GRAFFITI & MASONS’ MARKS

St Andrew . Leigh . Dorset . Graffiti in the West Porch

GREAT ENGLISH CHURCHES: an excellent resource for research about stonemasons or an introduction to selective features, in 2 parts

STONEMASONS Part 1

STONEMASONS Part 2

St Osmond . Melbury Osmond. Dorset . Mason’s marks / initials and dates that relate to the rebuilding of the church (except the C15 tower) in mid- C18. There are other marks, including a presumed Marian V V mark (bottom left), a ‘ritual protection mark’.

St Osmond . Melbury Osmond. Dorset . Mason’s marks / initials and dates that relate to the rebuilding of the church (except the C15 tower) in mid- C18. There are other marks, including a presumed Marian V V mark (bottom left), a ‘ritual protection mark’.

TEWKESBURY ABBEY

A gallery of Masons’ marks and graffiti scratched or cut into the columns

Tewkesbury Abbey . Masons’ Marks and graffiti . All photos: Keith Salvesen

Tewkesbury Abbey . Masons’ Marks and graffiti . All photos: Keith Salvesen

BATH ABBEY

Bath Abbey – graffiti on a column

Bath Abbey – graffiti on a column

OLD ST PETER’S . STOCKBRIDGE . HANTS

OLD ST PETER’S . STOCKBRIDGE . HANTS – date 1682; graffiti and witch marks

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