The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church

by A. Hamilton Thompson

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH PLAN IN ENGLAND

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1.	The basilican church plan	[1]
2.	Problem of its derivation	[2]
3.	Rival theories of its origin	[3]
4.	The Roman basilica: old St Peter's	[6]
5.	Basilicas at Ravenna	[8]
6.	Tomb-churches and baptisteries	[9]
7.	Centralised plans at Ravenna	[10]
8.	Relative advantages of the basilican and the centralised plan	[12]
9.	The basilican church at Silchester	[13]
10.	Early churches in Kent and Essex	[14]
11.	Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.	[16]
12.	Escomb church, Durham	[16]
13.	Early Northumbrian churches	[18]
14.	Wilfrid's churches at Hexham and Ripon	[20]
15,	16. Brixworth, Northants: other basilican plans	[21]
17.	Exceptional occurrence of the basilican plan in England	[24]

CHAPTER II

PARISH CHURCHES OF THE LATER SAXON PERIOD

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18.	The normal pre-Conquest plan	[27]
19.	The western bell-tower	[29]
20.	Plans in which the ground floor of the tower forms the body of the church	[30]
21.	Barton-on-Humber and the centralised plan	[33]
22.	Centralised planning in England	[34]
23.	The Saxon lateral porch	[35]
24.	Development of the transeptal chapel	[36]
25.	Towers between nave and chancel	[37]
26,	27. Development of the cruciform plan	[38]
28.	Influence of local material upon the aisleless church plan	[42]

CHAPTER III

THE AISLELESS CHURCH OF THE NORMAN PERIOD