The Corpus: Calverton 1-9

Volume 12: Nottinghamshire

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Current Display: Calverton 1-9, Nottinghamshire

Overview

Object type: Romanesque figurative panels, seemingly Labours of the Months

Measurements:

Stone type:

Plate numbers in printed volume: None

Corpus volume reference: Vol 12 p. 207

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National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery

SK 617492

Present Location

Evidence for Discovery

Church Dedication

St Wilfrid

Present Condition

Description

Discussion

Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period).

Romanesque figurative panels, seemingly Labours of the Months, built into tower fabric (eight in the belfry inside and the ninth low down on the north wall outside).

Date

References

Hill 1901; Brown, C. 1904–7, i, 22–3 and fig.; Keyser 1907, 141; Hill 1908, illus.; Cox 1912a, 53; Thompson 1912, 26; Guilford 1927, 68–9; Walker 1935, 184–5; Mee 1938, 53; Pevsner 1951, 45; Marsden 1953, 191; Pevsner and Williamson 1979, 89; CRSBI entry: 'Carved panels', illus. (consulted 14-2-2013)

Endnotes