Cambs., Lincs., Norf., Northants., Oxon.
Reference code
COR/11
Title
Cambs., Lincs., Norf., Northants., Oxon.
Date
mostly 1928
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Scope and content
Handwritten and compiled ‘chiefly in the year 1928’.
Title page: Cathedral, Priory and Parish Churches, Abbeys, Castles and other Antiquities in the Counties of Norfolk, Northampton, Cambridge and Lincolnshire’.
Followed by Index (5pp).
Churches and other features of Norfolk (pp. 1-88); churches and other features of Cambridgeshire (pp. 89-112); Croyland (or Crowland) Abbey and Crowland Bridge, Lincolnshire (pp. 113-119); Ramsey Abbey and the church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey, Hampshire (pp. 120-128); Peterborough Cathedral, and other churches and features of Peterborough and Northamptonshire (pp. 129-172); Oxford Cathedral, churches, chapels and other features of Oxford (from p. 173 – the pages from p. 174 are unpaginated).
Features of particular interest:
Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Extensive notes and photos, including a personal photo of a family group eating a picnic, captioned ‘Harrington Wright’. A continuation of the notes on features of Norfolk in Volume IV (pp. 1-5).
Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Detailed notes about the church and photos of the church (exterior and interior) and the village. Also a brass rubbing of the funerary monument of John Yslyngton. The church dedication is given as St John, but it should be St Margaret of Antioch (pp. 21-25).
Lynn [Regis], Norfolk. Extensive notes and some photos of St Margaret’s church. Notes and photos of St Nicholas’s Chapel and the Chapel of Our Lady’s Hill (or Red Mount Chapel), as well as a photo of the Guild Hall and the Customs House (pp. 60-69).
Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Extensive notes and photos of the exterior and interior of the cathedral and Prior Crauden’s Chapel, as well as exterior views of the infirmary and the gatehouse (pp. 93-104).
Church of SS Mary and Botolph, Thorney, Cambridgeshire. One photo of the exterior and one of the interior of the surviving fabric. Colour copies of some of the ‘old glass’ (pp. 105-109).
Title page: Cathedral, Priory and Parish Churches, Abbeys, Castles and other Antiquities in the Counties of Norfolk, Northampton, Cambridge and Lincolnshire’.
Followed by Index (5pp).
Churches and other features of Norfolk (pp. 1-88); churches and other features of Cambridgeshire (pp. 89-112); Croyland (or Crowland) Abbey and Crowland Bridge, Lincolnshire (pp. 113-119); Ramsey Abbey and the church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey, Hampshire (pp. 120-128); Peterborough Cathedral, and other churches and features of Peterborough and Northamptonshire (pp. 129-172); Oxford Cathedral, churches, chapels and other features of Oxford (from p. 173 – the pages from p. 174 are unpaginated).
Features of particular interest:
Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Extensive notes and photos, including a personal photo of a family group eating a picnic, captioned ‘Harrington Wright’. A continuation of the notes on features of Norfolk in Volume IV (pp. 1-5).
Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Detailed notes about the church and photos of the church (exterior and interior) and the village. Also a brass rubbing of the funerary monument of John Yslyngton. The church dedication is given as St John, but it should be St Margaret of Antioch (pp. 21-25).
Lynn [Regis], Norfolk. Extensive notes and some photos of St Margaret’s church. Notes and photos of St Nicholas’s Chapel and the Chapel of Our Lady’s Hill (or Red Mount Chapel), as well as a photo of the Guild Hall and the Customs House (pp. 60-69).
Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Extensive notes and photos of the exterior and interior of the cathedral and Prior Crauden’s Chapel, as well as exterior views of the infirmary and the gatehouse (pp. 93-104).
Church of SS Mary and Botolph, Thorney, Cambridgeshire. One photo of the exterior and one of the interior of the surviving fabric. Colour copies of some of the ‘old glass’ (pp. 105-109).
Creator
Corder, Henry (1855-1944), antiquary and nurseryman
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/957/19