Exeter Churches: Notes on the History Fabrics, and Features of Interest in the Churches of the Deanery of Christianity Devon (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Cresswell, Beatrix F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331749867 ISBN 13: 9781331749868

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from Exeter Churches: Notes on the History Fabrics, and Features of Interest in the Churches of the Deanery of Christianity Devon The following notes on the churches in the Deanery of Christianity form part of an ambitious attempt to produce such notes upon all the churches in the Diocese of Exeter; of which half the Deaneries are now completed in Mss. Whether any others will be prepared for publication will depend upon the reception given to the present volume. I have no wish to lay claim to having recorded much that will be new to the ecclesiastical archaeologist in the West country, but have gathered these notes together with the hope of grouping into a whole the scattered mass of learning distributed in local Histories, Transactions, new and old periodicals, in such a way that it is necessary to have a whole reference library at command to acquire the details of one church. I have also wished to make a description, as accurate as possible, of the condition of each building at the beginning of the 20th century. Except where requisite for understanding the history of the church, no parochial history is included in these notes; they deal with the church only. Of these, the modern buildings have been considered as well as the ancient ones; they, too, have their histories, which, though they may be of little interest in the present day, must increase in value as time goes on. In order to make the details of each church more perfect, many of the monumental inscriptions have been included, but not all - they would have increased the volume to unreasonable proportions with much that would have been matter of little interest. "For we have mural tablets, every sizeThat woe could wish or vanity devise, See here lamented wives, and ever wifeThe pride and comfort of her husbands life!Here to her spouse with every virtue gracedHis mournful widow hath a trophy placed;And here 'tis doubtful if the duteous sonOr the good father be in praise outdone! ..." About the Publis

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1331749867
• ISBN 13: 9781331749868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308