Britton, John: The architectural antiquities of Great Britain: represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of ancient English edifices ; with historical and descriptive accounts of each (Band 5) (1835)

ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.

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000 (about) :—St. Augustine's Ab. Ch. Canterbury:—
Founded by St. Augustine.—Bedae Hist. Eccl.
1. i. c. 33.—Somner's Canterbury, by Battely,
part i. p. 25, part ii. p. 5.

01)4 (about):—St. Andrew's Ch. Rochester:—Founded
by Ethelbert, K. of Kent.—Bedae H. E. 1. ii. c. 3.
—Custumale Rolfense.

010 :—St. Paul's Ch. London:—Founded by Ethelbert,
King of Kent.—Bedae H. E. u. a. Dugdale's
History, &c. of St. Paul's.

016:—Westminster Ab. Ch.:—Founded by Sebert.—
Rebuilt by Edward the Confessor between 1055
and 1006. The present church was founded by
Henry III. in 1245.—Brayley's Hist, of West-
minster Abbey, vol. i. pp. 4. 23. and 48-

028:—Ch. at Lincoln: — Founded by St. Paulinus,
Bishop of Northumbrifi.—' Prasdicabat autem
Paulinus verbum etiara Provincial Lindisi, in
qua, videlicet civitate, Ecclesiam operis egregii
de lapide fecit; parietes hactenus stare videntur,'
Bedae H. E. 1. ii. c. 16.—From this passage it
appears that the walls of the church, built by
Paulinus, were standing in the time of Bede,
who died in 734.

633 : — St. Peter's Ch. York: — Original foundation
by Paulinus of the Cath. Ch. —• Cath. Antiq.
York, p. 26. Rebuilt by Archbishop Wilfrid
in 069 ; whose edifice was burnt in 741, and re-
erected by Archbishop Albert in 767.

635 :—Lindisfarne Ab. Ch. . —Founded by Bishop Finan.
—A timber church built in the Scottish manner.
—Chron. Archit. p. 115.

055 :—Medeshamstede, afterwards Peterborough Ab. Ch.;
—Original foundation by Sexulphus. Rebuilt
after Sexulphus was consecrated Bishop of Lich-
field, in 673.—Gunton's Hist, of Peterborough,
p. 229, 235.

673 :—Bly, Ab. Ch.:—Original foundation by Bishop

Wilfrid, under St. Ethelreda, the first Abbess.—
Bentham's Hist, of Ely, 2d edit. 4to. p. 24 and
51.—Chron. Archit. p. 123.
673:—Weremouth and Jarrow Ab. Ch.: — Founded
by Bennet Biscop.—Beda; Hist. Abbat. Wer-
muth et Gyrw. p. 285.—This is stated to have
been the first church in England in which the
glass used for windows was made.—Bentham's
Ely, 2d edit. p. 20.—Chron. Arcliit. p. 120.

674 :—St. Andrew's Ch. at Hexham: ■— Founded by

Bishop Wilfrid.—Chron. Archit. p. 121.—Eddii
Steph. Vita S. Wilfridi, inter xv. Scrip, cap. xvi.
p. 59, edit. Gale.

675 :—St. Peter's Ch. Ripon:—Founded by Bishop Wil-

frid.—Chron. Archit. p. 120.

677 (about) -.—Melbourne Ch. Derbyshire: — Supposed
to have been founded by Ethelred, K. of Mercia.
An ornament found on the coins of the Saxon
kings is among the decorations of a capital to one
of the pillars in this church.—Archaeolog. xiii.
292.—Chron. Archit. p. 118.

689 :—St. John's Ch. Chester:—Originally the Cathe-
dral. Said to have been founded by Ethelred,
King of Mercia.—Lyson's Cheshire, vol. ii.
p. 261. King's Munimenta Antiqua, vol. iv.
p. 184. See A.D. 1160.—Ormerod's History, &c.
of Cheshire, vol. i. p. 253.

700 (about): — Orford Chap. Suffolk: — Supposed by
King (iMun. Ant. iv. 192) to have been erected
in compliance with the pastoral admonitions of
Archbishop Theodore. It was formerly used as
the chancel of the parish church; but has long
been in ruins. Some ornamented pillars, &c. are
still remaining.

716:—Croyland Ab. Ch. Lincolnshire:—Founded by
Ethelbald, King of Mercia.—Gough's Hist. »nd
Antiq. of Croyland Abbey, p. 4.

756 (after):—S<. Alban's Ab. Ch. Hertfordshire: —
Founded by Offa, King of Mercia, and said to
have been built out of the ruins of Verulam.
Rebuilt in the eleventh century. Carter, (Spec,
of Eng. Arch. p. 15,) "Various styles of archi-
tecture meet the eye, however much of the
original design remains."—Clutterbuck's History
of Hertfordshire, vol. i. p. 8.—Brayley's Account
of St. Alban's in Beauties of England, Hertford-
shire.

795 :—Chester:—King,in "Vale Royal," says, Divers
parish churches erected in Chester, with fervent
devotion," about this time.

886:—St. Peter's Ch. Oxford, Crypt of, founded by
Grimbald.—Lelandi Collectanea, i. 140. Archae-
olog. i. 151. Supposed rather to be posterior to
the Norman Conquest. See Archit. Antiq. iv.
p. 121.

948 (about) :—St. Michael's Ch. St. Albans:— Founded
by Abbot Ulsinus.—The chancel " is built prin-
cipally of Roman tiles, brought from the city
of Verulam." Much alteration has been made
in the building since its first erection.—Clutter-
buck's Hist, of Hertfordshire, vol. i. p. 101.

970 (about):—Ewenny Pr. Ch. Glamorganshire :—Con-
sidered by King, (Mun. Ant. iv. 167) as a Saxon
church of the age of King Edgar. He says, " If
it was built at all later, it is still a most remark-
able imitation of that Saxon style."

970: — Pershore Ab. Ch. Worcestershire . — Supposed
by King to be about this date, (Mun. Ant.