The dating found here is based on the work of John James, and is meant on this site to serve as a starting point. James' dating is derived from a system that uses his interpretation of the development of capitals over time as the basis for chronology, among other factors. His goal is to refine the dating to within years rather than decades. I have not fully embraced James' methodology, and will be developing this page from its current state to one which is admittedly more conservative. The relative expenditure values found in the Timeline are also based on James' work, and I believe these to be reasonably reliable. They are intended only to give a sense of the amount of work involved in each decade.

I have added the idea of the "project" as a way of separating work in buildings. In my mind, a "project" is a discrete section of work in a building that resulted from the one-time acquisition of funding. "Projects" are generally separated by at least a decade where no work was being done. It is my view that it would have been unwise to start a "project" that could not be finished and protected from the elements, and as such a "project" usually involved a wing or multiple wings of a building, from floor to roof. Rural churches, which could only secure small amounts of funding at irregular intervals, often were the result of many small projects, while the great churches, which benefitted from relatively consistent funding, may have involved only a few large projects.

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Remnants of the earlier apse exist in the large shafts on western piers of the crossing; this was not for ribs; also from the earlier building i include the north wall by entry to aisle and beyond to parts of the outer north and south aisle walls;

Continued the work into the southern aisle

South portal

Raised the clerestory walls that were higher in the east and started the high vaults in the first piers

Continued to construct the nave clerestory with all capitals and vaults, there was some delay to the western end; spire over stairs probably at this time;

In the east all the outer wall bases were set out together; there was a steady flow of construction in many small campaigns over the next fifty years;

Work continued in the aisles and transepts; east window begun;

The central crossing piers were begun after the removal of old choir;

Aisle vaults in the east and some walls over them;

Slow progress into the gallery and upper walls around the choir;