St Thomas’ Church, Bristol: From Medieval Splendour to Classical elegance

By Joseph Bettey

Issue 11, Spring 2004 pp 2-7

‘There were 18 parish churches crowded in and around the walls of medieval Bristol. Churchwardens’ accounts and other sources show that these churches continued to be well-maintained throughout the 16th and 17th centuries , in spite of the destruction of many furnishings of great beauty and value during all the upheavals of the Reformation’. Joseph Bettey looks at the maintenance of parish churches in the Bristol area, and how congregations approached physical alterations to the skin of the building.


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