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The (present) parish system in England doesn't become established until
some time in the 12th century. Before that you had the A-S Minsters,
covering a much larger area than the later parishes. I am toying with a
theory that Norman cruciform churches were "Norman Minsters" i.e.
covering a smller area than the A-S Minsters (and probably without
subordinate chapels), but still served by multiple clergy. There were
also "Manorial Chapels". In the organisation of the parochial system, in
southern England at least, most (all?) of these manorial chapels become
parish churches. This results in villages in southern England each
having their own church (although there are still multiple manors within
a parish) whereas in northern England the parishes are much larger and
contain multiple "townships" (a word unknown in southern England) each
of which could have its own chapel.
John Briggs
On 09/12/2010 08:14, Madeleine Gray wrote:
>
> What Graham isn't saying is that he was in the television programme himself, and very good he was, too.
> I've always assumed this kind of downgrading in Wales was the result of the Norman invasion - do you get the same feeling with your Anglo-Saxon churches?
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