Church Crawling

Rachel Morley

£22.00

The poet John Betjeman coined the phrase 'church crawling' to describe his days out visiting churches. In the spirit of Betjeman, Rachel Morley's book captures the magical experience of poking around a dusty village church, only to have it transform - through her expert eyes - into a portal to the past, one that brings England's people and history to life in the most colourful, moving and unexpected ways. Through their wall-paintings and monuments, their graffiti and plaques, their jumble of furniture and curios, Morley shows these buildings to be the expression of centuries of communal memory and folk culture - time capsules of connection to ancient and medieval ways of thinking, to revolutions and wars, to lives both glorious and humble.

Author(s): Morley, Rachel
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 03/09/2026
Pagination: 320 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: The Bodley Head
Published By: Vintage Publishing
Book Classification: Architecture: religious buildings|History of religion|Christian Churches, denominations, groups|History of architecture|European history
Dimensions: 226 x 146 x 37
Weight: 516
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781847928009

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