| CHAPTER I |
| THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARISH CHURCH |
| SECTION | | | PAGE |
| 1. | Early parish churches in England | 1 |
| 2. | The monastic missionary settlements: church-building on private estates | 3 |
| 3. | The Danish invasions and the monastic revival | 5 |
| 4. | German influence on pre-Conquest architecture | 6 |
| 5. | Influence of the Normans on the architecture of parish churches | 7 |
| 6. | The parish church at the Norman conquest | 10 |
| 7. | Appropriation of churches to monasteries: ordination of vicarages | 11 |
| 8. | Relation of monastic owners to the fabrics of churches | 13 |
| 9. | The builders of medieval parish churches | 15 |
| 10. | The parish church and its rectors | 17 |
| 11. | Disadvantages of pluralism and litigation | 18 |
| 12. | Growth of the chantry system | 20 |
| 13. | Chantry chapels at Beckingham, Lincolnshire | 21 |
| 14. | Summary | 22 |
| CHAPTER II |
| THE CHANTRY CHAPEL IN THE PARISH CHURCH |
| 15. | Chantries and colleges of chantry priests | 24 |
| 16. | Foundation of chantry colleges | 27 |
| 17. | Parochial chapels | 29 |
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| 18. | Religious and trade guilds | 30 |
| 19, 20. | The chantry chapel: its influence on the church plan | 33 |
| 21. | Chancels of collegiate churches | 37 |
| 22. | St John Baptist’s, Cirencester | 39 |
| 23. | Chesterfield and Scarborough; charnel chapels | 41 |
| 24. | Burford church, Oxon | 42 |
| 25. | St Michael’s and Holy Trinity, Coventry | 45 |
| 26. | Importance of the work of lay benefactors | 48 |
| CHAPTER III |
| THE TOWER, THE PORCH, AND THE CHANCEL |
| 27. | Subject of the chapter | 51 |
| 28. | The western tower before the Conquest | 53 |
| 29. | Survival of the older type of tower after the Conquest | 56 |
| 30. | Architectural development of the tower | 59 |
| 31. | The spire | 60 |
| 32. | The tower of the lat
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