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The font bowl is Early Norman, of Barnack stone, discovered by the Rector among rubbish in some back premises in
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Barnack, near Stamford, and is of a much harder nature than what was commonly used; it gives proof of great soundness and durability in the excellent preservation of some of the mouldings.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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Those which had most influence on his son were his removal in 1824 to Barnack, on the edge of the fens, still untamed and full of wild life, and in 1830 to Clovelly in North Devon.
Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore
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The difference, perhaps, is that the Lincolnshire churches present finer architectural feature, and are built of stone, floated down in barges, by dyke or fen, from the famous inland quarries of Barnack, in Northamptonshire; whilst most of those in
Beautiful Europe: Belgium Joseph Ernest Morris
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Unhappily the "enterprising builder" has obtained possession of it, and it has been pulled down, the materials, all Barnack stone, having been employed in building houses.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting
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In the chancel there is an Aumbrey containing an ancient stoup of Barnack stone, said to have formerly been the holy water vessel of Spalding Priory.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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At Barnack, again, the complete plan of the Saxon church has been lost.
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The arrangement at Barnack gives grounds for a suspicion of something of the same kind there.
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The altar consists of a slab of grey Barnack-stone, with Purbeck inlaid, the whole being supported on shafts.
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The churches of Barnack and Wittering in Northamptonshire,
English Villages 1892
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