Title & Author:

Shropshire : art, architecture and archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the sixteenth century / edited by John McNeill and Elizabeth A. New.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2026
©2026

Description:

xxxi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

British Archaeological Association conference transactions ; volume 45.

Notes:
Proceedings of a conference held in Shrewsbury, July 15-19, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Charles Roach Smith and Thomas Wright at Wroxeter / Martin Henig -- Shropshire in an Age of Transition / Roger White -- Shrewsbury Castle / Nigel Baker -- The Patronage of Earl Roger and Countess Adelais: Much Wenlock Priory, Shrewsbury Abbey and Quatford College c. 1070 - c. 1094/1102 / Richard Gem -- The Monastic Buildings at Wenlock Priory c. 1080 - c. 1300 / John McNeill -- The Abbot's Lodging and Infirmary Complex at Buildwas Abbey: A Window on Cistercian Abbatial Accommodation / David M. Robinson & Stuart Harrison -- The Figure-Sculpture of Haughmond Abbey / Julian Luxford -- Anchorites, Antiquarians, and Archaeology: The Material Remains of Shropshire Anchorites in Parish Churches / Victoria Yuskaitis -- The Grinshill Connection: A Group of Romanesque Fonts in North Shropshire and West Staffordshire / Ron Baxter -- Crocus-blossom, Shuttlecock or Ice Cream Cornet? The Peculiar Distribution of a late-twelfth-century Architectural Ornament / Richard Halsey -- Landscapes of Lordship in Late Medieval Shropshire / Trevor Rowley -- Concepts and Realities: the South Tower and Wider Complex at Stokesay Castle / Will Wyeth -- A Topographical Seal? The 15th-Century Seal and Seal-Matrix of the Town of Shrewsbury / John Cherry -- Three Alabaster Panels at Saint Mary's, Shrewsbury / Catherine Oakes -- A Monument 'what myn executors thinke best for me': The Commemoration of Arthur Vernon (d.1517) at Tong / Heather Gilderdale -- '...To barter an earthly treasure for a heavenly, and the changes of the moment for enduring happiness': The Early 15th-Century Stained Glass of St Bartholomew's, Tong / Heather Gilderdale

Summary:

"Shropshire: Art, Architecture and Archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the Sixteenth Century considers the shift in the regional administrative centre from Wroxeter to Shrewsbury, the powerful evidence for investment in the material fabric of the middle Welsh March, particularly between the late 11th and 13th centuries, and Shropshire's great monastic hinterland. Chapters cover Shropshire from many different angles, encompassing wide-ranging case studies that address architecture, figure sculpture and stained glass, as well as questions of liturgy, religion and castle life. Topics include reappraisals of the 19th- and 20th-century excavations of Wroxeter, Laurence of Ludlow's involvement in the building of Stokesay Castle, and Shrewsbury Castle, as well as a study of anchorites's cells attached to Shropshire parish churches. There is new evidence for the deployment of water features and gardens around late medieval castles, evaluations of Haughmond Abbey, Wenlock Priory, and the Abbot's Lodging at Buildwas, and a reconstruction of the late medieval glazing scheme at St Bartholomew's Tong. Also investigated are the recently recovered 15th-century seal matrix of Shrewsbury, Romanesque sculptural workshop practice, and the enigmatic alabaster panels at St Mary's, Shrewsbury. Shropshire: Art, Architecture and Archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the Sixteenth Century updates and enlarges our knowledge of the middle Welsh March and is for medieval archaeologists and historians"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781032992280 (hardcover)
103299228X (hardcover)
9781032985985 (paperback)
1032985984 (paperback)
(ebook)
9781003603030
1003603033

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) England Shropshire.
Art England Shropshire History To 1500.
Architecture England Shropshire History To 1500.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Angleterre Shropshire.
Shropshire (England) Antiquities.
Shropshire (England) History To 1500.

Added entries:

McNeill, John, 1957-2025, editor, contributor.
New, Elizabeth Anne, editor, contributor.
British Archaeological Association conference transactions ; 45.

Art, architecture and archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the sixteenth century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 323001
Call No.: 323001
Copy: 1
Status: Available