Norman Collection (page 20)

Castle Acre Priory
The remains of the gateway of Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, England, a Norman castle and Cluniac priory, which was founded by William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, circa 1090. Date: 11th century

Fountains Abbey Nave
Looking across the Nave of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1132. Date: 12th century

Fountains Abbey Arches
Norman arches at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

Bath Abbey Windows
Interior and stained glass window, Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, England. Date: 12th century

The Wallingford Screen, inside St. Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, England, is a Victorian reconstruction of the original screen which was destroyed in the Reformation

Moyses Hall, Cornhill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, was built by the Normans, in about 1180. It is now a museum of the history of West Sussex. Date: late 12th century

Norman Architecture
The fine archading and dog- tooth mouldings in the Chapter House of Bristol Cathedral, some of the finest examples of Norman architecture in England. Date: 12th century

Pevensey Mint House
Ye Olde Mint House, Pevensey, Sussex, England, was erected in 1342 on the site of a Norman mint reputed to have been establised c. 1076. Date: 14th century

Norman Font
A very fine Norman font in the Parish Church at Waltham-in- the-Wold, Leicestershire, England. Date: 11th - 12th century

Fountains Abbey Aisle
The North Aile of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

Durham Cathedral Corbels
Comical Corbels - some of the faces carved into the corbels above the Chapter House of Durham Cathedral, built between 1093 and 1133. Date: 12th century

Bath Abbey Ceiling
Interior of Bath Abbey, Somerset, England, showing the spectacular vaulted ceilings and stained glass window. Date: 12th century

Holy Cross Hospital
Holy Cross, or the Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, was founded between 1132 and 1136 by Henry de Blois and has become Britains oldest charitable institution. Date: 12th century

Fullarton House Gateway
The elaborate gateway to the stable yard at Fullarton House, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: medieval

Llanthony Abbey, an Augustinian Priory, originally founded in the early 12th century, a fine example of Norman and early English architecture. Date: 12th century

Elgin Cathedral Cloister
The Cloisters, Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire, Scotland. The existing ruins were built after a fire in 1270, but destroyed by Cromwells Bishops War. Date: 13th century

St. Aldhelms Chapel, on top of the windswept promintory of St. Aldhelms Head, near Worth Matravers, Dorset, England. Built c.1140 in memory of a bride & groom who drowned. Date: early 12th century

Bradford on Avon Bridge
The Chapel on the Bridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, which over the centuries has been a chapel. a lock-up and a toll house. Date: 13th century

St. Wollos Church
St. Wollos Cathedral, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, has a Saxon chapel and a Norman nave. The Gothic Casquet was added in the 15th century. A cathedral from 1929 Date: 1960s

Selby Norman Nave
The magnificent Norman nave of Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. The tower is also Norman, but the eastern end is decorated Gothic style. Date: founded 1069

Cliffords Tower, York Castle, Yorkshire, England, a remarkable two-storey quatrefoil keep on a stone motte and bailey fortress. Date: 13th century

Flaxley Abbey, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, was a Cistercian Abbey founded by Roger, Earl of Hereford. Date: 12th century

Kings School Canterbury
The splended Norman staircase (c. 1170) of Kings School, Caterbury, Kent, England. It was founded was St. Augustine in 597 and later re-founded by King Henry VIII. Date: founded 597

Elstow Priory
The ruins of Elstow Priory, Bedfordshire, England, the convent (or nunnery) founded in 1075 by Judith, niece of William the Conqueror. Date: founded 1075

Sherborne Abbey
The restored Norman architecture of the splendid South Porch of Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, England, founded in about 705 A.D. by St. Aldhelm. Date: founded circa 705

England / Sherborne
A corner of historic Sherborne, Dorset, England, showing the old almshouses and part of the Norman Abbey. Date: 1950s

Beaulieu Abbey
The ruins of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England, a Cistercian house founded by King John and lived in by thirty monks from Citeaux, near Dijon, France. Date: founded c. 1204

Norman Postern Gate
The only remaining Norman Postern left in England, the South Postern Gate in the old city walls at Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Date: 12th century

Finchdale Priory Ruins
The ruins of Finchdale Priory, County Durham, England, which was founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint), Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Great Canfield Church
Tour cyclists admire the Norman church at Great Canfield, Essex, England, noted for its 13th century wallpainting over the altar. Date: 1930s

Finchdale Priory Crypt
The Crypt of Finchdale Priory County Durham, England, founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint) Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Leominster Church, Leominster, Herefordshire, England, a huge Norman church, with two naves and an early 14th century tower. Date: 12th - 14th century

Blanchland Abbey, Northumberland, England, a Premonstratensian abbey, founded in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec. Destroyed by the Scots; rebuilt in 1752. Date: founded 1165

BATH ABBEY
The majestic exterior of Bath Abbey, towering above the Parade Gardens, Bath, Somerset, England. Date: 12th century

Dunblane Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland, founded in 1141 by King David I. Rebuilt in 1240 by Bishop Clemens. The tower is early Norman, the rest pointed style Date: 12th century

Furness Abbey, Cumbria, England, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois. Later extended, the present ruins are mostly 12th & 13th century Date: founded 1123

Bristol Norman Arch
The Norman Arch, which stands oppsite the west towers of Bristol Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England. It was once the chief entrance to the Abbey of St. Augustine. Date: 12th century

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