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most of the boarding of the clock-case, dislocated about twenty 

 feet of the upper portion of the spire, finally passing out of a 

 Norman window in the basement of the tower, driving out the 

 glass and decently interring itself in the churchyard, first enliven- 

 ing possibly some of the long smouldering ashes with * unwonted 

 fires.' The double arches which support the tower are interesting 

 examples of the transitionary style from the Norman to Early 

 English, the shafts of the columns being lighter than usual in 

 proportion to the mass supported, nearer together at the base 

 than at the mouldings of their capitals, us at Klkstone, and the 

 arches lanceolate though ornamented with patterns of the most 

 distinctive Norman character. Over the doorway, also Norman, 

 which so much resembles the south entrance 'of Quennington 

 church as to suggest the probability of both being the work 

 of the same mason, is an artistic version of the same legend 

 which forms the subject sculptured in the tympanum of the north 

 entrance arch at the last named place, exemplifying the power of 

 the patron saint of the church to deliver souls from the evil one, 

 combined with the representation of the Trinity, &c. occupying a 

 similar position in the south doorway. The symbolical forms 

 adopted in both cases so entirely correspond as to warrant the 

 conclusion above indicated. 



" Returning through Siddington the section was met by Mr. D. 

 Bowly, who ' prevailed on it to stop,' not a la Turpin, but by the 

 very acceptable offer of some lunch. The curious Norman font 

 here is a prize for those who study such special features of eccle- 

 siology, but the attention of all appeared to be for a while concen- 

 trated upon the newest in the ancient church the window in 

 stained glass to the memory of its late rector, and our late associ- 

 ate, the Rev. Henry John Bolland. The subjects treated are 

 illustrative of the life of St. Peter, to whom the church is dedi- 

 cated. 



" The memorial windows of the Langley family, which was long 

 settled here, and of which Geoffrey was seneschall to Edward the 

 First, have been removed to Cirencester. The brasses which were 

 once inserted above the canopied altar tombs in their chantry 

 have met with even a worse fate than the glass, having long since, 

 doubtless by the cupidity of some ignorant curator, been consigned 

 to the common limbo of old metals, though their outlines are still 

 sufficiently well preserved to convey to the instructed eye their 

 form and character. 



" Portions of inscriptions still remain in the heads of the win- 

 dows, though in so mutilated a state as to be unintelligible; 

 monograms, also, of the family are upon the walls and the span- 

 drila of one of the arches dividing the chantry from the nave, but 

 our only information respecting its rank and status is to be derived 

 from the almost obsolete art of the herald, whose hieroglyphical 

 contributions to the history of an ancient race are still perfect, 

 except that whitewash has eclipsed all the once varied tints of 



