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These two sets of little-known notes, recorded first-hand by 19th-century antiquaries, underpin our understanding of how these structures developed into the buildings we see today.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
Bibliographic Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
The Lysons brothers,
Magna Britannia, and the Cornish volume
Fieldwork for
Magna Britannia - Cornwall Circulation of Parochial Queries, and subsequent correspondence
Organisation of the information received into a publishable format
Publication of
Magna Britannia - Cornwall and the aftermath
Lysons' Church Notes for Cornwall
Consolidation of the Church Notes
Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Bt, of Hawarden (Clwyd)
A brief biography
Glynne's working methods and his expeditions to Cornwall
Glynne's Church Notebooks
Glynne's architectural and ecclesiological views
Glynne and the Oxford Movement
Ecclesiological development and personal contacts
Assessing the antiquarian Church Notes for Cornwall
Editorial comment on the publication of the Church Notes
Editorial method
Church Notes for Parishes A-L
Index
About the author
PAUL COCKERHAM is an independent researcher and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society. Based in Cornwall he has written and edited numerous books and articles examining the context of the medieval and early modern monumental heritage of both Cornwall and further afield, always maintaining an interest in the wider backdrop of such material in western continental Europe.
Summary
These two sets of little-known notes, recorded first-hand by 19th-century antiquaries, underpin our understanding of how these structures developed into the buildings we see today.
