. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. FLITT HUNDRED BARTON The church of ST. NICHOLAS con- CHURCH sists of a chancel, a nave with north and south aisles, and a western tower. It is very irregularly set out, the mean dimen- eions being as follows: Chancel 33 ft. 10 in. by 16 ft. I^in. ; nave, 55 ft. 4I in. by 18 ft. l in. ; and north and south aisles 8 ft. 2 in. wide. Previous to the thirteenth century the church consisted of an aisleless nave and a small chancel, perhaps of a some- what irregular plan, whose setting out influenced all the later developments of the b
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. FLITT HUNDRED BARTON The church of ST. NICHOLAS con- CHURCH sists of a chancel, a nave with north and south aisles, and a western tower. It is very irregularly set out, the mean dimen- eions being as follows: Chancel 33 ft. 10 in. by 16 ft. I^in. ; nave, 55 ft. 4I in. by 18 ft. l in. ; and north and south aisles 8 ft. 2 in. wide. Previous to the thirteenth century the church consisted of an aisleless nave and a small chancel, perhaps of a some- what irregular plan, whose setting out influenced all the later developments of the building. In the early part of the thirteenth century the three eastern bays of the present south aisle were added, the east wall of the aisle being some two or three feet west of its present position. Somewhat later in the thirteenth century, but before 1250, the north aisle was built, the church being at the same time lengthened westward, and a fourth bay in con- sequence added to the south aisle. The new west wall of the nave seems to have been set out parallel with the east wall, which was not at right angles to the north and south walls, and in con- sequence it has a perceptible slope westward from the three on either side, but of plainer design. In all of these the stonework is modern though the openings are apparently old, and the same may be said of a small low window at the south-west and of the small south priest's door. At the east end of the north wall is a tomb recess of the middle of the thirteenth century, with an elaborately moulded seg- mental head and double shafted jambs with moulded capitals and bases. In the south wall are two trefoil-headed piscinae and triple sedilia in which the two western seats are lower than the eastern one, both sedilia and piscinae belonging to the same date as the chancel, that is, the first half of the thirteenth century. The chancel arch, also of the same date, is two-centred and of two chamfered orders, with half-octagonal respon
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