though not so entirely, the case in the Marsh district also. Hence I have ventured to describe these Lincolnshire churches of the Marsh and Fen at greater length than might at first sight seem warrantable.
PERIODS OF ARCHITECTURE It would make it easier to follow these descriptions if the reader were first to master the dates and main characteristics of the different periods of architecture and their order of sequence. Thus, roughly speaking, we may assign each style to one century, though of course the style and the century were not in any case exactly coterminous.
11th Century Norman } With round arches.
12th " Transition }
13th " Early English (E.E.) }
14th " Decorated (Dec.) } With pointed arches.
15th " Perpendicular (Perp.) }
