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IPalc Cljuvd): its Stvuctuval ^cculiavttics. 



By John Ward. 





Fig. I. 



HO has searched out the historic places of Derbyshire 

 and failed to make the acquaintance of the curious 

 little Parish Church of Dale? vVhat old-world 

 memories cluster around its venerable stones ! No other spot 

 in this county is invested with a greater glow of interest — 

 with traditions so picturesque, so romantic. Who has not heard 

 the story of its origin — the mid-day vision, some seven and-a- 

 half centuries ago, of the pious baker of Derby, wherein he was 

 commanded to betake himself to the wilds of Depedale, and there 

 serve God in solitude ? This has been often told, notably in an 

 early volume of this Journal* when also was related how the 



* Vol. V. 



