Wood Stave Churches

Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?

Thanks
Steve Gerdemann

On 8 Feb 2005 19:53:18 -0800, wrote:
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Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?

Hoppestad in Vik (http://web.tampabay.rr.com/mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00167.html) can
be reached by ferry out of Bergen plus a short walk. Ditto Undredal's 1147
stave church (http://web.tampabay.rr.com/mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00190.html). At Vik
you can find overnight lodging if necessary; I don't think you'll find much of
that in Undredal, though.


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There's one at the folk museum in Lillehammer as well.
Trains go to Lillehammer.

Wolf

Frank Clarke wrote:

On 8 Feb 2005 19:53:18 -0800, wrote:
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Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?


Hoppestad in Vik (http://web.tampabay.rr.com/mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00167.html) can
be reached by ferry out of Bergen plus a short walk. Ditto Undredal's 1147
stave church (http://web.tampabay.rr.com/mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00190.html). At Vik
you can find overnight lodging if necessary; I don't think you'll find much of
that in Undredal, though.


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Thanks Frank. I was trying to place the church just outside Vic in my
memories from long ago since it is a short walk from town. We visited
it one September while waiting between transit. From ferry to bus as I
remember. We had to find the nearby custodian but the church was very
nice. I'm glad it isn't one of the ones that has burned.

Frank F. Matthews wrote:

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Thanks Frank. I was trying to place the church just outside Vic in my
memories from long ago since it is a short walk from town. We visited
it one September while waiting between transit. From ferry to bus as I
remember. We had to find the nearby custodian but the church was very
nice. I'm glad it isn't one of the ones that has burned.

I think I'm correct in saying that only one Stave Church was burned
(Fantoft), right? IIRC there was another church that was burned but not
a Stave Church.

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Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?

There is something like that near Epping in Essex (north of London).
I think it's doable without a car. Somebody from near there will
know what I'm talking about.

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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?

There is something like that near Epping in Essex (north of London).
I think it's doable without a car. Somebody from near there will
know what I'm talking about.

I'm not from there, but it's quite well known- St. Andrews (Greensted?)-
it's the world's oldest wooden church I think, though some parts are
older than others.

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:29:04 +0000,
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?

There is something like that near Epping in Essex (north of London).
I think it's doable without a car. Somebody from near there will
know what I'm talking about.

I'm not from there, but it's quite well known- St. Andrews (Greensted?)-
it's the world's oldest wooden church I think, though some parts are
older than others.

How old is it, or how old are the oldest parts?

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I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

B Vaughan wrote:

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:29:04 +0000,
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without a car?
Is it worth the effort?

There is something like that near Epping in Essex (north of London).
I think it's doable without a car. Somebody from near there will
know what I'm talking about.

I'm not from there, but it's quite well known- St. Andrews (Greensted?)-
it's the world's oldest wooden church I think, though some parts are
older than others.

How old is it, or how old are the oldest parts?

A quick internet search indicates 11th century. Is there an older one
that you're thinking of?

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

B Vaughan wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:29:04 +0000,

(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Other than Fantoft in Bergen and the Church in the Oslo folk
museum are
there any other wood stave churches that are accessible without
a car?
Is it worth the effort?

There is something like that near Epping in Essex (north of
London).
I think it's doable without a car. Somebody from near there will
know what I'm talking about.

I'm not from there, but it's quite well known- St. Andrews
(Greensted?)-
it's the world's oldest wooden church I think, though some parts are
older than others.

How old is it, or how old are the oldest parts?

Pevsner dates it to 1013 and then says in a footnote that it could be
substantially earlier (I think he mentioned 850), but the much more
recent Oxford Archaeological Guide to England says late C11, so take
your pick! I've probably got more references if you are interested. I
need to sort my books...

It is the only surviving log church in Britain although, of course,
many parts of it are later - but there is still a lot of the original
present. I found some nice pix he
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/greensted.html. Churches never
quite stopped using timber, particularly in towers - one of the more
spectacular examples is the detached bell-tower at Pembridge in
Herefordshire.