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600 hundred new churches : the Church Building Commission, 1818-1856
Author
Title
600 hundred new churches : the Church Building Commission, 1818-1856 / M.H. Port.
ISBN
1904965083
Edition
[2nd ed.].
Published
Reading : Spire Books Ltd., c2006.
Physical Description
386 p. : ill., 1 map, geneal. table, plans ; 31 cm.
Notes
Originally published in 1961.
Variant and related titles
Six hundred new churches
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365-372) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. The church building movement, 1810-1818
ch. 2. The First Church Building Act
ch. 3. The Church Building Commission: the first steps
ch. 4. The crown architects
ch. 5. The organization and regulation of the Commission
ch. 6. The relations of the commissioners with the architectural profession and the building trade
ch. 7. 'Commodity, firmness ... '
ch. 8. Rickman, Goodwin & Busby
ch. 9. Styles and local schools
ch. 10. Sites and cognate powers
ch. 11. The half-million grant
ch. 12. Handling the half-million
ch. 13. The Commission's last years
ch. 14. The Church Building Commission: some general conclusions.
Subjects
Also listed under
Church Historical Society (Great Britain)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)
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