COUNTY GUIDES &
OTHER MONUMENTAL GROUPS

The links below will list churches, cathedrals, chapels and other sites both in Britain and in France, which contain interesting collections of monuments or, in some cases, one outstanding monument. For Britain the list is given by county but, for ease of reference, the "old" counties, set in stone by Pevsner, will be used. Photographs and brief notes are given of the monuments and, in some cases, links to the websites (which may be the actual church web site) where further details may be found, often including further photographs of the monuments. I will also add links to web sites about the various scuptors and the commemorated. This list is by no means comprehensive - there may be several other monuments of interest in the listed churches which have not been included - and the reader is refered to Pevner's Buildings of England from which may be obtain as complete a list as is available anywhere.
There appears to be no French equivalent to Pevsner but as a guide I have used the several volumes of Les Eglises de France (long out of print) although this series pays iess attention to monuments. The churches are listed according to region, department and cummune, that is, not following Les Eglises de France.

Click on the link below to access the relevant page.

Note that this work is forever "in progress" and more monuments will be added as time goes on. I will upload a county before I have by any means completed it but rather when I feel there is sufficient material to be of interest. If you think there are any omissions or errors please e-mail the Society.
The last update is in red.

England
Bedfordshire 28-07-12 Several churches added
Berkshire 04-08-12 Page revised with many more monuments added
Buckinghamshire 01-02-12 A new county uploaded: many monuments
Bristol  01-10-12 St James' Priory added
Cambridgeshire 28-12-12 Section on Isleham revised with new photographs
Cheshire 08-10-12 One church with several monuments added
Cornwall New but just a start 18-03-09
Derbyshire 15-04-13 Several monuments added
Dorset 24-02-13 Several churches and many monuments added
Devon 01-10-12 New photographs on Devon-3
County Durham 21-10-11 New but few monuments at the moment
Essex 06-08-12 Page revised and a few monuments added
Gloucestershire   17-05-13 Tewkesbury Abbey - many more monuments added. NB: in progress
Hampshire 22-03-12 More monuments from Romsey Abbey added
Herefordshire 05-11-11 One monument added: fine early effigy of lady.
Hertfordshire 2 New churches and and site reorganised 25-10-10
Kent 03-03-13 Many new churches and monuments added
Lancashire New - but only one church at the moment
Leicestershire  05-10-12 Several photographs added
Lincolnshire   26-02-13 Several churches and many monuments added on all three pages
London - The City
and general introduction
20-05-13 Section of the Temple Church enlarged. NB in progress
London - Wandsworth  
London - Westminster A selection of monuments in St Margaret's added
London - Kensington & Chelsea 05-10-12 Monuments held by the Victoria & Albert Museum In progress
Northamptonshire 14-09-12 One early monument added - cross legged knight
Northumberland 29-01-13 Several churches and monuments added
Nottinghamshire 15-03-13 Several new churches with fine monuments added
Norfolk 08-08-11 - 1 church, 2 brasses added
A useful on-line guide produced by the Diocese of Norwich may be found here
Oxfordshire 08-10-12 Some more photographs from Swinbrook added
Shropshire 19-03-13 Several more monuments added
Staffordshire New 01-02-10
Somerset This page have been split into three part for quicker and easier navigation and new material added 16-03-09 
Suffolk 27-08-12 Bury St Edmunds enlarged
Surrey New 05-12-11 Only one church at the moment
Sussex 19-01-13 1 monument only added
Warwickshire Photographs from Aston added 22-05-11
Westmoreland under construction - a few photographs only
Wiltshire 03-01-13 I have divided Wiltshire into two: Salisbury Cathedral and the rest of the county. Many monuments have been added to the Salisbury Cathedral section
Worcestershire 02-10-12 One church added
Yorkshire: East Riding & York  Expanded - York Minster - December 2009  
Yorkshire: NorthRiding    11-11-12 Several churches added
Yorkshire: West Riding      25-02-13 Ripon Cathedral completed to date and Harewood added
   
Scotland
revised 11-01-10
   
Wales
This country has now been divided into the country's several counties. However, for the ease of cross reference, I have followed the Pevsner arrangement of the 'old' counties. Clwyd, for example, is divided into the 'old' counties of Flintshire and Denbighshire
Denbighshire 30-08-12 Several churches and many monuments of all periods added
Flintshire  
Gwent  
Pembrokeshire  
Western Europe
France
This section has now been revised: I have begun to  split the country is into its several regions to give one page per region at the moment. I have - somewhat illogically - included Burgundy with Normandy at the moment because of the limited number of monuments I have recorded in the former. Revision will continue as new material is added. 21 - 07 - 11
Centre 27-08-12 One weathered monument added
Pays de la Loire 16-06-12 A little further information added
Ile de France 17-06-12 A little further information added
Brittany 21-10-12 Several more monuments added (mainly medieval)
Burgundy & Normandy 16-06-12 Now separated from the Brittany page. Some details added
Poitou-Charentes 14-05-13 One church added in Deux-Sèvres
Italy
Venice 11-11-12 New
Europe (rest of)
New: 03-07-07 (a small collection of photographs taken in the Low Countries and Germany by Dr John Physick)
Monuments to the Famous
This is a new feature (September 2011) which will consist of a series of illustrated article on monuments to various historical groups.
Dr Jean Wilson Monuments to the Translators of the Authorised Version of the Bible - the King James Bible.
J  Bromilow MInspP Monuments to the Regicides - in preparation