NORTH DEVON CHURCHES

ISBN: 9780267886661 Géneros: AM Sinópsis: Excerpt from North Devon Churches Studies of Some of the Ancient BuildingsThe work of preparing this book has extended at intervals over a period of two years during which I have visited each church and have studied measured and sketched the structures their towers and most interesting features No photographs have been taken except the four forming the frontispiece For head and tail pieces I have used sketches made by me on former home and foreign travels The lists of vicars etc have been obtained in some cases direct from the present incumbents and in others from the lists hung up in the buildings or from the sources named in the letterpress Where no lists are given the churches do not possess them as the manuscripts have been lost or destroyedI desire to express my thanks to Mr Thomas Wainwright of the Barnstaple Athenaeum for giving me access to several books containing historical references bearing on some of the churches and also for information about several prominent persons of old times who were associated with some of the parishes and churches to the Rev Frank N esbitt vicar of Buckfastleigh S Devon and formerly Curate of Ilfracombe Parish Church for a sketch of the cross now obliterated on the ancient tombstone referred to in the Appendix to Mr J A J De Villiers of the British Museum for his translation of the inscription on the Braunton chest to the clergy and sextons who have given me many valuable bits of information to residents in several of the parishes whose reminiscences have been found useful and last but not least to the many friends who have come forward as Subscribers to the bookAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing