Items matching anglosaxon remains

210.—Edward the Confessor’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey,—now used as the Pix office.

“Under its original name of the Isle of Bramble or thorn-ea, Westminster was a place of importance before London existed. [...] “The Saxon king Sebert (597 – 616) built a monastery on the site now occ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, castles, anglosaxon remains

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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211.—Windows from the Palace of Westminster

The windows are supposed here to be of Saxon origin; that is, dating between A.D. 440 and A.D. 1100 or so. “A doorway remaining of the old palace at Westminster exhibits the triangular arch (Fig. 212) [...]

Keywords: windows, arches, anglosaxon remains

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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209.—Tower of Earl’s Barton Church

The church in Earl’s Barton, in Northamptonshire, is a work of several periods of our Gothic architecture; but the tower is now universally admitted to be of Saxon construction (Fig. 209). It exhibits [...]

Keywords: towers, churches, anglosaxon remains

Places shown: Earl’s Barton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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