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600 hundred new churches : the Church Building Commission, 1818-1856
- Title
- 600 hundred new churches : the Church Building Commission, 1818-1856 / M.H. Port.
- Author
- Port, M. H. (Michael Harry)
- Publication
- Reading : Spire Books Ltd., 2006.
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- Description
- 386 pages : illustrations, 1 map, genealogical table, plans; 31 cm
- Alternative Title
- Six hundred new churches
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published in 1961.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- ISBN
- 1904965083
- 9781904965084
- LCCN
- 9781904965084
- OCLC
- ocm71250045
- SCSB-5295387
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries