Description:
Based on extensive fieldwork, this work looks at evidence for early church building in Norfolk, focusing on the use of locally available stone and the reuse of materials from ruined Roman buildings.
Review Quotes:
'This is a milestone piece of work which should advance East Anglian church studies considerably and prove to be of lasting value.' Dr Andrew Rogerson FSA
A pioneering study of the types and sources of stone used in the construction of churches in the 11th and 12th centuries in East Anglia. based on personal inspection of all 640 surviving medieval churches (including those that are ruinous): that is an impressive achievement.' Professor Warwick Rodwell, OBE, Consultant Archaeologist to Westminster Abbey
'I wish I had had access to this work when I was researching the ruined and disused churches (Batcock 1991). It also covers wider historical questions - for example, the relationship of medieval buildings to the earlier Roman landscape.' Neil Batcock