Andy Marshall’s Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Survivals You Can Still Visit
If ever there is a testament to a work of art, it is when it makes our digital dystopia (and the devices associated with it) evaporate into the ether.
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📍Loci: Bosham - birthplace of Harold Godwinson
Bosham is a place that perfectly matches the title of this digest. Beyond its organic beauty there is a palpable atmosphere that consists of aftershocks to historic events from the past.
📍Loci: All Saints', Brixworth - one of the few surviving C7th buildings in the country.
Here in Brixworth in front of this humble dry stone wall everything is alive: the stone, the moss and even the boundary that it betrays. It's all so bloody beautiful.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 7 March 2025
Amidst the medieval ridge and furrow are lumps and bumps that mark events from the past, reverberating through this place. It was at Repton that a great Viking army wintered in 873 AD under the leadership of Ivar the Boneless. The lumps and bumps are the boundaries of their camp.
🎨 Atelier: Holy Air Encased In Stone, Repton. Signed, Limited Edition Print of 25no.
A chance to own a limited edition print of the Saxon crypt at St. Wystan, Repton
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 28 Feb 2025
The weight of history here is a press. I am so taken in by what I see that I sit down on the cold slab to absorb it. This is a place that has held fast in the eddying tides and swells of chaotic times.
🎨 Atelier: : NOW SOLD: THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. An Opportunity to Own My Original Artwork: Holy Air Encased In Stone, Repton.
An opportunity to own an original piece from my A4 sketchbook: an ink and watercolour drawing of the Anglo-Saxon crypt at Repton painted on 225gsm paper.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 29 Nov 2024
As I stand but a few inches away from the recumbent knight, I can’t help but reflect on the vast distance of time that separates us.
Aerial Video of St. Andrew, Bolam, Northumberland
St. Andrew’s Church in Bolam, Northumberland, is a striking example of borderland heritage, featuring an 11th-century Saxon tower with narrow windows and sturdy stonework.