Excerpt from The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Archeological Journal, Vol. 20: April, 1914 The Church Of stanford-ln-the-vale (fig. I) is a fine and spacious edifice, being 122 feet in length by 34 in breadth across the nave and aisle. It consists Of a west tower, nave and north aisle with south and north porches, and chancel with the Old sacristy on the north side. The earliest remaining portions are the north and south doorways, which are obtusely pointed Transitional Nor man, of near the end of the 12th century. The tower seems to have been commenced early in the i3th century, and to have been carried on rather slowly, the middle stage being late in the Early English style, circ. 1240, and the upper about 50 or 60 years later. Considerable alterations took place about 1260-1270 when the nave arcade and chancel arch were erected. Most of the windows are Of very fine decorated character of the early part of the 14th century, the sacristy and north porch being Of this date. Somewhat late in the I 5th century the nave roof and clerestory were constructed, the south porch was built, the rood-loft staircase was inserted and some other alterations made, which will be duly noted during our peram bulation of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.