By Warwick Rodwell
Dorchester-on-Thames and its abbey were matters of antiquarian curiosity for greater than 450 years, and through that point a lot has been written approximately them. they're, in spite of the fact that, nonetheless faraway from being comprehensively studied and recorded. certainly, the main massive architectural description of the medieval church was once written as in the past as 1845, and a thoroughgoing reappraisal has lengthy been late. during this significant new learn at the origins, heritage and structure of Dorchester Abbey, Warwick Rodwell assembles a massive quantity of fabric from observations in the course of fix and conservation and knowledge derived from archaeological excavation, in addition to the unforeseen discovery of formerly unstudied and unpublished topographical and architectural fabric, housed in numerous data. the amount is split into components: the 1st includes an account of the archaeology of the location and the architectural improvement of the abbey, whereas the second one includes a chain of special notes and observations at the current constitution, its fittings and furniture.
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