Archaeologia cantiana . and in fact I know of notwo even similar ones. The one peculiar feature, which theyshare with the Secular and Black Canons, is the plan of theirchurches. The limits of this paper forbid my entering intothe case more fully; but it is a well-ascertained fact thatmost canons churchesf were originally cruciform and aisle-less, and that when at a later period it was deemed advisableto enlarge their churches by the addition of aisles, it wasonly possible, owing to the cloister and conventual buildingsabutting against the nave, to add to it one aisle, on the sideremote from th
Archaeologia cantiana . and in fact I know of notwo even similar ones. The one peculiar feature, which theyshare with the Secular and Black Canons, is the plan of theirchurches. The limits of this paper forbid my entering intothe case more fully; but it is a well-ascertained fact thatmost canons churchesf were originally cruciform and aisle-less, and that when at a later period it was deemed advisableto enlarge their churches by the addition of aisles, it wasonly possible, owing to the cloister and conventual buildingsabutting against the nave, to add to it one aisle, on the sideremote from the cloister. With regard to the choir, no suchobstacles intervened, and there was nothing to prevent two * My brother navvies were Messrs. Richard Ussher, Charles Barrow. WMiller, and Tim f The case has been very ably gone into by my friend Mr. J. T. Mickleth , in a paper on Bolton Priory for the Yorkshire ArchaeologicalAssociation, and in one on the Growth of Parish Churches in ArchaeologicalJournal, vol. SS. MARY AND THOMAS, AT WEST LANGDON. 63 aisles being built, as was done at Kirkham, Bridlington,and Breedon. The plan of the church at Langdon fully confirms thisview. We have a nave, apparently once without aisles, butnow with one to the north—the cloister being on the south;and a choir with an aisle on each side of almost equal widthwith itself.* There is some evidence that each of theseis an addition. The choir-aisles are both continued west-ward to form quasi-transepts. There is a singular arrangement of walls on the north sideof the choir, not easily explained. One of them turns atright angles and passes underneath the cross wall againstwhich the altar At the west end of the south choir aisle is the broad firststep, with its edge worn by constant tread of feet, of thenight-stairs to the dormitory, which were carried over a widearch, whose jambs remain; these stairs were 5 feet 3| incheswide. The extent of the nave westward and the position ofthe
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