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Grade II* listed church of 12th century origin in a circular churchyard, dedicated to a Saxon princess
The church of St Frideswide, Frilsham dates to the 12th century with a 15th century chancel <8><10>. It was restored and the present tower built in 1834. St Frideswide was a Saxon princess who founded a convent in the forest, according to Hinde <6>. It has a circular churchyard.
Pevsner and the revised Pevsner both comment on the tower <11> <12>; the latter source says the church is 'marred by an absurdly proportioned brick tower'.
| --- | Davis, J L. 1768. A Survey of the Manors of Frilsham & Ealing with an Estate at Everington, situate in the several Parishes of Frilsham Yattendon Hampstead Norreys and Bucklebury in the County of Berks; Belonging to Sir George Amyand Bart.. 1 inch to 17 poles. [Map / SWB149567] |
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http://www.theparishchurch.co.uk/index2.htm (Accessed 25/11/2021) |
| <00> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. Map no 19 8/1a. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | Channer, N. 2004. Newbury: Living Memories. p87. [Monograph / SWB147337] |
| <02> | CRSBI Courtauld Institute of Art. 2007. The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. http://www.crsbi.ac.uk. [Website / SWB147117]
http://www.crsbi.ac.uk (Accessed 06/10/2016) |
| <03> | Watson, M. 1996. Curiosities of Berkshire - A County Guide to the Unusual. p72. [Monograph / SWB146924] |
| <04> | Unknown. Frilsham Church. [Unpublished document / SWB12940] |
| <05> | Frilsham Parish Council. 2000. Frilsham - Footways, Bridleways and Byways. [Unpublished document / SWB12896]
http://info.westberks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=36665&p=0 (Accessed 16/09/2016) |
| <06> | Hinde, T. 1985. The Domesday Book. P36. [Monograph / SWB11679] |
| <07> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p231. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <08> | Berkshire Archaeological Society et al. 1915-16. BERKS, BUCKS AND OXON ARCH J 1915 VOL 21. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. No 1 p5-7 in Notes on the Churches of Frilsham, etc by Charles E Keyser. [Article in serial / SWB10421]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=21 (Accessed 06/07/2016) |
| <09> | Betjeman, J and Piper, J (eds). 1949. Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide. p126. [Monograph / SWB10404] |
| <10> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. P70-3, Illust p70, 72. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <11> | Pevsner, N. 1966. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p144-5. [Monograph / SWB10024] |
| <12> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p308-9. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <13> | Royal Archaeological Institute. 1887. The Archaeological Journal 1887 44. In ADS Journals. p193 in Church Notes. [Article in serial / SWB4743]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1018054 (Accessed 10/12/2019) |
| <14> | Tiller, K (ed). 2010. Berkshire Religious Census 1851. p36, No 160. [Monograph / SWB148619] |
| <15> | Ordnance Survey. 1960s-70s. Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 NVQ 24 5 63. [Personal observation / SWB14640] |
| <16> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1952-3. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1952-53 53. 53. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p86 in The Rebuilding and Repair of Berkshire Churches .... [Article in serial / SWB9631]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=53 (Accessed 17/08/2016) |
| <17> | British Geological Survey. 2017. Strategic Stone Study: BGS Enhanced Listings. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB149695] |