

Photographing the high altar at Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, photo by my Flickr friend Martin Beek (Oxfordshire Church Illustrations)
Hello my name is Allan Barton. I'm an unrepentent antiquarian, with a long-held passion for church buildings and medieval art. I once even considered making it my living and tried for a little while to make headway as an academic art historian. I even went as far along that road as getting myself an MA in Medieval Studies and a PhD in History of Art both at the University of York. During the latter my specialism was English medieval stained glass. However, after teaching for a little while other things intervened and I'm currently an Anglican priest living in north Norfolk.
Although my photostream is a standalone resource it's main purpose these days is to provide a pictorial archive for my blogs. My Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Blog 'Vitrearum's Church Art':
medieval-church-art.blogspot.com/
and the Lincolnshire Churches blog:
www.lincolnshirechurches.co.uk/
Photos of Vitrearum (Allan Barton) (6)
Vitrearum (Allan Barton)'s favorite photos from other Flickr members (758)
Contacts (122)
Groups (50)
- Norfolk Churches 14,121 photos, 330 members
- Dead Famous in the British Isles 583 photos, 77 members
- Bodley and Garner 268 photos, 28 members
- Nottingham Alabasters 116 photos, 3 members
- Walsingham, England's Nazareth 450 photos, 37 members
- St Stephen's House 239 photos, 5 members
- periwig 230 photos, 14 members
- Martin Travers & Faith Craft 132 photos, 11 members
- Pentecost 121 photos, 25 members
- Ascension Day 324 photos, 35 members
- Warwickshire Parish Churches 5,018 photos, 120 members
- macabre art 10,646 photos, 1,392 members
- MIDDLE AGES IN EUROPE (Post1 Award2) 38,497 photos, 2,233 members
- Victorian Architecture 16,395 photos, 1,022 members
- Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic 1,902 photos, 453 members
- Pictures of Jesus and Mary. 5,659 photos, 360 members
- Churches, Chapels, Domes, Mosques, Temples, Shrines and Monaster 406,872 photos, 17,648 members
- Houses of God 14,443 photos, 471 members
- Altars Big and Small 5,200 photos, 332 members
- Church Textiles 334 photos, 42 members
- Crucified 3,657 photos, 209 members
- Charles Eamer Kempe 3,227 photos, 56 members
- Wodwos And Wild Men 183 photos, 40 members
- Medieval Murals 1,957 photos, 128 members
- West Galleries 271 photos, 8 members
- English Mediaeval Sculpture 2,855 photos, 46 members
- Funerary Symbolism 2,381 photos, 75 members
- George Edmund Street 504 photos, 13 members
- The Churches Conservation Trust in Lincolnshire (Friends). 263 photos, 24 members
- Churchpictures 2,474 photos, 44 members
- Friends of Friendless Churches 429 photos, 35 members
- The Archi-photographical Oasis 3,914 photos, 164 members
- Friends of the Churches Conservation Trust 2,430 photos, 259 members
- Photographer(s) at Work 1,646 photos, 220 members
- William Morris and friends 4,012 photos, 149 members
- Netherlandish Roundels 64 photos, 11 members
- Pietà 274 photos, 81 members
- medieval graffiti 92 photos, 41 members
- Roof Bosses In Churches 795 photos, 29 members
- Lent, 40 Days in the Wilderness 552 photos, 117 members
- Bible Stories 4,385 photos, 81 members
- Little Devils in Sacred Art 1,083 photos, 191 members
- Embroidery 76,902 photos, 7,901 members
- Worcestershire Parish Churches 1,165 photos, 69 members
- Doctores Ecclesiae 415 photos, 56 members
- Mediaeval Benchends 583 photos, 18 members
- Hatchments 419 photos, 22 members
- Misericords 2,848 photos, 62 members
- English Medieval Wall Paintings 1,305 photos, 52 members
- Skulls in British churches and churchyards 2,492 photos, 187 members
Testimonials (2)
-
Lawrence OP says:
"Allan is a prolific photographer but the quality of his work is undiminished by the sheer quantity he covers. His passion for church architecture and liturgy is grounded in an erudite knowledge of all the best elements of medieval Christianity in England. This knowledge translates well into his photography. I believe his work forms a practical basis for his vision of re-enchanting the Church in England, with beauty, colour and rich incarnational detail.
It has been a delight to photograph with Allan - he is always good fun, kind and energetic, and his wonderful young family is on course to become another generation of church crawlers!"1st May, 2007
-
Martin Beek says:
"Ever since making contact with Allan (via his photostream) some months ago now, I have greatly enjoyed his images and his comments on medieval art. Whilst strong images are always welcome, part of photograhy's function is record keeping and documentation. Allan's good Art Historical and deep knowledge of his subject gives his pages something very special, something you'll be hard pressed to find elsewhere on Flickr. I can't rsist his many images of ancient glass and wall paintings, a record of our links here in England with a rich Christian heritage. Do please take a look at Allan's work you'll find so much that is rewarding and fascinating."
25th September, 2006
- Name:
- Allan Barton
- Joined:
- July 2006
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Website:
- My Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Blog

















