COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb17
Filename:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb17.tif
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 17
Title Alternative:
Volume XXIII
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1948-08-08/1959-04-07
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's notebook surveying church architecture throughout parts of Middle and South England. Davis's title on the cover of the notebook reads: "Volume XXIII". The entries begin on August 8, 1948 and continue intermittently to April 7, 1959. Some entries have multiple dates indicating when Davis revisited the sites. Most entries begin with chronological list of dates and mark key events such as restoration and remodeling campaigns, destruction by war or natural disastor, and when additions were made. Major themes throughout the notebook include examining the origins of certain architectural features of Norman influence, a critical look at other researcher's conclusions, drawing his own conclusions and impressions, examing parallel features between other buildings, the uses and functions and conditions of certain features, and historical contexts. Many entries include notes from other researcher's published words. Throughout the notebook, Davis was particularly interested in mason marks which accounts for most of the small illustrations.
Contents:
Bibliography (General); Coggs Church (Oxon); St. Margaret's Church (Westminster); Chalfont St. Giles, Church of St. Giles (Bucks); Denham Church (St. Mary, Bucks); West Ham Church (Essex); East Ham (Essex); Chaldon Church, SS. Peter and Paul (Surrey); St. Alban's Abbey (Herts); Waltham Abbey (Essex); Cranbrook Church, S. Dunstan (Kent); Description of London by William Fitz Stephen; Chipping (or High) Barnet Church, S. John Baptist (Herts); South Mimms Church, S. Giles (Middlesex); Kimpton Church (Herts); St. Helen's Church, Bishopsgate (London); Parish Church of St. Mary, Wendover; Ivinghoe Church, S. Mary the Virgin (Bucks); High Easter Church, St. Mary (Essex); Mon. Comm. Essex (Central and S.W.); Royal Commission on Hist. Mons. Essex; Rettendon Church, All Saints (Essex); Fingest Church, S. Bartholomew (Bucks); Raylan Castle (Monmouthshire); Ludlow Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence (Salop); Lincoln Cathedral; N. Newbald Church (E. Yorks); Patrington Church (E. Yorks); Hedon Church, S. Augustine (E. Yorks); Skirlaugh Chapel, S. Augustine (E. Yorks); Swine Church (E. Yorks); Beverley Minster (E. Yorks); Mason's marks from the E. side of the Decorated [reredos?]; St. Mary's Church, Beverley (E. Yorks); Holy Trinity Church, Kingston-upon-Hill (a chapel of ease to [Hessle?] till 1661) (E. Yorks); Ripon Minster Revisited (W. Yorks); Ightham Church, St Peter (Kent); Rye Church, St. Mary the Virgin (Sussex); Berkhamsted (Herts); Witham Church (Essex); Colchester (Essex); Copford Church, S. Michael since 1880, Our Lady, 1539 (Essex); St. Stephen's Church, Bristol (Glos); L. F. Salzman, Building in England, down to 1540 (Oxford 1952); Hitchin Church, St. Mary (originally St. Andrew) (Herts); Bradwell-Juxta-Mare, Chapel of St. Peter-ad-Murum (Essex); Masons Marks from York; Brixworth Church (Northamts); Medieval Southampton, excursion by O. G. S. Crawford; Eton College Chapel; R. Willis and J. W. Clark. "An Architectural History of the University of Cambridge and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton" (1886); Eton Chapel; Biddenden Church, All Saints; Homington Church (Wilts); Southwell Minster (St. Mary) (Notts); Index.
Illustration Description:
Throughout the notebook are small illustrations to reinforce the text. The illustrations include: floorplans; sections of bases, arches, capitals, responds, facades, and piers; tracery of Gothic windows; mason marks; abaci; a zigzag pattern in the chancel and ornament from the cross-bar in the doom of East Ham Church; a painting on the arches in monk's choir; a poppy head sculpture in nave; the towers at Hedon Church; a Latin inscription on University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire letterhead; diagram of remains of the Roman wall on the site of Chapel of St. Peter; rough sketch of the confessio at Brixworth Church; a copy of a map of Southampton port and community; a "sketch map show remains of Medieval Southampton"; tracing of the stair-turrets at Eton College Chapel; photographs of an unidentified church. All throughout the notebook are loose materials include an envelope with mason mark drawings; scrape-paper with notes and sketches; tracing paper with mason marks; arches on the facades of two churches copied from the Archeological Journal Vol. 103 (1948); a pamphlet featuring a city map of the Roman Lincoln fortress and upper Colonia; a letter by "Enc A Gee" written on Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) letterhead discussing mason marks and theories about who designed the towers of a couple English churches; a pamphlet on the history of the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin Rye, Sussex; a pamphlet featuring the Roman and Medieval Colchester; a photograph of Copford Church; a photocopy of a wall painting on Copford Church, The Raising of Jairus's Daughter; a reference sheet showing the Whitehall Palace mason' marks, 16th century; two photographs of churches, only one has a caption: "vicus from S. W. Brixworth"; a handwritten letter from Howard about finding a particular type of molding in a chapel; copy of a rubbing on molded stone from Eton Chapel; a typed letter from A. Taylor concerning attached rubbings of mason marks at Raglan Church and others. Some entries heavily feature mason marks including: Ragland Castle, N. Newbald Church, Beverly Minster, Ripon Cathedral; Witham Church; St. Stephens Bristol Tower, York, Eton College Chapel, Biddenden Church, and Homington Church.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Architecture--England
Subject:
Architecture, Norman--England
Subject:
Architecture, Roman
Subject:
Architecture, Gothic
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Buildings Identified:
St. Mary's (Church : Cogges, Oxfordshire, England)
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St. Dunstan's Church (Cranbrook, Kent, England)
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St John the Baptist Church (Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England)
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St Peter & St Paul's Church (Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England)
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St. Helen's Church (Bishopsgate, London, England)
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St. Mary Church (Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England)
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Ivinghoe Church S Mary the Virgin Bucks
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Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin (High Easter, Essex, England)
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All Saints Church (Rettendon, Chelmsford, England)
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St. Bartholomew (Church : Fingest, England)
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Raglan Castle (Raglan, Wales)
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St. Margaret's Church (Westminster, London, England)
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St. Laurence's Parish Church (Ludlow, England)
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Lincoln Cathedral
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St. Nicholas's Church (North Newbald, East Riding of Yorkshire, England)
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St. Patrick's Church (Patrington, England)
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St. Augustine's Church (Hedon, England)
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St Augustine's Church (Skirlaugh, England)
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St Mary Priory (Swine, Yorkshire, England)
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Beverley Minster (Beverley, England)
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St Mary's Church (Beverley, England)
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Church of the Holy Trinity (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)
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St. Giles Parish Church (Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England)
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Ripon Cathedral
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St. Peter's Church (Ightham, Kent, England)
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St. Mary's Church (Rye, England)
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St Nicolas' Church (Witham, Essex, England)
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Parish Church of Copford (Copford, England)
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Bristol City Parish Church (Bristol, England)
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Hitchin Church (Hitchin, England)
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Chapel of St. Peter-on-the-Wall (Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England)
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All Saints' Church (Brixworth, England)
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Eton College. Choir
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Church of St. Mary (Denham, Buckinghamshire, England)
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Eton College
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All Saints Church (Biddenden, Kent, England)
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St. Mary the Virgin (Homington, Wiltshire, England)
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Southwell Minster (Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England)
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All Saints Church (West Ham, London, England)
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Church of St. Mary Magalene (East Ham, London, England)
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St. Peter and St. Paul (Church : Chaldon, Surrey, England)
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St. Albans Cathedral
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Waltham Abbey
Places Identified:
London (England)
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West Yorkshire (England)
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Kent (England)
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Sussex (England)
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Gloucestershire (England)
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Hampshire (England)
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Nottinghamshire (England)
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Berkhamsted (England)
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Colchester (England)
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Oxfordshire (England)
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Essex (England)
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Surrey (England)
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Hertfordshire (England)
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Monmouthshire (Wales)
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Shropshire (England)
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Middlesex (England)
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East Riding of Yorkshire (England)
People Identified:
Crawford, Osbert Guy Stanhope, 1886-1957
Keywords:
notebooks; Diaries; Research; Archaeological sites; Travel; Illustrations; fieldwork (research); Pamphlets; Capitals (Columns); Ruins; Maps; Floor plans; History; Moldings; Photographs; Pamphlets; Sections; Illustrations
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
England
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Time Period:
1950 -1959
Language:
eng; lat
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 17 "VOL.XXIII", Box 1, Folder 17, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Format:
image/tiff
Rights Status:
In Copyright.
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Text
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2024