J. R. Bruce's notebook on Rushen Abbey

(spanning the years 1926-1979).


Rushen Abbey - General Index

ARMORIAL BEARING ---------- 37

BELL ----------------------------- 33

BURIALS ------------------------ 16-18, 21-23

CASTING-FLOOR -------------- 21

CHANCEL-AREA --------------- 27

'COTTAGE' ---------------------- 13, 29

DRAIN --------------------------- 10, 26

EXCAVATIONS - General ------   9

                              Transept-area  10, 12-14, 22

FINDS --------------------------- 10, 11, 17, 18, 29-32

            (See also TILES)

LINTEL-GRAVES --------------- 22

PIGEON-TOWER --------------- 27

PLAN - General - Back-cover (inside)

              Fold-out ----------------- 28

RE-ASSESSMENT OF PLANS (1966) -- p39-41

REFERENCE POINTS ----------- 15

SACRISTY ----------------------  20, 26

TILES ---------------------------- 11, 13, 34-36

TOWER - Church ----------------   Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, 20, 25

                 West ------------------ 24, 25

VIEWS  General ----------------- Front Cover

              Old --------------------- Page 1, Page 2


Page by page view..........

Front Cover (Left)  General View looking E. 30 Apr. 1927 (Photograph)

Front Cover (Right) Title Page - "Notes & Measurements made during visits" etc.

Index Page (Left)... General Index (A-Z)

Index Page (Right).. Fold-out Plan 

Page 1 (Left).......... Old Pictures

Page 1 (Right)........ Sept. 1921 - First visit; general impressions. 4 March 1922 rough sketch.

Page 2 (Left).......... A brown aquatinted engraving from "Robertson" Tour in the Isle of Man 1794

Page 2 (Right)........ 4 March 1922 - cont.  Rough plan of elevation of building labelled "Cell & Sacristy" 

Page 3 (Left)......... Note re drawing of the arch on below page 

Page 3 (Right)....... 24 June 1926. Examination, with measurements, of "TOWER" (Church Tower)

Page 4 (Left)........  27 July 1926. Plan of Church Tower.

Page 4 (Right)......  24 June 1926 cont.  Tower - measurements at ground-level:

Page 5 (Left).......  Photograph: "S. elevation of Tower" (from Rushen Abbey Handbook 1927)

Page 5 (Right).....  24 June 1926 - cont.  "S. elevation of  Tower" (sketch - with notes from 1926, 1966 and 1977)

Page 6 (Left).......  Photograph: "Rushen Abbey Tower - N. & W. faces." (30 Apr. 1927)

Page 6 (Right).....  24 June 1926 - cont. "W. Elevation of Tower" (sketch with notes)

Page 7................  24 June 1926  cont. "N. Elevation of Tower" (sketch - with notes from 1926 and 1966) 

Page 8 (Left)....... Drawing of "Monolithic Arch high in E. Wall of Tower" (with notes) 

Page 8 (Right)..... "E. Elevation of Tower (external)" - 2 sketches, with notes from 1966 and 1977.  

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Back Cover (Inside)

Back Cover (Outside)


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