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Title: The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church

Author: A. Hamilton Thompson

Release Date: October 30, 2008 [EBook #27102]

Language: English

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THE GROUND PLAN OF THE
ENGLISH PARISH CHURCH

LONDON: FETTER LANE, E.C.

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[Illustration: Hedon, Yorkshire: nave from N.W.]

[Illustration]

THE GROUND PLAN
OF THE ENGLISH
PARISH CHURCH

BY

A. HAMILTON THOMPSON
M.A., F.S.A.

Cambridge:
at the University Press
1911

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

_With the exception of the coat of arms at the foot, the design on the
title page is a reproduction of one used by the earliest known Cambridge
printer, John Siberch, 1521_.

PREFACE

There is as yet no book entirely devoted to the development of the plan
of the parish church in England, and the body of literature which bears
upon the subject is not very accessible to the ordinary student. The
present volume is an attempt to indicate the main lines on which that
development proceeded. It is obvious that, from necessary considerations
of space, much has been omitted. The elevation of th