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- A History of the Saxon Church at Breamore - A photograph, history and description from Hampshire Life of this practically complete example of Saxon building from the late 10th or early 11th century.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages/braemchu.htm
- All Saints Church, Sutton Bingham, Somerset - The official site provides a detailed architectural tour of this tiny Norman and Gothic church. Its special treasure is its medieval wall paintings, featured separately.
www.sutton-bingham.freeserve.co.uk
- All Saints' Church, Brixworth - Photographs, plan, model, history, discussion and bibliography on this Anglo-Saxon church by Stephanie James from Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/brixworth1.html
- Bradwell-on-Sea, St Peter's Chapel, Essex - Comprehensive site devoted to this important small chapel which was built by St Cedd as a cathedral around 654, using the site of an old Roman fort.
www.bradwellchapel.org
- Breedon and Worthington, Leicestershire - The official site contains a detailed history, description and bibliography by Brian Williams of the Saxon church of Breedon-on-the-Hill, notable for its sculptures. Plan and drawings.
www.benefice.org.uk
- Brixworth Church - A history of this much-debated Anglo-Saxon church from 'Brixworth Village Appraisal' (1994), hosted by Northampton and Lamport Railway.
www.nlr.org.uk/places/BrixworthChurch.htm
- Castor, near Peterborough, St Kyneburgha's Church - Plans, illustrations and history for this church which later grew around the original Norman central crossing and highly decorated tower.
www.castorailsworth.free-online.co.uk/chrcha.htm
- Chester, St John the Baptist's Church - Archaeological report by Chester City Council detailing an excavation within the vestibule between the church and its ruined tower before building work was carried out.
www.chestercc.gov.uk/heritage/archaeology/StJohn_the_Baptist.html
- Earls Barton, Northamptonshire - Many photographs with short descriptions, particularly of the famous Anglo-Saxon tower of All Saints church.
www.northamptonshire.co.uk/guides/earlsbarton/index.htm
- Kilpeck, Herefordshire - Description and excellent photographs of the superb Norman church from Worcestershire Sites and Monuments Record.
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/archaeology/pages/archkil1.htm
- Monkwearmouth Parish - The parish web-site provides a history and photographs of the ancient church of St Peter, founded 674, though much rebuilt in the 1870s.
freespace.virgin.net/stephen.hartshorne
- Odda's Chapel, Deerhurst - Photograph and brief history of this tiny Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Odda, Earl of the Hwicce, by David Nash Ford from Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/travel/tours/glstour9.html
- Saxon Churches in Britain - The introduction to 'Anglo-Saxon Churches in Britain' by David Nash Ford, reproduced in Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/index.html
- Sompting, Sussex, St Mary's Church - A tour around this historic church, accompanied by many expandable photographs.
www.bn15.co.uk/history/stmary.html
- St John Baptist, Berkswell, near Coventry - Norman church with a two-storey timber-framed porch added in the 16th century. Photographs and brief history.
www.personal.u-net.com/~baisley
- St Laurence's Chapel at Bradford-on-Avon - Southampton University explains its work on one of the best-preserved Anglo-Saxon churches. History, architecture, excavation, interpretation and computer-based reconstructions.
www.arch.soton.ac.uk/research/bradford
- St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst - Photographs and history of this Anglo-Saxon church by David Nash Ford from Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/travel/tours/glstour8.html
- St. Laurence Church, Bradford-on-Avon - Photographs, plan, history, discussion and bibliography on this Anglo-Saxon chapel by Stephanie James from Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/bradford1.html
- St. Martin's Church in Canterbury - Ghazwan Butrous provides a photograph, outline history and description of probably the oldest church in England still in use as a parish church. Reconstruction drawing by John Bowen.
members.aol.com/butrousch/augustine/stmartin.htm
- St. Mary's Church, Sompting - Photographs, models, history, discussion and bibliography on this Anglo-Saxon church by Stephanie James and David Nash Ford from Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/sompting1.html
- The Discovery of Anglo-Saxon Architecture - An illustrated article from the Ecclesiological Society about the work of Thomas Rickman - the first to recognise the Anglo-Saxon style of architecture - at Barton-on-Humber.
www.ecclsoc.org/barton.html
- The Shrine Church of Saint Melangell - This simple Romanesque church at Pennant Melangell, Wales, houses the relics of an Irish saint. Photographs, plan with historical notes, the legend of the saint, visitor information.
st-melangell.co.uk
- Wimborne Minster - The official site for this church dedicated to St Cuthburga, who founded a nunnery in Wimborne c.705. The present church is mainly Norman. Outline history included.
www.wimborneminster.org.uk
- Wing, Buckinghamshire - Extensive history of the important Anglo-Saxon church of All Saints.
www.wingit.free-online.co.uk/allsaints1.htm
- Worth Church, West Sussex - Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Church of St Nicholas from the official site. Plan, external and internal photographs, history.
www.worthrectory.demon.co.uk/guide.htm
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