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THE 13th CENTURY - AN AGE OF CHURCH BUILDING
The 13th century was a great period of church building in the south and west of England. The landowners of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, including the religious houses which were great landowners, were becomming rich on the profits of sheep rearing and the profitable wool trade with Flanders. As well as many parish churches, Salisbury Cathedral was built between 1220 and 1266, Wells Cathedral was consecrated in 1239 and Glastonbury Abbey was being rebuilt after the fire of 1184.

The population of England was growing fast at the time and is reckoned to have doubled in the two centuries which followed the compilation of William the Conqueror's Domesday Book. Historians estimate the population of England at about 1300 as between four and six million.

CHANCEL
That part of a Christian church which contans the altar at one (usually the eastern) end.
CONSECRATION CROSSES
crosses which were carved into the fabric of the building where the holy water fell on it.
CRYPT
The name given to a chamber beneath a church.

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STAINED GLASS

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