Chi Rho
CASTOR CHURCH NOTES & PICS FOLDER – CONTENTS
FOLDER TITLES
CASTOR CHURCH DRAWINGS – Figs A
CASTOR CHURCH EXTERNAL BUILDING PHOTOS- Figs B
CASTOR CHURCH INTERNAL BUILDING PHOTOS- Figs C
CASTOR CHURCH OLD PHOTOS- Figs D
CASTOR CHURCH PICS RECTORS- Figs E
CASTOR CHURCH PICS RECTORS DATA BASE – Figs E
CASTOR CHURCH PEOPLE PHOTOS- Figs F
CASTOR CHURCH ROMAN SITE- Figs G
CASTOR CHURCH CEDAR CENTRE- Figs H
CASTOR CHURCH MISC – Figs J
CASTOR CHURCH STONE PICS- Figs K
CASTOR CHURCH SERVICES – Figs L
CASTOR CHURCH BELLS – Figs M
CASTOR CHURCH STATIONS OF CROSS – Figs N
CASTOR CHURCH HASTINGS FUNERAL – Figs Q
CASTOR CHURCH TEXTS HISTORY GUIDES PLANS
CASTOR CHURCH CHI-RHO (the oldest Christian artefact found in Castor parish was a 3rd/4th cent Roman bowl inscribed with a chi-rho. The Water Newton Treasure, found nearby is also thought to originate from the Roman Palace/Praetorium in Castor Churchyard. Much of this treasure, now in British Museum, is also marked with the chi-rho.
TEXTS HISTORY GUIDES PLANS FOLDER – CONTENTS
CASTOR CHURCH BELLS – a description of the bells
CASTOR CHURCH CHAPTER 6 – (HISTORY). This is a history of the church extracted from the book, Five Parishes, Their People and Places published by the CAMUS Project in AD2004.
Note: The book has sold out but can be read on our linked website www.thearchive.org.uk as a low resolution pdf or copies of the book on a CD Rom can be ordered from the same website.
CASTOR CHURCH GUIDE BROCHURE – Note: this has a short history of the church and a plan with points of interest marked
CASTOR CHURCH ANGEL ROOF
CASTOR CHURCH ROMAN PAL & CHURCH DIAG – this shows the relationship of the church to the Roman Palace site
CASTOR CHURCH St k 1120, 1220, 1260, 1310 – these four drawings show sketches of how the church looked at various points in history
CASTOR CHURCH GROUND PLAN – this is a plain floor plan of the church
The Della Robbia in Lady Chapel
The Della Robbia copy in the Lady Chapel of Madonna and Child (in straw bed) is a copy of a piece by Luca della Robbia, the original being on the Church of Santa Maria in Florence. Our copy was reproduced on plaster in the workshops of the Louvre Paris, costing £750. Sold by Earth and Fire Italian Terracotta Workshop.
CASTOR NOTES on BLORE 1848 Plan