Abstract ‘An old church is so common and so familiar an object that we are often in danger of forgetting its value...’ George Gilbert Scott (1811-78) Recorded in the Domesday Survey for Worcestershire (1086), the Church of St. Michael in Cropthorne, Worcestershire is an ancient building with a rich history. Drawing on surviving manuscript and visual sources, this article examines the repairs, restoration and refurbishments made to the interior of St. Michael’s between 1890 and 1910. This was a period in which the ownership of the village shifted from the Anglican Church to private patronage and a time which witnessed many changes to the fabric of the building; notably the extensive refurbishments carried out to the chancel in 1894 by Francis Holland, the Lord of the Manor and the restoration of the rest of Cropthorne church which took more than eighteen years to complete. Highlighting the significance of the Church in rural areas as a place for personal and community memory, this article will consider how these changes to a sacred space used for communal worship were linked to the social changes experienced by the rural community that worshipped within it: moving beyond a purely architectural survey of the building, it will identify the agents of these changes; the processes involved in accomplishing them; and, responses to these alterations. Consequently, the alterations and additions to the interior of St. Michael’s made at the instigation and expense both of the Holland Family of Cropthorne Court and the people of Cropthorne will be analyzed in the context of the changing religious, technological, social, economic and political conditions of the period, which include the effects of the Agricultural Depression and the devastating impact of war.

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中世纪主义、现代性和记忆：克罗普索恩教堂，1892-1910

摘要 “一座古老的教堂是如此常见和熟悉的物体，以至于我们经常有忘记其价值的危险......”乔治吉尔伯特斯科特（1811-78）记录在伍斯特郡的末日调查（1086）中，圣教堂位于伍斯特郡克罗普索恩的迈克尔是一座历史悠久的古老建筑。本文利用幸存的手稿和视觉资源，研究了 1890 年至 1910 年间对圣迈克尔教堂内部进行的修复、修复和翻新。在此期间，村庄的所有权从英国国教教堂转变为私人赞助和见证了建筑物结构发生许多变化的时期；值得注意的是，弗朗西斯·霍兰 (Francis Holland) 于 1894 年对圣坛进行了大规模翻新，庄园之主和克罗普索恩教堂其余部分的修复工作，耗时超过 18 年才完成。强调教会在农村地区作为个人和社区记忆场所的重要性，本文将考虑这些用于公共敬拜的神圣空间的变化如何与在其中进行敬拜的农村社区所经历的社会变化相关联：移动除了对建筑物进行纯粹的建筑调查之外，它还将确定这些变化的推动因素；完成它们所涉及的过程；以及对这些变化的反应。因此，将在不断变化的宗教背景下分析在克罗普索恩的荷兰家族和克罗普索恩人民的怂恿和费用下对圣迈克尔的内部进行的改建和扩建，