Gloucestershire I: The Cotswolds
by David Verey, Nikolaus Pevsner (Editor)
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In the BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND series, the 2nd revised edition covers one of England's most visited areas. There are chapters by experts in prehistoric, Roman and medieval buildings and in geology. The architecture of towns such as Cirencester and Chipping Camden is covered in depth, as are the wealth of villages, manor houses and farmsteads.Tags
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- Canonical title
- Gloucestershire I: The Cotswolds
- Original publication date
- 1970
- Important places
- Gloucestershire, England, UK; Cotswolds, England, UK
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- To Rosemary
- First words
- As the editor of The Buildings of England and the author of most of the volumes, I can only thank David Verey for having undertaken the labour of love of writing these two volumes on Gloucestershire.
... (show all)Editor's foreword.
To begin with, a note on the division between the two volumes.
Foreword.
When the Romans left Britain, the Saxon invaders began to settle in the plains.
Introduction.
ST MARY. Nave, chancel, and S porch, and a N aisle added in 1853 by T. H. Wyatt, when he restored the rest.
Acton Turville. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)MONUMENTS. On the outside of the S chancel wall two of the well-lettered metal tablets which became so fashionable in the C18, on tombstones too, in a usually stone-loving country.
Yanworth. - Publisher's editor
- Pevsner, Nikolaus
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Note: "It is also necessary to point out to those readers who may expect to find Bristol included in the Gloucestershire volumes that they will not do so. It has already been published in the volume for North Somerset."
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