The antiquities of England and Wales . J//?(////i0?i/ \//m/, (/i/v^t C/u/rc/i C/rntr,r/^?y PREFACE. 113 laneous plate, in the view of the eaft end of Barfiefton church ;ana in the entrance into what was the ftrangers hall, in the mo-naliery of Chrifts Church, Canterbury, built by ArchbifliopLanfranc ; the fmall pillars, or columns -whereof, were formerlyrichly ornamented ; but by order of one of the deans, were chip-ped plain. The efcutcheons over thefe are remarkable ; they notbeing cuftomary at the time of its erection. About the time of Alfred probably, but certainly in the reignof Edgar, (
The antiquities of England and Wales . J//?(////i0?i/ \//m/, (/i/v^t C/u/rc/i C/rntr,r/^?y PREFACE. 113 laneous plate, in the view of the eaft end of Barfiefton church ;ana in the entrance into what was the ftrangers hall, in the mo-naliery of Chrifts Church, Canterbury, built by ArchbifliopLanfranc ; the fmall pillars, or columns -whereof, were formerlyrichly ornamented ; but by order of one of the deans, were chip-ped plain. The efcutcheons over thefe are remarkable ; they notbeing cuftomary at the time of its erection. About the time of Alfred probably, but certainly in the reignof Edgar, (k) high towers and crofs aifles were firft introduced :the Saxon churches till then being only fquare or oblong build-ings, generally turned femicircularjy at the eafr end. Towers atfirft fcarcely rofe higher than the roof j being intended chiefly asa kind of lanthorn, forthc admittance of light. An addition totheir height was in all likelihood fuggefted on the more commonufe of bells; which, though mentioned in fome of our monafter
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