Image ID: 21175

Rev Mr Durham, Mansfield

Courtesy of Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery

Mansfield
England

Showing the Rev Durham in an early wheelchair. He was the vicar of St Peter and St Paul's Church in Mansfield, and died on December 23rd 1812, aged 66. Copied from an old silhouette. The church of St Peter and St Paul is situated at the bottom of Church Street. It is the oldest and most important Church in Mansfield, parts of which date back to Saxon times. St Peter's church is a fine example of Norman church architecture, it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, written in 1086 in the reign of William II. Little remains of the early Saxon church built of timber and wattle, only the lower brickwork on the east of the tower can be seen as Saxon workmanship. The Norman church remains (from c 1130 onwards) are much more substantial and include the western tower. You can still see fragments of their chevron ornament in the chapel on the south side. This Norman church consisted of a chancel, nave and tower in the same position as they stand today. By 1420 the rebuilding of the church was complete.

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