COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb09
Filename:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb09.tif
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 9
Title Alternative:
Volume IX
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1938-03-28/1938-12-12
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's notebook surveying the architectural elements of churches throughout parts of England. His title from the first page reads: "Volume IX including visits to parts of Kent, Somerset, Wilts, Oxon, Glos, Cornwall, and Berkshire". The descriptions were recorded from March 28 to December 12, 1938, though some entries have later dates when the writer revisited the sites. Entries are written on the front of the page with corrections or later additions added on the back. At the end of the General Bibliography is a list of Other Places Visited and is continued at the end of the Index. The Other Places Visited include: Reculver Church, Hinton Charterhouse (Somerset), Bath Abbey (Somerset), Bristol Cathedral (Glos), Eton College Chapel (Buckshire?), Barford Saint Michael (Oxford), Deddington Church (Oxford), Woolton? Church (Buckshire), King's College (Cambridge), Queen's College (Cambridge), and Saint John's College (Cambridge). A note with the title indicates that the visits were too brief to be of use, or accounts were appended to earlier accounts. About halfway through the notebook is a typed letter loosely inserted. The letter is addressed to Ralph Davis from John H. Harvey, and dated August 13 1961. John Harvey was a English architectural historian and wrote to Ralph about the puzzling elements of the Edington Church. He also asked Ralph a number of questions, first for suggestions about identifying a mason's marks, and second, for a second opinion on the dating of Albert Memorial Chapel for a St. George's Windsor Friends report. The letter is signed.
Contents:
Saint Martin's Church (Canterbury); Saint Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury); Patrixbourne Church (Kent); Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Wingham (Kent); Barfreston Church (Kent); Shottesbrooke Church (Berkshire); Balliol College Chapel; Church of Saint Mary in Castro, Dover (Kent); Saint Margaret's-at-Cliffe, parish church (Kent); Saint Clement's Church, Sandwhich (Kent); Saint Mary's Church, Minster-in-Thanet (Kent); Lechlade Church (Saint Lawrence) (Gloucestershire); Saint Mary's Church, Chislet (Kent); Rochester Cathedral (Onrest of the Blessed Virgin) (Kent); Faversham Church (Saint Mary of Charity) (Kent); Lullington Church (Somerset); Beckington Church (Saint George) (Somerset); Church of Saint Lawrence, Bradford-upon-Avon (Wiltshire); Letter to Ralph, dated August 13, 1961; Edington Church (Wiltshire); Steeple Ashton Church (Saint Mary the Virgin) (Wiltshire); Roman Baths at Bath; Saint Mary Redcliffe, Bristol (Gloucestershire); Northleigh Church (Saint Mary) (Oxford); Dr. Ernst Kitzsinger, on 'Some Aspects of Early Church Art' (lecture delivered at the O.U.A.S.); Chipping Campden Church (Saint James) (Gloucestershire); Winchcombe Church (Saint Peter) (Gloucestershire); Stanton Fitzwarren Church (Wiltshire); Oxford Cathedral (addenda, mainly the charstorey); Rendcombe Church (Saint Peter) (Gloucestershire); Saint Levan Church (Saint Selevan) (Cornwall); Cirencester Church (Saint John the Baptist) (Gloucestershire); Eynsham Church (Saint Leonard) (Oxford); Qinton Church (Saint Swithin) (Gloucestershire); Northleach Church Revisited (Gloucestershire); Enstone Church and Barn; Swalcliffe, the Rectorial Manor and Church (Oxford); Chilton Church (Buckshire); Newbury Church (Saint Nicholas) (Berkshire); Winchester Cathedral; Winchester College; G. G. Coulton's Masons' Marks; Hanwell Church (Oxford); Cropredy Church (Oxford); Horley Church (Oxford); Hornton Church (Oxford); The Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Salisbury; Haythrop, Old Church (Oxford); Sandford Saint Martin Church (Oxford); Westcott Barton Church (Oxford); Church of Saint Michael, Guiting Power (same as Lower Guiting) (Gloucestershire); Saint Andrews Church, Ashton Blank (Gloucestershire); Didbrook Church (Saint George) (Gloucestershire); Stanton Church (Saint Michael) (Gloucestershire); Buckland Church (Gloucestershire); Broadway (old) Church (Saint Eadburh) (Worcestershire); Temple Guiting Church (Gloucestershire); General Bibliography; Index of Places.
Illustration Description:
The illustrations throughout the notebook are in pencil or pen and feature the architectural details of English churches. On inside front cover is a engraving of Reculver, Kent, as well as a printers mark for Emberlin and Son, Oxford, maker of the notebook. A plate on first page shows the interior of St. Mary the Virgin Church, Oxfordshire. A handwritten note under the plate indicates it's from the 'Draconian', no. 130, April 1931, and, according to the author, is "inaccurate". On the following pages, smaller illustrations within the text include diagrams of interior wall naves; capitals with stringcourse ornamentation and mouldings; windows; patterns of quatrefoils, chancels, and rosettes; mason's marks; a sections of piers and bases; sections of tympanums; ground floor plans in color; lintals and arches; tracery; clerestory windows; rubbings of mason's marks; door jambs; the canopy in the St. Mary Redcliffe aisle; the central pillar of the North arcade in Northleigh Church (St. Mary); paintings representing Roman culture; a carving of a knight in Stanton Fitzwarren Church; cinquefoiled or quatrefoils sub-lights within arched windows; types of bases and piers; corbels; abacas; and bays along arcades. Other loosely inserted material includes an engraving of the Castle and Bridge at Rochester (Cathedral) and a pamphlet about Winchester Cathedral.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Church architecture--England
Subject:
Architecture, Norman--England
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Buildings Identified:
St. Martin's Church (Canterbury, England)
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Sandwich Parish Church (Sandwich, England)
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St. Mary the Virgin (Church : Minster, Thanet, Kent, England)
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St. Lawrence Church (Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England)
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St. Mary the Virgin (Church : Chislet, Kent, England)
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Rochester Cathedral (Rochester, Kent, England)
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St. Mary of Charity (Church : Faversham, Kent, England)
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Church of St Mary (Lullington, Somerset, England)
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Church of St George (Beckington, Somerset, England)
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St. Lawrence's Church (Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England)
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Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints (Edington, Wiltshire, England)
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St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England)
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Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Steeple Ashton, England)
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Roman Baths Museum (Bath, England)
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St. Mary Redcliffe (Church : Bristol, England)
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St. Mary's Church (North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England)
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St. James' Church (Chipping Campden, England)
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St. Peter's (Church : Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England)
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St. Leonard's Church (Stanton Fizwarren, Wiltshire, England)
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Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England)
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St. Mary's Church (Patrixbourne, Kent, England)
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Church of St. Peter (Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, England)
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St. Levan Church (Cornwall, England)
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Parish Church of St John Baptist (Cirencester, England)
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St. Leonard's Church (Eynsham, England)
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St. Swithin (Quinton, Gloucestershire, England)
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Church of St. Peter & St. Paul (Northleach, Gloucestershire, England)
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St. Kenelm (Church : Enstone, England)
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Manor House (Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England)
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St. Peter and St Paul's Church (Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England)
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All Saints (Church : Chilton, Berkshire, England)
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St. Mary's Church (Wingham, Kent, England)
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St. Nicolas Church (Newbury, Bershire, England)
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Winchester Cathedral
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Winchester College
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Church of St. Peter (Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St Mary the Virgin (Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England)
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St. Etheldredas Church (Horley, Oxfordshire, England)
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St John the Baptist (Hornton, Oxfordshire, England)
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St. Thomas's (Church : Salisbury, England)
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Old Church of St. Nicholas (Heythrop, Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St. Martin (Oxfordshire, England)
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St. Nicholas's Church (Barfreston, England)
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Church of St. Edward the Confessor (Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St. Michael (Guiting Power, Gloucestershire, England)
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Church of St. Andrew (Cold Aston, Gloucestershire, England)
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Church of St. George (Didbrook, Gloucestershire, England)
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Church of St. Michael and All Angels (Stanton, Gloucestershire, England)
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Church of St Eadburgha (Broadway, Worcestershire, England)
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Church of St. Mary (Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, England)
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St. Mary the Virgin (Reculver, Kent, England)
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Hinton Charterhouse (England)
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Bath Abbey (Bath, England)
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Shottesbrooke Parish Church (Berkshire, England)
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Bristol Cathedral (Bristol, England)
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Eton College
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Barford St. John and St. Michael (Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Deddington, Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St Michael (Buckland, Gloucestershire, England)
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King's College (University of Cambridge)
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Queens' College (University of Cambridge)
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St. John's College (University of Cambridge)
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Balliol College (University of Oxford). Chapel
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St. Mary in Castro (Dover Castle, Kent, England)
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St. Margaret's at Cliffe (England)
Places Identified:
Kent (England)
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Hampshire (England)
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Cambridge (England)
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Oxfordshire (England)
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Berkshire (England)
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Somerset (England)
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Gloucestershire (England)
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Wiltshire (England)
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Worcestershire (England)
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Cornwell (England)
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Buckinghamshire (England)
People Identified:
Coulton, G. G. (George Gordon), 1858-1947
People Identified:
Harvey, John, 1911-1997
Keywords:
notebooks; Research; Diaries; Floor plans; Travel; History; Capitals (Columns); Sections; Illustrations; Moldings; Architectural elements; Windows; Inscriptions; Correspondence; fieldwork (research); building history research
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
England
Time Period:
1930 - 1939
Language:
eng
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 9, "IX", Box 1, Folder 8, 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