113

66. Lengthening of chancels 114

67. Encroachment of the chancel on the nave: Tansor 115

68. Chancel chapels 117

69. Churches with one chancel chapel 119

70. Chantry chapels attached to chancels 120

71. Effect of the addition of chapels on the cruciform plan 121

72. The aisled rectangular plan 124

73. Variations of the plan with aisled nave and chancel 126

74. Development of the aisled rectangle at Grantham 129

75. Deviation of the axis of the chancel 131

INDEX OF PLACES 134

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Hedon. Interior of nave _Frontispiece_

FIGS. PAGE

1 Plan of old St Peter's 6

2 Plan of San Vitale, Ravenna 11

3 Plan of Escomb--typical Saxon church 17

4 St Peter's, Barton-on-Humber 31

5 Aisleless plan, 12th cent. 45

6 Birkin, Yorkshire: interior 51

7 Two aisleless plans with central tower 55

8 North Newbald 57

9 Sketch of older wall above nave arcade, Gretton 72

10 Plan of Raunds church 80

11 Plan of Harringworth church 85

12 Two plans, nos. 1 and 2, of Grantham church 88

13 Sketch of arch joining arcade to tower, Gretton 93

14 Plan of 13th cent. church: W. tower, S. Porch, transeptal
chapels 103

15 St Mary's, Beverley. Interior of transept. 111

16 Plans of Grantham church, nos. 3 and 4 130

CHAPTER I

THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH PLAN IN ENGLAND

Sec. 1. Side by side with the establishment of Christianity as the religion
of