The Medieval Floortiles of Herefordshire
By (author) Julie Bowen
Paperback (Published)
(January 2022)
ISBN: 9781803271880
7.99 x 10.91 inches
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The Medieval Floortiles of Herefordshire presents a survey, in the form of a gazetteer, of the extant decorated floortiles of Herefordshire, with some tiles that are no longer available but which are known from records also included. For each site, each individual floortile design is illustrated and parallels from other sites are outlined. It is to be expected that the largest collections of medieval floortiles in Herefordshire would be found at the religious centres of Abbey Dore, Wigmore, Leominster, and Hereford. However the largest installation visible today is at St Katherine’s Chapel, Ledbury, where approximately 500 tiles of the Bristol Canynges Group (c.1485) survive in remarkably good condition. Similar designs from the Bristol Canynges Group have been found at Netherwood in Thornbury and at Deans Place, Yatton. At Stretton Sugwas and at Croft there are virtually identical collections of random tiles, many with designs similar to a pavement commissioned by Abbot Sebroke for Gloucester Abbey in 1455. Other close links with Gloucester are evident in the Dilwyn tiles which feature many of the same designs found at Blackfriars, Gloucester. Two of the designs exhibit the same flaw in the stamp, reinforcing the connection between the two sites. Whilst many of the designs are to be found at multiple locations, Leominster has some unusual edging strips featuring dots and squares and a dotted chequer board design not found elsewhere. Leominster also puts us in direct contact with the tile maker (or his assistant) who has made his own random design. Elsewhere, some surprisingly rural churches (such as Castle Frome) have retained really interesting examples of decorated floortile (see front cover) – well kept secrets!
Introduction ;
Abbey Dore – Dore Abbey ;
Brampton Bryan – Church of St Barnabas ;
Breinton (Lower Breinton) – Church of St Michael ;
Castle Frome – Church of St Michael and All Angels ;
Colwall – Church of St James ;
Croft – Church of St Michael and All Angels ;
Dilwyn – St Mary’s Church ;
Goodrich Castle ;
Hereford – Church of All Saints ;
Hereford Cathedral – Booth Chapel ;
Hereford Cathedral – Lady Chapel ;
Hereford – Eign Gate ;
Hereford Museum Collections ;
Ledbury – St Katherine's Chapel ;
Leominster Old Priory ;
Madley – Parish Church ;
Monkland – Church of All Saints ;
Much Marcle – Hall Court ;
Stretton Sugwas – The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene ;
Thornbury – Netherwood ;
Westhide – St Bartholomew’s Church ;
Wigmore Abbey ;
Wigmore – Chapel Farm ;
Yatton – Deans Place ;
Summary ;
Bibliography
Julie Bowen graduated from the University of Wales (Newport) with a BA Hons in Archaeology in 2007 and worked with Church and Site Archaeology, based in Monmouth, whilst continuing excavating with the Herefordshire County Archaeology Team. She now lives in Dorset, where she is a member of the Association of Portland Archaeologists and the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, taking part in regular summer excavations on the Isle of Portland and the South Dorset Ridgeway. The author’s interest in medieval floortiles was triggered taking part in a dig at Leominster Old Priory in 2005 which led to her dissertation on the important collection of tiles found there.
- By (author) Julie Bowen
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