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The covered ambulatory in Brixworth is
below the level of the original apse, but I am not sure if that counts...
Jane
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Subject: Re: [M-R] sanctuaries in
Saxon Churches
There are certainly other A-S churches where the sanctuary
is raised on a crypt: Wing is the obvious example; also Repton I think and I've
suggested a possibility at Westbury upon Trym. I've not come across the
sanctuary itself taking a step down before (ring crypts and aisles round the
outside of one may do so), but the best way to check this is to go to the
Jon
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:09:42 +0100
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In Wiltshire Notes
& Queries, vol.1 pp 41 and 95 I found the following:
p.41 ...when [Bradford] church was in the
hands of the builders [1862-6] [Canon]Jones pointed out to a visitor ‘the
singular arrangement of the sanctuary which was some inches below the level of
the church generally…,the marks of the steps down [being] clearly visible on the
north wall [of the chancel].’ Jones’ theory was that it ‘was a
distinctive old English plan’.
p.95 ...answer to above citing arrangement at Avebury, said to be of Saxon
origin.
The steps would
only have been visible on the north wall because the south wall was re-built in
1707. There is also the possibility that the steps may have led to a
vault under the High Altar, discovered during some recent test digs.
But were
sanctuaries below the level in Saxon times? Can anyone help here?
Many thanks
Anne
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