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The Anglo-Saxon Church of All Saints, Brixworth, Northamptonshire - Survey, Excavation and Analysis, 1972-2010 (Hardcover, New)
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The Anglo-Saxon Church of All Saints, Brixworth, Northamptonshire - Survey, Excavation and Analysis, 1972-2010 (Hardcover, New)
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All Saints' Church, Brixworth lies 7 miles north of Northampton.
The core of the church is Anglo-Saxon and the research published
here provides an unprecedented account of one of the most important
buildings of its period surviving in England. The building of the
main body of the church was towards the end of the 8th century,
with a western tower, stair turret and polygonal apse added before
the end of the 9th. Major modifications were made during the early
and later medieval periods. From the early 19th century the church
attracted much antiquarian interest, especially by topographical
draughtsmen, whose drawings are crucial to its understanding before
major restoration. Reverend Charles Frederick Watkins (Vicar,
1832-1871) made a particular study of the church fabric and
identified both surviving and demolished Anglo-Saxon structures.
Restoration under his direction reversed most of the medieval
changes he recognised within the standing fabric, leaving the
church with much the same appearance as it has today. The Brixworth
Archaeological Research Committee, founded in 1972, embarked on an
in-depth archaeological and historical study of All Saints'.
Limited excavation revealed evidence for the former extent of the
cemetery and examined remains of the early structures to the north
of the church, including one whose foundations cut a ditch
containing 8th-century material. The later 8th-century date for the
foundation of the church was confirmed by radiocarbon dates from
charcoal extracted from construction mortar in the church fabric. A
complete stone-by-stone survey of the standing fabric, accompanied
by petrological identifications, has led to a refined appraisal of
the construction sequence and the identification of'exotic' stone
types and Roman bricks reused from earlier buildings up to 40 km
distant. The archaeological, geological and laboratory findings
presented here have been amplified by contextual studies placing
the church against its archaeological, architectural, liturgical
and historical background, with detailed comparisons with standing
and excavated buildings of similar age in north Europe and Italy.
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