Country Church Monuments

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Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Its subject is one of this country’s greatest but least appreciated and most widely dispersed treasures: the fine monumental sculptures that have survived in our parish churches, often in remote and out-of-the-way locations where none but the dedicated church crawler is likely to come across them. Matthew adds: ‘Sir Nathan was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, which he holds in his left hand.

These artworks - medieval brasses and elegant marble effigies, stone tomb chests and grand mausoleums - are of great. Francis also established a trust for the yearly placing of a poor child of the parish as an apprentice to a trade. O ne of the joys of visiting parish churches in England and Wales is discovering the monuments they contain. Each section is preceded by a map highlighting the location of the featured churches so the whole book could be used to plan and complete a tour of all of these monuments.LEFT - THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, BLYTHBOROUGH, SUFFOLK: ‘Thefts of money from churches were probably as common in the Middle Ages, as today,’ reveals Matthew. Newham has picked out 365 of the best monuments he has found - a feast of the celebrated and the obscure and an enthralling map of our aesthetic and social history -- Lucy Lethbridge * The Oldie * What fortunate isles are these, to boast thousands of local sculpture galleries scattered through towns and villages, nearly all accessible for free: churches that host funeral monuments and memorials spanning more than a millennium.

It effectively conveys motion, as if Sir Richard is ready to spring from the tomb chest on which he lies. Here are photos of the great man at the very beginning of his career, when he was barely 21 and not used to being photographed thousands of times a day. There have been quite a few books this year celebrating the Queen, but this is one of the most unusual. I am a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, an information technology consultant, author of the popular Keyholder app and Director of the Parish Church Photographic Survey. Emma J Wells * The Times * Brilliant -- Rachel Cooke * Observer * A life-affirming survey -- Rose Washbourn * House and Garden * An excellent book.

ST MAWGAN CHURCH, MAWGAN-IN-PYDAR, CORNWALL: ‘The late 10th-century “wheelhead” cross is the most beautiful of the many decorated crosses in the county,’ says Matthew. These artworks—medieval brasses and elegant marble effigies, stone tomb chests, and grand mausoleums—are of great historical and cultural significance, but have, due to their relative inaccessibility, faded from accounts of our art history. Here he is leaning on his hands, drinking a glass of water and generally looking beautiful, which was his number two job after singing all those amazing songs. Just about every type of material has been used in creating these memorials, ranging from the basics such as wood and stone through to alabaster, various marbles (both local and imported), bronze, brass (including latten, an alloy used for monumental brasses), copper, ceramics and glass. Heidi Klum reveals behind-the-scenes look of THAT Peacock Halloween costume (which took SIX HOURS to complete!