Old crosses and lychgates

Aymer Vallance

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OLD CROSS6S LYGHGATGS [Frontispiece I. NORTHAMPTON ELEANOR CROSS OLD CROSSGS LYCHGATGS BY Lonoon HIGHBTBATSFORD.UV? 94. HOLBORO I'RINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE DARIEN EDINBURGHPRESS, 31(7 cc 3/0 V5 PREFACE Till-: of this book was an article on writtengenesis Crosses,""Churchyard by for the and therein inrequest ttuilingtoH Magazine, published September 1918. It was at a time when the hearts of the British were stirred tobeingpeople their innermost for the War was and thedepths, European yet raging, question of the most suitable form of memorials of our heroic sacrificeddead, day by day, was to us. when thehostilities ceasedcontinually present Nor, though. happily Armistice was within a few weeks has the ofagreed thereafter,upon subject the fallen on that account declined in interest andcommemorating importance. its claims if more vitalinsistent than theNay, are, ever, for, necessityanything, of our on the attainment ofconcentrating energies having passed away,victory ' the nation is now at leisure to out its heart in memorials thatpour mourning will tell the of theto come how it realised the bitterness andgenerations glory of the Great War." Such the it was that ityears being case, might provehoped useful to a of old crosses andcollection ofgather together examples lychgates, as orthe most form of monuments foraffording appropriate reproduction to the needs of the of the manifestations ofTooadaptation present.

Sujets

• Crosses
• England
• Wales

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

OLD CROSS6S
LYGHGATGS[Frontispiece
I. NORTHAMPTON
ELEANOR CROSSOLD CROSSGS
LYCHGATGS
BY
Lonoon
HIGHBTBATSFORD.UV? 94. HOLBOROI'RINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN AT
THE DARIEN EDINBURGHPRESS,
31(7
cc
3/0
V5