Description
Archaeological excavation, architectural survey and
historical research carried out between 1978 and 1993 have elucidated the
origins and early development of Wells Cathedral. Study concentrated primarily
on the cloister and its adjuncts, and excavation took place in the adjoining
`Camery' garden. Here lay an ancient cemetery and the foundations of a
succession of demolished buildings, ranging in date from Roman to
post-medieval. Collectively, these enshrined a continuous development of
religious and sepulchral activity, probably from the fourth to the
mid-sixteenth century; secular uses followed. Adjacent to the Camery are the
springs from which Wells takes its name. The first mention of the `holy well'
and minster church of St Andrew is in A.D. 766.
Excavation yielded a complex stratigraphic sequence, demonstrating how an
anonymous late Roman mausoleum burial probably provided the raison d'etre for
the development of a Middle Saxon cemetery and chapel, and hence for the
origins of Wells Cathedral itself in 909. The establishment of this sequence is
uniquely important in the history of English cathedral archaeology and sets
Wells alongside developments in continental Europe.
Table of Contents
Plates
Figures
Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Summary
Resume
Zusammenfassung
Volume 1
Part 1. Historical and Structural Sequence
1. Introduction
2. Topography and Early Settlement
3. The Anglo-Saxon Minster of Saint Andrew
4. The Late Saxon Cathedral and Norman Collegiate Church, c. 909-1200
5. Reginald de Bohun's Church c. 1175-1239
6. The Lady Chapel-by-the-Cloister, c. 1196-1477
7. Bishop Stillington's Lady Chapel and Chantry, 1477-1522
8. The Cloister Complex, I: General Development, and the South East Ranges
9. The Cloister Complex, II: Ancillary Structures, Garth, and West Range
10. The Camery
11. Medieval Water Supply and Distribution Systems
Volume 2
Part 2. Specialist Studies: Artefacts and Burials
12. Structural Materials and Decoration
13. Funerary Monuments and Devotional Sculpture
14: Loose Artefacts
15: Burials
Appendices
Notes to chapters
Abbreviations and Bibliography
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"