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regarding Sherborne Abbey page.

Hello Rod, Sorry I've been away for a year, but pressure of work keeps my spare time to a minimum! However, looked at the text relating to Sherborne Abbey and it is sadly lacking in well grounded fact, since it states that the bulk of the fabric was knocked down in Norman times. This rarely happened when the Saxon building was only about 50 years old, and substantial as at Sherborne, there was little point, alterations and remodelling usually occurred. H.Taylor (Anglo-Saxon Architecture) who is THE authority on Saxon buildings gives the present ground plan as Saxon and apart from the Saxon west front and the 2 transpets which exhibit Saxon work up to eave level, the rest of the fabric of the Saxon nave is probably still there but buried under later remodelling! I don't know who was the originator of the article but bearing in mind my learned sources would it be in order to rewrite that part and alude to the substantial pointers to Saxon work remaining and the Norman remodelling of the fabric? Hope all is well with you, Cheers ChurcH800 (talk) 19:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for the welcome. I am new to Wikipedia and will read those links you sent me.

Dwellings (talk) 08:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Request for a favour

Hi Rod, I noticed that you were the nomination of the Bristol architecture FA, and have various other FAs under your belt, so you seem like a useful person. If time permits and you are so inclined, could you run your eyes over Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford and point out where it needs to improve? There is absolutely no rush on this - whilst I'd like it to be an FA in due course, the article is still new and probably needs time to mature. I'll gladly review one of your excellent listed building lists at/before FLC in return, if you wish. Regards,

Many thanks for stopping by, for your kind words, and for your careful comments. The time you took is much appreciated. After my initial response (which in case you didn't see it is on my talk page, for a change, so that I could post one link on the GA review page), I've done a few bits and pieces such as shuffling off the inflation figures into a new notes section, writing George Hedgeland, rewording the civil war stuff and tightening the references on a couple of sentences for extra clarity. If there are particular passages when chronology jumps are awkward, and if you have time, do let me know, and I'll try and smooth them out. My plan is to get to FAC eventually, but wanted to get GA status "in the bag" to avoid problems through running out of time to add it to the Jesus College Featured Topic. Regards, and thanks one more, Bencherlite^Talk 12:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Wow, fast! Thanks. I'll read, mark, learn and inwardly digest your thoughts, and I agree already with you on some of them. Bencherlite^Talk 14:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Bridgwater Castle House

Hi Rod, thanks very much for making a start on the inclusion of this landmark within the Bridgwater article. I may well have a photo (will have to check at home), although the building is currently strapped up with webbing to slow its deterioration. I'm surprised it's so difficult to retrieve information on this building from the Internet. Careful With That Axe (talk) 07:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

The Exchange, Bristol

Hi Rod.

You appear to be the major contributor to this article, so in case you don't see it on the Bristol project page I'm just making sure you're aware of the GA Sweeps reassessment I started here. --Malleus Fatuorum 12:45, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Bolding redirects

I have added my views, which I suspect are in line with yours, to the discussion. Saga City (talk) 10:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Burtle

Hi Rodw, Have you just dug me out of a hole I think I unwittingly created. I have been a user for some time but today signed in to make my first contribution about the phrase "drawing a line in the sand" Having done that I looked at Burtle because I have just spent a year refurbishing the village hall as my present to the village and wondered if the reference cotained a link to the village website because it is quite interesting. www.burtlevillage.co.uk. I noticed some instant factual errors and tried to change them but in doing so I seemed to totally mess up the page layout, but have you just mended it for me in which case thanks. Robin Robinhowell (talk) 11:22, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Burtle

Hi Rod, Thank you very much for the fix. I had a quick look at the Somerset site and on first glance I don't think I would be much help, but I will have a better look later. Best Regards RobinRobinhowell (talk) 15:54, 8 July 2009 (UTC)