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the extensive alterations and additions were effected in the 

 14th. century is indicated by the work itself. 



These are points more or less conjectural, with which 

 we have to deal, and which certainly appear to me to 

 range themselves strongly on the side of probability when 

 all the circumstances are considered. 



Our first task will be to trace out the form of the 

 Norman Church and sever from it the later styles of archi- 

 tecture with which it is surrounded. This is a compara- 

 tively simple matter as regards certain parts, but as regards 

 others we soon come to debateable ground. 



Plan No. i. Shews a Nave 93 ft. x 24 ft. North and 

 South Transepts 19 ft. x 18 ft. and l6 ft. x 13 ft. respec- 

 tively. South Porch, Western Tower and Chancel, 17 ft. 

 6 in. X 31 ft. The Vestry and Organ Chamber are 

 modern. 



To arrive at what remains of the Norman Church we 

 have to remove the Eastern compartment of the Chancel, 

 the Transepts, the South Porch, the Tower and West 

 end of the Nave, the later windows which have been 

 inserted, the roofs, a considerable portion of the South 

 Wall of the Nave and some of the upper parts of the 

 remaining walls. 



After such a wholesale demoHtion a very natural 

 enquiry would be. What is there left to work upon in 

 tracing out the old Church ? I think that plan No. 2 will 

 approximately indicate this. There are considerable 

 portions of the North and South walls of the Norman 

 Nave with a fine South Door and window, and the remains 

 of a plainer doorway in the North wall. The number and 

 position of the remaining windows it is impossible to 

 determine. This Nave would have been 71 ft. x 24 ft., 

 that is if the Norman West Wall stood where the present 

 West Wall stands. Now you will observe that I have 

 given this Norman Nave as 22 feet shorter than the 

 present one, which is stated as being 93 feet long ; the 



