Shropshire

John McNeill served as secretary of the British Archaeological Association and published widely on Romanesque architecture and architectural sculpture in England, France, and Italy.Elizabeth A. New is a reader in medieval history at Aberystwyth University and has published widely on the social and religious history and material culture of medieval England and Wales.

• List of figures; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 Charles Roach Smith and Thomas Wright at Wroxeter; 2 Shropshire in an Age of Transition; 3 Shrewsbury Castle; 4 The Patronage of Earl Roger and Countess Adelais: Much Wenlock Priory, Shrewsbury Abbey and Quatford College c. 1070 – c. 1094/1102; 5 The Monastic Buildings at Wenlock Priory c. 1080 – c. 1300; 6 The Abbot’s Lodging and Infirmary Complex at Buildwas Abbey: A Window on Cistercian Abbatial Accommodation; 7 The Figure-Sculpture of Haughmond Abbey; 8 Anchorites, Antiquarians, and Archaeology: The Material Remains of Shropshire Anchorites in Parish Churches; 9 The Grinshill Connection: A Group of Romanesque Fonts in North Shropshire and West Staffordshire; 10 Crocus-blossom, Shuttlecock or Ice Cream Cornet? The Peculiar Distribution of a late-twelfth-century Architectural Ornament; 11 Landscapes of Lordship in Late Medieval Shropshire; 12 Concepts and Realities: the South Tower and Wider Complex at Stokesay Castle; 13 A Topographical Seal? The 15th-Century Seal and Seal-Matrix of the Town of Shrewsbury; 14 Three Alabaster Panels at Saint Mary’s, Shrewsbury; 15 A Monument ‘what myn executors thinke best for me’: The Commemoration of Arthur Vernon (d.1517) at Tong; 16 ‘…To barter an earthly treasure for a heavenly, and the changes of the moment for enduring happiness’: The Early 15th-Century Stained Glass of St Bartholomew’s, Tong; Index.