Dr John Goodall is an award-winning author and Architectural Editor of Country Life, responsible for the celebrated articles on country houses that feature in the magazine each week. Previously a researcher and historian at English Heritage (where he was involved in the re-launch of their guidebook series and worked on several flagship exhibitions), he has been involved in various television series on history and architecture, including BBC1's The Way We Built Britain (2007), presented by David Dimbleby.Paul Barker is one of the UK's leading architectural photographers and has illustrated many books including Simon Jenkins' England's Thousand Best Churches (1999) and the publication accompanying David Dimbleby's BBC1 architectural series How We Built Britain (2007). Recently he has been the author and photographer of three books which celebrate the architectural merits of three great cities: Liverpool, Dublin and Leeds.

Truly fascinating … both an art history book and a travel guide

• MapIntroduction1 Inheritance, Before the Year AD 10002 Genesis, 1000-11993 The Church Triumphant, 1200-13994 The Late Medieval Parish, 1400-15355 The Tudor Reformation, 1536-16036 Protestant England, 1603-16997 The Anglican Church, 1700-17998 Revival and Renewal, 18009 The Twentieth Century and the Millennium, 1900 to the PresentAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Dr John Goodall is an award-winning author and Architectural Editor of Country Life, responsible for the celebrated articles on country houses that feature in the magazine each week. Previously a researcher and historian at English Heritage (where he was involved in the re-launch of their guidebook series and worked on several flagship exhibitions), he has been involved in various television series on history and architecture, including BBC1's The Way We Built Britain (2007), presented by David Dimbleby.Paul Barker is one of the UK's leading architectural photographers and has illustrated many books including Simon Jenkins' England's Thousand Best Churches (1999) and the publication accompanying David Dimbleby's BBC1 architectural series How We Built Britain (2007). Recently he has been the author and photographer of three books which celebrate the architectural merits of three great cities: Liverpool, Dublin and Leeds.

Truly fascinating … both an art history book and a travel guide

• MapIntroduction1 Inheritance, Before the Year AD 10002 Genesis, 1000-11993 The Church Triumphant, 1200-13994 The Late Medieval Parish, 1400-15355 The Tudor Reformation, 1536-16036 Protestant England, 1603-16997 The Anglican Church, 1700-17998 Revival and Renewal, 18009 The Twentieth Century and the Millennium, 1900 to the PresentAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex