Churches of Hampshire Vigar John E.
Churches of Hampshire Vigar John E. The churches of Hampshire are as varied as the landscapes they occupy. Yet the building materials of natural flint, imported stone from Normandy or the Isle of…
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Churches of Hampshire Vigar John E.
The churches of Hampshire are as varied as the landscapes they occupy. Yet the building materials of natural flint, imported stone from Normandy or the Isle of Wight and, later, local brick hold these diverse buildings together. 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.
Monastic houses flourished and have left us grand churches. As an early regional capital Winchester attracted powerful individuals whose influence spread through the county. Courtiers and courtesans have left their marks across the county, as have eighteenth- and nineteenth-century industrialists, many of whom rebuilt or restored churches.
This book looks at fifty Hampshire churches from the Saxon gems of Breamore and Titchfield through Romsey Abbey to isolated
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