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_CONTENTS._

_Author's Preface_ 7
_Dedication_ 8
_Introduction_ 9

_I.--Early British Churches_ 19
_II.--Early Church Architecture_ 26
_III.--The Saxon and Norman Styles_ 31
_IV.--The Early English Style_ 47
_V.--The Decorated Style_ 57
_VI.--The Perpendicular Style_ 64
_VII.--The Renaissance and Later_ 74
_VIII.--Church Furniture and Ornaments_ 80
_IX.--Bells and Belfries_ 95
_X.--The Spire: Its Origin and Development_ 99
_XI.--Stained Glass_ 104
_XII.--Crypts_ 109
_XIII.--How to describe an Old Church_ 111

_Appendix--A Glossary of the Principal Terms
used in Ecclesiastical Architecture_ 115
_Bibliography_ 123
_Index_ 124

_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS._

PLATES.

1 _Foundations of a Romano-British Church_ _Frontispiece_
2 _The Church of St. Margaret, Lynn_ 52
3 _A Fine Perpendicular Tower, St. Mary, Taunton_ 72
4 _Sedilia and Chantry, Luton_ 88
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_The Various Forms of Arches_ 10
_Plan of a Typical Gothic Cruciform Parish Church, Luton_ 12
_Examples of Gothic Windows_ 15
_Examples of Buttresses_ 17
_A Rood Screen, with a Restoration of the Rood_ 20
_The Church of S. Martin, Canterbury_ 22
_Window Built with Roman Brick, Swanscombe_ 24
_A Reputed Saxon Doorway, Bishopstone_ 30
_Tower of Earls' Barton Church_ 33
_An Example of Norman Tower, Bishopstone_ 34
_A Norman Pier Arcade, Abbots Langley_ 36
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