The Anglo-Saxon church of All Saints, Brixworth, Northamptonshire : survey, excavation and analysis, 1972-2010 / by David Parsons and D. S. Sutherland, with Rosemary Cramp [and three others] ; specialist reports by Ian Bailiff, Andrew Millard, Paul Blinkhorn and other contributors ; text by David Parsons except where otherwise stated ; principal illustrator, Christina Unwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, David, 1936- author.

Sutherland, D. S. (Diana S.), author.

Cramp, Rosemary, author.

Contributor:

Bailiff, I. K. (Ian K.), contributor.

Millard, Andrew, contributor.

Blinkhorn, Paul, contributor.

Unwin, Christina, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

All Saints' Church (Brixworth, England).

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Brixworth.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Brixworth (England)--Church history.

Brixworth (England).

Brixworth (England)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (936 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville : Oxbow Books, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All Saints' Church, Brixworth lies 7 miles north of Northampton. The core of the church is Anglo-Saxon and the research published here provides an unprecedented account of one of the most important buildings of its period surviving in England. The building of the main body of the church was towards the end of the 8th century, with a western tower, stair turret and polygonal apse added before the end of the 9th. Major modifications were made during the early and later medieval periods. From the early 19th century the church attracted much antiquarian interest, especially by topographical draugh

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Abbreviations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword I; Foreword II; Preface; Summaries; Part One: The Presentation of the Evidence; Section 2: Introduction; The Church and its Setting; The Establishment of the Research Committee and its Programme; The First Decade; Excavation; The Surveys and their Results; Conclusion of the Project; Section 3: Brief General Description of the Church; Introduction; The Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval Church; The 19th-Century Restoration

Section 4: Observations and Investigations, 19th to Mid-20th CenturiesIntroduction; Antiquarian Drawing and Writing; Gilbert Flesher of Towcester (1772-1845); George Clarke of Scaldwell (1790-1868); William Twopeny (1797-1873); William Henry Bartlett (1809-54); John Chessell Buckler (1793-1894); Archaeological Investigation and Observation, 1832-c. 1950; The Early Activities of the Rev C. F. Watkins (1795-1873); The apse and ambulatory; The north-east corner of the choir; The north range of porticus; The choir arch; The base of the tower; The Church on the Eve of the Restoration

Spring gardens sketch bookThree photographs; The Restoration; General; The evidence of the architects' drawings; The Activities of Subsequent Vicars; Section 5: The Survey of the Fabric of All Saints' Church: Methods and Procedures; Introduction; The Survey: on-site procedures; Advantages of the Hand-drawn Survey; Mortar Sampling; Petrological Coding; Section 6: The Building Materials; Introduction; Building Stones; Identification and Coding; Summary of Local Geology; Local Building Stone: the Northampton Sand Formation (N, N1-N9); Sources of Northampton Sand; Non-local Rock-types

Exotic Igneous and Associated Rocks: varieties of G, H, M, V, IG. Granite and Diorite; H. Hornfels; M. Markfieldite; V. Volcanic and associated rocks; Identification of Sources; Thin-section Identification of Samples; Exotic Sandstones (S); Possible sources of sandstones; Jurassic Limestones (L, J, Lo); L. Blisworth Limestone Formation; J. Oyster limestone; Sources of L and J; Lo Lincolnshire Limestone Formation; Tufa (T); Bricks; Mortars; Distribution of Materials in the Building; The Nave West Wall (west face); The first assemblage: 'BLINS'

The second assemblage: (N+N3, with N5, N5 * and N6)The Nave clerestory level (N+N3+N5 *, with N4, N1 and N6); Parapet level; Inside the tower at gable level; North Wall of Nave and Choir: areas rebuilt in the 19th century; Eastern end of the choir; The plinth; Infilled arches nave north 1 to 4; Stonework replacing late medieval windows; Clerestory arch heads; East end of the parapet; North Wall of Nave and Choir: older stonework; The lower ('BLINS') assemblage; Walling below the plinth; Choir walling overlying the lower assemblage; Nave masonry at arcade level; The nave/clerestory offset

Nave masonry at clerestory level

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286- 294) and index.

ISBN:

9781842179383

1842179381

9781842179369

1842179365