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Before 1066Foundations of worship from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon beginnings.
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1066 - 1536Norman rebuilding, monastic life and parish growth across England.
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Georgian
1700 - 1837Evangelical revival and mission movements that reshaped communities.
Victorian
1837 - 1901Restoration, expansion and social ministry in industrial Britain.
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1901 - PresentTwentieth-century renewal, memory and faith in a modern nation.
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