Author: Cranage, D H S [ David Herbert Somerset ]
Title: An Architectural Account Of The Churches Of Shropshire Volume I Part 1 : The Hundred Of Brimstree [with] Part 2 : The Hundred Of Munslow [with] Part 3 : The Franchise Of Wenlock, The Hundred Of Overs [with] Part 4 : The Hundred Of Stottesdon [with] Part 5 : Preface, Glossary, The Hundred Of Purslow, The Hundred Of Clun [with] Volume II Part 6 : The Hundred Of Condover, The Hundred Of Ford [with] Part 7 : The Hundred Of Chirbury, The Hundred Of Bradford (South) [with] Part 8 : The Hundred Of Bradford (North) [with] Part 9 : The Hundred Of Pimhill, The Hundred Of Oswestry [with] Part 10 The Liberties Of Shrewsbury, Appendix, General Survey, Retrospect, Index, List Of Subscribers [ 2 volumes in 10 parts complete ]
Description: Hobson & Co, The Shropshire Printing & Stationary Works, Wellington, 1894 - 1912, 1st edition. Large format paperback, VG. 2 volumes in 10 parts, [xiv]+60pp, [x]+61-167pp, [viii]+168-256pp, [x]+257-375pp, [viii]+xlii+[ii]+376-450+[10]pp, [x]+451-540pp, [x]+541-661pp, [x]+662-741pp, [x]+742-837pp, [vi]+xliii-lii+[ii]+838-1140pp, grand total of 119 b/w plates, 26 ground plans, 91 text figs, index, LIMITED to 500 sets, still in the publishers wrappers with the separate title pages for each part plus the title pages & contents for the intended two volumes when bound, a few pages un-opened, edges un-cut, wrappers a little worn, a nice set. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A monumental survey of all 315 churches & chapels in Shropshire. Taking almost 2 decades to complete the work was undertaken by the curate of Much Wenlock David Herbert Somerset Cranage [ 1866 - 1957 ].

Keywords: ecclesiology, architecture, medieval architecture