The County Series

A SERIES OF FULLY ILLUSTRATED GUIDES

TO THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES

William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore

Bedfordshire 1992	Berkshire 1993	Buckinghamshire 1994
Cambridgeshire 1995	Cheshire 1996	Cornwall 1997
Cumberland and Westmorland 1998	Derbyshire 1999	Devonshire 2000
Dorsetshire 2001	County Durham 2002	Essex 2003
Gloucestershire 2006	Hampshire 2007	Herefordshire due in 2007

Since 1992 we have published fourteen county volumes which describe and illustrate brasses from medieval times right up to the present day. Each volume is fully indexed, making it a valuable resource for family and local historians, and also contains a chronological listing of pre-1700 figure brasses with styles of engraving for the connoisseur. 4590 pages have been produced, including about 3450 illustrations, about half of them of brasses either never before illustrated or illustrated inadequately.

Objectives of the series
Future Publication Schedule
Production
Can you help?
Ordering
Acknowledgements
For Further Information

Objectives of the series

To publish one volume per year in strictly alphabetic sequence, adhering to the historic county boundaries.
To provide an update of the entries as they appear in the List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles, compiled by Mill Stephenson, (published in 1926 with an Appendix in 1938) incorporating any changes, further sources of illustration and stylistic information.
To illustrate all figure brasses listed by Mill Stephenson, important compositions, inscriptions and all palimpsest reverses.
To record all modern brasses in the churches searched and to illustrate outstanding examples.
To record lost brasses and illustrate these from old rubbings and drawings whenever practical.
To record all indents and illustrate the more noteworthy examples.
To search all printed works and relevant manuscripts and produce comprehensive references for each church.
To search as many churches as possible within the twelve month period.

Future Publication Schedule

Herefordshire (2007)
Hertfordshire (2008)
Huntingdonshire (2009)

Can you help?
If you live in, or adjacent to, any of the above or other future counties and would like to help in visiting, recording and rubbing brasses we would be glad to hear from you. Write to Martin Stuchfield at 35 St Augustine Mews, Colchester, Essex CO1 2PF or email him. He will supply a copy of our guidelines or you can download them here.

Ordering
Please email Martin Stuchfield for further information or download the order form .

Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to the following, mostly members of the Monumental Brass Society, who have helped us in visiting churches, recording and rubbing brasses, proof reading, etc. In alphabetical order: Sally Badham, Jon Bayliss, Jerome Bertram, Duncan Boddy, the late Walter Bowyer, George Bradbury, Nancy Briggs, Richard Busby, Chris Byrom, Derrick Chivers, John Coales, Paul Cockerham, David Cook, Ann Dowden, Bryan Egan, Patrick Farman, Stephen Freeth, Joanna Fulford, the late J Roger Greenwood, Peter Hacker, Daphne Harris, Peter Heseltine, Jane Houghton, Frank Kingwell, David Lillistone, John Lunn, Peter Marshall, the late Constance Meachaen, David Meara, the late Dr Malcolm Norris, the late John Page-Phillips, Melvyn Paige-Hagg, Nicholas Rogers, Nigel Saul, Peter Scott, Les Smith, Michael Taylor and Jane Whitham.

Production
The volumes are typeset on a RISC OS Iyonix PC
and produced by
Intercity Print Financial PLC, Garamond House, Grove Road, London E17 9BZ

For Further Information
Email William Lack or Martin Stuchfield

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