Download or read book Parish Church Treasures written by John Goodall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling guide to the largely unrecognised treasures of England's remarkable Parish Churches, 'the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory'. Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here combine unpredictably with the functional, the curious and the naïve, from prehistory to the present day, to form an unsung national museum which presents its contents in an everyday setting without curators or formal displays. Because church treasures usually remain in the buildings they were created for, properly interpreted they tell from thousands of local perspectives the history of the nation, its people and their changing religious observance. John Goodall's weekly series in Country Life has celebrated particular objects in or around churches that are of outstanding artistic, social or historical importance, to underline both the intrinsic interest of parish churches and the insights that they and their contents offer into English history of every period. Parish Church Treasures incorporates and significantly expands this material to tell afresh the remarkable history of the parish church. It celebrates the special character of churches as places to visit whilst providing an authoritative and up-to-date history at a time when the use and upkeep of these buildings and the care of their contents is highly contentious.
Download or read book Walking in Kent written by Kev Reynolds and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to 40 day walks in the county of Kent. With routes distributed across the county, from the chalky North Downs to the fertile hills and vales that give the region its name of the Garden of England, there’s all-year-round walking for beginners and experienced walkers alike. The day walks range from 7–15km (5–9 miles) in length, and are all circular. Also included are details of Kent’s long-distance trails, including the Saxon Shore Way and the North Downs Way National Trail. 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket The day walks are divided into 2 areas: west Kent and The Weald, and north and east Kent Information given on local geology and wildlife Easy access from London, Maidstone, Canterbury and Folkestone
Download or read book Churches of Kent written by John E. Vigar and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of Kent’s historic churches that will be of interest to all those who live in or are visiting this attractive county in England.
Download or read book The Romano British Villa and Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Eccles Kent written by Nick Stoodley and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a study of the central and lower Medway valley during the 1st millennium AD, focussing on the 1962–1976 excavation of the Eccles Roman villa and Anglo-Saxon cemetery directed by Alex Detsicas. The author gives an account of the long history of the villa, and a reassessment of the architectural evidence which Detsicas presented.
Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gravesend in the Great War written by Stephen Wynn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gravesend was like most other towns in the UK during the course of the First World War. When the call came to serve King and Country, local men enlisted in their thousands, but sadly not all of them returned.This book gives an insight into the Tilbury to Gravesend Pontoon Bridge, which allowed the rapid deployment of troops in the event of a German invasion along the East Coast. It provided a quicker route to get troops, equipment and supplies from Essex into Kent for transportation across to France. It looks at the role both New Tavern and Shornemead Fort, part of the London Defence system, played in preventing the German Navy from carrying out direct attacks on London.There is an account of the Gravesend riots, in which groups of local people burnt and looted premises they believed belonged to German aliens who were residents in the town, and the unique story of Captain Robert Campbell, taken as a prisoner by the Germans early in the war. He was allowed home by the Kaiser to see his dying mother one last time, and voluntarily returned to captivity in Germany, on his word of honour to do so.The story of Sir Gilbert Parker, the wartime MP for Gravesend, is also told. He was instrumental in convincing America to join the war as a British Allie, which was no easy task, as the United States Justice Department estimated there were some 480,000 Germans living in America at the time.The book also tells the individual stories of Gravesend's men who fought in the war, some who survived and returned to their loved ones, and others who were not so fortunate. It documents the triumphs and tragedies of Gravesend's people as they sought to find normality amongst a reality far removed from anything they had ever known before.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Correspondence of Reginald Pole written by Thomas F. Mayer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reginald Pole (1500-1558), cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury, was at the centre of reform controversies in the mid 16th century - antagonist of Henry VIII, a leader of the reform group in the Roman Church, and nearly elected pope (Julius III was elected in his stead). His voluminous correspondence - more than 2500 items, including letters to him - forms a major source for historians not only of England, but of Catholic Europe and the early Reformation as a whole. In addition to the insight they provide on political history, both secular and ecclesiastical, and on the spiritual motives of reform, they also constitute a great resource for our understanding of humanist learning and cultural patronage in the Renaissance. Hitherto there has been no comprehensive, let alone modern or accurate listing and analysis of this correspondence, in large part due to the complexity of the manuscript traditions and the difficulties of legibility. The present work makes this vast body of material accessible to the researcher, summarising each letter (and printing key texts usually in critical editions), together with necessary identification and comment. The first three volumes in this set will contain the correspondence; the fourth and fifth will provide a biographical companion to all persons mentioned, and will together constitute a major research tool in their own right. This first volume covers the crucial turning point in Pole’s career: his protracted break with Henry and the substitution of papal service for royal. One major dimension of this rupture was a profound religious conversion which took Pole to the brink of one of the defining moments of the Italian Reformation, the writing of the ’Beneficio di Christo’.
Download or read book Vernacular Building Conservation written by Jack Bowyer and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home To Rome written by M Goat and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to Rome: A Short Tale of a Long Walk is a truly wonderful narrative about our intrepid explorer’s journey as she sets out with her husband on their sojourn from Hampshire to Rome (via Canterbury and numerous fascinating places in between) to complete the Via Francigena, walking an eye watering 1,450 miles in just 77 days. Sharing the joy of walking, it is a light-hearted and entertaining celebration of putting one foot in front of the other. The bite-size chapters, interspersed with colourful illustration, make it an easy read not only for the interested walker/hiker but also the armchair traveller. The sporting challenge has gained a wider audience. It is no longer the provenance of the super fit but is increasingly appearing on the bucket list of the middle aged. This book is written not by a young intrepid male adventurer but by a woman, the wrong side of 50 - adventures are not just the prerogative of the young!
Download or read book Transactions of the St Paul s Ecclesiological Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nineteenth century British Music Studies written by Bennett Zon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index to the Periodicals of 1890 1902 written by The Review of reviews and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accounts and Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies in Church Dedications written by Frances Egerton Arnold-Forster and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning Basis for Kent written by Kent (England). County Council and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index to the Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
