Medieval `Westminster' floor tiles

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Title:	Medieval `Westminster' floor tiles
Series:	MoLAS Monograph
Volume:	11
Number of Pages:	90
Publication Type:	Monograph Chapter (in Series)
Abstract:	Study of a tile type named after Westminster Abbey where they were first recognised. Now sourced to a workshop in the Farringdon Road and found in locations from Canterbury to Staffordshire the question of whether their distribution represents the movement of tiles from a fixed point or the work of itinerant tilemakers is explored. Characterised as poor quality, large tiles made of a distinctive type of clay, the `Westminster' tilemakers' product was widely employed in monasteries, parish churches in the Greater London area and castles such as Kirby Muxloe (Leicestershire) and Baginton (Warwickshire). Over 160 designs were produced and the provenance of each design, together with the plain-glazed examples, is given in a catalogue. There are French and German summaries and a note on:
Author:	Ian M Betts
Editor:	Susan M Hirst Susan M Wright
Publisher:	MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Year of Publication:	2002
ISBN:	1 901992 24 1
Source:	BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
Created Date:	03 Sep 2002

Chapter Title	Access Type	Author / Editor	Page Start/End	Abstract
Heraldic tiles		Tony Willmott	27 - 29

Hirst, S. M. and Wright, S. M., eds. (2002). Medieval `Westminster' floor tiles. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology).