Betjeman’s Best British Churches. Richard Surman

      

      BETJEMAN’S BEST BRITISH CHURCHES

      UPDATED BY RICHARD SURMAN

      With photographs by Michael Ellis and Richard Surman

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

How to find a Church

County Locator

PREFACE by Richard Surman

INTRODUCTION by Sir John Betjeman

      ENGLAND BY COUNTY

BEDFORDSHIRE

BERKSHIRE

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

CHESHIRE

CORNWALL

CUMBRIA

DERBYSHIRE

DEVON

DORSET

       DURHAM

       ESSEX

       GLOUCESTERSHIRE

       HAMPSHIRE & THE ISLE OF WIGHT

       HEREFORDSHIRE

       HERTFORDSHIRE

       KENT

       LANCASHIRE, MERSEYSIDE & GREATER MANCHESTER

       LEICESTERSHIRE

       LINCOLNSHIRE

       LONDON

       GREATER LONDON

       NORFOLK

       NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

       NORTHUMBERLAND AND TYNE & WEAR

       NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

       OXFORDSHIRE

       RUTLAND

       SHROPSHIRE

       SOMERSET & BRISTOL

       STAFFORDSHIRE

       SUFFOLK

       SURREY

       SUSSEX – EAST

       SUSSEX – WEST

       WARWICKSHIRE & WEST MIDLANDS

       WILTSHIRE

       WORCESTERSHIRE

       YORKSHIRE – EAST RIDING

       YORKSHIRE – NORTH

       YORKSHIRE – SOUTH

       YORKSHIRE – WEST

       WALES

       SCOTLAND

       THE ISLE OF MAN

       THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

      Glossary

      Index of Architects and Artists

      Index of Places

      Acknowledgements

      Copyright

       About the Publisher

       How to find a Church

      This book includes Ordnance Survey (OS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates to help readers locate the churches with precision.

      USING THE OS COORDINATES

      The OS grid references work on all the paper Ordnance Survey maps and the Ordnance Survey’s OpenData service on its website (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk). If using the website, simply type the full grid reference into the OpenData search bar – e.g. SE966710 – which will take you directly to a map page showing the church, usually identifiable as ‘PW’ for ‘place of worship’.

      If you are using an Ordnance Survey paper map, the same six-digit grid reference will work as follows:

      • THE FIRST TWO LETTERS – e.g. the SE of SE966710 – refer to the Ordnance Survey’s division of Great