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Archceology. 



CHURCHES, Etc., 



SAXON AND NORMAN. 



EARLY ENGLISH. 



DECORATED. 



Ash 

 Church. 



Bexley 

 Chuich. 



Bromley 

 Church. 



Charlton 

 (St. Luke's). 



Chevening 



(St. 

 Botolph's) 



Chlslehurst 

 Church. 



A church, not present 

 one, existed at time of 

 Domesday Survey 1085. 

 Chancel, nave & lower 

 portion of tower had 

 formed part of Norman 

 church. Remains of Nor- 

 man door may still be 

 seen under new S. porch. 



Evidence as to the early 

 church is conflicting. 

 Norman font. 



>ood examples of double- 

 moulded Bases to arcade 

 piers, the plinth follow- 

 ing the line of moulding. 

 (Late 13th cent.) 



Arcade of 3 bays between 

 nave and N. aisle ; N. 

 doorwaywith new porch, 

 main part of tower, lan- 

 cet window in chancel, 

 tower, & one in N. aisle 

 restored in 1466. Se- 

 dilia. 



East window of N. aisle . 

 Tower (Late Decorated). 

 Tower embattled and 

 buttressed, with belfry 

 windows, square head- 

 ed, labelled & 2 lights 

 with string course under- 

 neath them. 



Brass 1361. Greater por- 

 tion of present church 

 14th century. 



Norman window south of Three 

 nave. 



Advowson of church 

 given by Henry I. in 

 1100-1108. 



wide E.E. arches 

 13th cent., supported by 

 circular columns, divide 

 nave from S. aisle. Two 

 similar arches separate 

 high chancel from the 

 Stanhope Chapel or S. 

 chancel. N. wall of nave 

 is remark, for its three 

 mural arches of E.E. 

 character. A small lan- 

 cet window was re- 

 moved from one of these 

 arches, and it is prob- 

 able that one window 

 stood within each arch. 



Probably E.E. font late In 

 12th cent. 



modern S. porch is 

 holy water stoup, prob. 

 reign of Edward IV. 

 Rood screen good and 

 probably same date as 

 stoup. 





