin, the oldest timber-framed church in the country and one of the best Arts and Crafts churches in Europe. In Churches of Essex historian John E. Vigar shares …
Churches of Cumbria
Av David Paul
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Cumbria is the third largest county in England, formed in 1974 from the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. It is justly famous for the beauty of its landscape but spread throughout the county in its only city, Carlisle, and smaller towns and villages are many fascinating and historic …
Churches of Somerset
Av Phil Draper
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Somerset is renowned for its churches, many of which were built on the wealth of the wool industry in this area in the Middle Ages. Bath, Glastonbury and Wells were powerful ecclesiastical centres in this period, but there are many fascinating and beautiful churches to be found throughout the …
Churches of Greater Manchester
Av Rob Andrews
Häftad, 2026
181 kr
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Manchester has always been an important centre in north-west England, but during the Industrial Revolution its population exploded as it became the heart of textile manufacturing in the area. The new city was largely unplanned but in time it became the second most important in the country after …
Churches of Northamptonshire
Häftad, 2026
181 kr
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Northamptonshire is a happy hunting ground for church crawlers, being particularly famous for its numerous wonderful spires. There are dozens of major churches, ranging from the internationally important work at Brixworth and Earls Barton through to Sir Ninian Comper’s early twentieth-century …
Churches of Leicestershire and Rutland
Häftad, 2026
181 kr
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The churches of Leicestershire and Rutland represent the history of this area of the East Midlands. Largely rural, their wealth in the Middle Ages came mostly through farming and the wool trade, as well as the largest settlement in the area – Leicester. Later industrialisation also shaped …
