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An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)

Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 397

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G. H. L. Minster, Thanet … K. J. A. Ilniinster, Somerset872 CHAPTER XIV TOWERS AND SPIRES SECTION I.- TOWERS TOWERS have been in use for military defence from the earhest times, and arefound attached to churches as early as the fifth century. From the first theirprimary function was to hold bells ; ^ but when the number of…

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