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A New Life for the St Mary Redcliffe Staircase
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As I write, early in February, it is the end of a momentous period for the small team that has undertaken the task of re-housing the grand staircase from the Great Hall in Taunton Castle.
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| A Columbarium at Compton Martin Church |
It has long been known that some priests kept pigeons in parish churches. Hitherto the physical evidence of this practice has come from other parts of the country. This paper is concerned with the physical and documentary evidence of a columbarium at the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, Compton Martin, Somerset (11km north of Wells)......... |
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| Somerset Building Stone - A Guide |
The purpose of this paper is to provide a quick-reference guide to the local building stones
from the modern county of Somerset. The paper also includes a few that have been quarried
just beyond the borders of the county....... |
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| Yatton Armorial Glass |
The south window in the south transept of Yatton church contains three 15th-century stained glass shields which were recorded by Collinson in 1791.1 Although damaged and altered in the past they are the only shields in the church which incorporate glass from the original medieval shields. The stained glass shields in the Newton Chapel date from about 1829 or later......... |
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