England's Thousand Best ChurchesParish churches are England's glory. They enshrine the history of a people--their art, architecture, and faith. As public monuments, they house a gallery of vernacular art, from different periods and in a wide range of styles, that are without equal in the world. Award-winning English journalist Simon Jenkins has traveled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Each entry is prefaced by a map locating the church and illustrated with full-color photographs from the Country Life Archive. Organized by county, each church is described, often with delightful asides, and is given a star rating from one to five, with the four- and five-star churches listed as the "hundred best." This complete guide is invaluable for anyone interested in touring England's best churches. |
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Contents | vii |
The Thousand Best | xxx |
The Top Hundred | xxxvii |
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19th century Abbey adorned alabaster altar angels arcade architecture ballflower bench-ends beneath bosses box pews brass building built buttresses canopy capitals carved castle cathedral chancel chancel arch chantry choir stalls churchyard classical clerestory colour corbels crossing Decorated depicting designed door doorway Early Gothic east end east window effigy England English exterior fan vault font gallery George Gilbert Scott Georgian Ham stone inside interior Jacobean John lancet windows lancets lierne vault magnificent manor memorial misericords monument mural nave niches Norman north aisle north wall ogee original panels parish church Perpendicular Pevsner piers pinnacles porch pulpit rebuilt reredos restored rises rood rood screen roof round saints Saxon screen sedilia shafts side south aisle south chapel south transept south wall spire St Mary St Peter stained glass stiff-leaf stone Street style superb survives tomb chest tower town tracery transept Tudor vault Victorian village west end west front