Discovering England's Smallest Churches: A Countrywide Guide to a Hundred Churches and Chapels - Hardcover

Kinross, John

9781842127285: Discovering England's Smallest Churches: A Countrywide Guide to a Hundred Churches and Chapels

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1842127284 ISBN 13: 9781842127285

Publisher: Orion Publishing, 2003

A small rural church seats fewer than 50, with a nave no more than 30 feet long. All the churches and chapels included in the book are still in use and can be visited by the growing number of enthusiasts who seek them out to enjoy their beauty and historical associations. A church such as St Enodoc in Cornwall, where Sir John Betjeman is buried, or St John, Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, are prime examples of the type of church to be chosen. This book is illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and engravings, and the text include anecdotes and notes on the locality featured.

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About the Author:

John Kinross is steeped in church history and is the son of a vicar. He spent much of his working life on the magazine Country Life. Now retired, he keeps bees and is a publisher of apiculture titles. He is the author of Discovering Battlefields of England and The Boyne and Augrim (Great Battles Series).

Review:

"One more spotlight turned on England's most precious architectural relics." -- Simon Jenkins Spectator "Illustrated with copious photographs and line drawings." THE OLDIE

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