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introduced a Tower on two arches between the Nave and Chancel 
(as at Brockworth, Overbury, etc.) . Next Transepts appeared, and 
thus the Cross form already common abroad became usual in 
England. 
When once a Church was built it frequently happened 
that the village it belonged to grew, and with the increasing 
population there came the demand for increased accommodation 
inside its Church. ‘To meet this demand a side Aisle, as it is 
termed, was built along the North side of the Nave. This position 
was no doubt determined by the desire not to interfere with the 
passage of the sun’s light into the building, the light of course 
coming from the South. ‘Fhis was a particularly important point 
when we remember the small size of the early Norman windows. 
If still more accommodation was afterwards found to be 
necessary a South Aisle was then added, and by the time this was 
needed broader windows were made, and so an extra amount of 
light was introduced into the building. If even more room was 
wanted, first the North Aisle and then the South one was broad- 
ened, and arches were opened into the Transepts, with the not 
uncommon result that the central Tower fell down: and the 
fourteenth century builders often preferred to build their new 
Tower at the West end instead. 
Cleeve Church (about four miles off), being accessible from 
Cheltenham by bicycle, was taken asa good example of the gradual 
development of a large parish-Church, and several slides were 
available to illustrate it. In the first instance, a cruciform Norman 
building consisting of Nave, two narrow Aisles, South Porch, 
central Tower, Transepts and Chancel (probably apsidal), it 
preserves its original features where we might expect to find them ; 
viz., a very fine Norman West end with turrets, a rich transition 
Porch, and a part of the Nave Arcade, originally of six bays. 
Here, as elsewhere, the Aisles were widened to the North by the 
removal of the old Aisle, and the substitution of a very wide 
fourteenth century one; to the South by the addition of the 
Delabere Chapel outside the narrow Norman Aisle. At the same 
time the Chancel was rebuilt and lengthened, and a large 
decorated window inserted in the West end. In 1696 the Tower 
fell and was rebuilt in its old place in 1700, when much damage 
was done to the Church by the removal of the alternate pillars in 
the Nave, and the formation of the present sprawling arches, 
