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MOOOLX OIIIINONL8 01? rNL ^.X6I.O-8^XOX8.
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cbapel, of wood, at tbe village of Ooultin^e, in 8omer8et8bire, and 8a^8, tbat tbe
Nonb8 of O1a8tonbur^ rebuilt it of 8tone." ^.t 8barnburn, in l^orkolb, and al80 at
Llmbam, Mere wooden eburcbe8, or cbapel8." limber wa8 U8ed, in8tead of 8tone,
in erecting a 8acred building at 8edriee8wortb (6ur^ 8t. bldmund'8), in tbe earl)?
part of tbe twelktb century, into wbieb tbe bod^ of 8t. bldmund, Ivin^ of bla8t
^.n^lia, wa8 removed frorn Hoxne.^ 4^nd even after tbe l^orman Oon^ue8t we
bnd a wooden cburcb mentioned in Dom68da^ Loob, a8 8tandinA at Le^eland, in
Hb8bire.^
Lut tbou^b tbe earbe8t 8axon eburebe8 were 8ometime8 built of wood, and tbe
U86 of tbi8 material wa.8, in a few in8tanee8, continued for 8ome eenturie8, ^et
tbo86 writer8 are certainly mi8taben wbo a88ert, tbat timber alone wa8 ^enerall^
U8ed in tbe eon8truetion of tbe 8axon eburebe8 and monasteries lbi8 erroneou8
opinion wa8 advanced b^ 8. Daniel,^ tbe bi8torian, and 8omner, tbe celebrated
anti<^uar^, and ba8til^ adopted bv ^arton^ and otber8. 8omner 8a^8, " l3ekore
tbe l>sorman8' advent, mo8t of our mona8terie8 and cbureb-buildinA8 Mere of ^V ood.
^4// ^6 i-r --rr/ ^e«/M (8aitb XinA- Ld^ar, in bi8 Obarter to tbe ^bbe^ ok
Nalm68bur^, dated tbe ^ear ok Obri8t, 974),
tr/?tZ blpon tbe lXorman Oonc^ue8t, 8ueb
limber kabrieb8 A-rew out ok U86, and Zave place to 8tone buildinA'8, rai8ed upon
arcbe8, a form ok 8trueture introduced b^ tbat nation, kurni8bed Mitb 8tone from
Oaen, in l>lormand^."^ lbe pa88aAc on Mbieb 8omner ebieil^ kound8 bi8 a88ertion,
do68 not 8i^nik^ tbat tbe mona8terie8 Mere cmcZ Aocr^cZ^,
but ma^ be more correctly tran8lated, " libs mo88-Arown and worm-eaten board8,
tbe mona8terie8 are vi8ibl^ decayed, even to tbe beam8 wbieb probably wa8
intended to impl^, tbat tbe rook8 ok tbe eeele8ia8tiea1 building, bein^ d«8tro^ed
bv neglect, or violence, tbe timber-worb in general wa8 decayed, even to tbe
beam8, or 8tron^68t part8. 8omner al80 advert8 to tbe 8tatement ok 8tow, tbat tbe.
" " Anglia 8aera," pars ii. 23. " 8peiman's " Bostbumous "Works," fol. 1727, p. 189.
Ourte^s' " HoA'ist. Battels," p. 124.
4? ViZe 8eeon6 " Oenerai Be^ort frorn tbe Oommissioners of Bubiio kteeor^s," ^ppenclix.
4^ " Before tbis time (1087) Ike eburebes were rnost of timber."—8ee " Oolleetions of tire History of
BnAland to tire onci of llenr^ III." 4tir e6it. fol. 1650, p. 27.
49 ^Varton irrioiiv sa^s, " lire eburebes, before tbe Oonquest, vere of timber, or otbervnse of ver^
moan eonstruetion."—" Observations on Lpenser's l?air^ Oueen." ,
^0 " Antiquities of Oanterbur^." B. i. p. 86, Battei^'s eciit.
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97
cbapel, of wood, at tbe village of Ooultin^e, in 8omer8et8bire, and 8a^8, tbat tbe
Nonb8 of O1a8tonbur^ rebuilt it of 8tone." ^.t 8barnburn, in l^orkolb, and al80 at
Llmbam, Mere wooden eburcbe8, or cbapel8." limber wa8 U8ed, in8tead of 8tone,
in erecting a 8acred building at 8edriee8wortb (6ur^ 8t. bldmund'8), in tbe earl)?
part of tbe twelktb century, into wbieb tbe bod^ of 8t. bldmund, Ivin^ of bla8t
^.n^lia, wa8 removed frorn Hoxne.^ 4^nd even after tbe l^orman Oon^ue8t we
bnd a wooden cburcb mentioned in Dom68da^ Loob, a8 8tandinA at Le^eland, in
Hb8bire.^
Lut tbou^b tbe earbe8t 8axon eburebe8 were 8ometime8 built of wood, and tbe
U86 of tbi8 material wa.8, in a few in8tanee8, continued for 8ome eenturie8, ^et
tbo86 writer8 are certainly mi8taben wbo a88ert, tbat timber alone wa8 ^enerall^
U8ed in tbe eon8truetion of tbe 8axon eburebe8 and monasteries lbi8 erroneou8
opinion wa8 advanced b^ 8. Daniel,^ tbe bi8torian, and 8omner, tbe celebrated
anti<^uar^, and ba8til^ adopted bv ^arton^ and otber8. 8omner 8a^8, " l3ekore
tbe l>sorman8' advent, mo8t of our mona8terie8 and cbureb-buildinA8 Mere of ^V ood.
^4// ^6 i-r --rr/ ^e«/M (8aitb XinA- Ld^ar, in bi8 Obarter to tbe ^bbe^ ok
Nalm68bur^, dated tbe ^ear ok Obri8t, 974),
tr/?tZ blpon tbe lXorman Oonc^ue8t, 8ueb
limber kabrieb8 A-rew out ok U86, and Zave place to 8tone buildinA'8, rai8ed upon
arcbe8, a form ok 8trueture introduced b^ tbat nation, kurni8bed Mitb 8tone from
Oaen, in l>lormand^."^ lbe pa88aAc on Mbieb 8omner ebieil^ kound8 bi8 a88ertion,
do68 not 8i^nik^ tbat tbe mona8terie8 Mere cmcZ Aocr^cZ^,
but ma^ be more correctly tran8lated, " libs mo88-Arown and worm-eaten board8,
tbe mona8terie8 are vi8ibl^ decayed, even to tbe beam8 wbieb probably wa8
intended to impl^, tbat tbe rook8 ok tbe eeele8ia8tiea1 building, bein^ d«8tro^ed
bv neglect, or violence, tbe timber-worb in general wa8 decayed, even to tbe
beam8, or 8tron^68t part8. 8omner al80 advert8 to tbe 8tatement ok 8tow, tbat tbe.
" " Anglia 8aera," pars ii. 23. " 8peiman's " Bostbumous "Works," fol. 1727, p. 189.
Ourte^s' " HoA'ist. Battels," p. 124.
4? ViZe 8eeon6 " Oenerai Be^ort frorn tbe Oommissioners of Bubiio kteeor^s," ^ppenclix.
4^ " Before tbis time (1087) Ike eburebes were rnost of timber."—8ee " Oolleetions of tire History of
BnAland to tire onci of llenr^ III." 4tir e6it. fol. 1650, p. 27.
49 ^Varton irrioiiv sa^s, " lire eburebes, before tbe Oonquest, vere of timber, or otbervnse of ver^
moan eonstruetion."—" Observations on Lpenser's l?air^ Oueen." ,
^0 " Antiquities of Oanterbur^." B. i. p. 86, Battei^'s eciit.
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