I 28 MEDIEVAL PAVF.MENT AND WALL TILES OF DERBYSHIRE. 



ornamentation based on parallel wavy lines. If these lines are 

 placed strictly parallel, the effect is weak ; if'the curves of every 

 line are opposed to those of its neighbours, the result is vigorous 

 and handsome. Disposed in a single row as shown on the plate, 

 these tiles make a good border. Tiles made expressly for borders 

 are rather scarce, as most of those of the first group serve the 

 purpose equally well. Nos. 13, 15, plate A ; 7, B; and 5, 18, 

 19, £, were obviously made for borders and bands. There is 

 a beautiful wavy border pattern at Repton, which I hope to 

 reproduce in a future instalment of these notes. 



It is well known that tiles bearing identical patterns, that is, 

 patterns struck from the same stamps, are often scattered far and 

 wide. For instance, tiles identical with those of Great Malvern 

 are found throughout the adjacent counties, and as far south as 

 Devonshire ; west as St. David's ; and north, as our Newton Solney ; 

 six tracings of tiles in the latter collection having been submitted 

 for comparison with those of the above priory church, with the 

 result that with one exception they were found to be " identical in 

 every respect," and it was claimed that they were products of the 

 kiln discovered there many years ago. Similarly, it has long been 

 known that another series is distributed through the counties of 

 Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby ; and when the Repton kiln 

 was discovered, and with it many speciniens of this series, Mr. 

 Jewitt at once concluded that this series was wholly or largely 

 there fabricated, and consequently that Repton was a tile-making 

 centre of considerable importance. But it so happens that between 

 the years 1816 and 182 1 no less than four kilns were discovered 

 in the vicinity of George Street, Nottingham, and associated with 

 them was an immense quantity of these very tiles, chiefly wasters. 

 The late Mr. Stretton, of Lenton, from whose MSS. Mr. Godfrey 

 (who has rendered tne valuable assistance) has largely quoted in 

 his " History of the Parish and Priory of Lenton," thus summed 

 up in respect to these discoveries : — " This manufactory was in all 

 probability carried on here till the dissolution of religious houses, 

 and it appears that not only this county [Nottinghamshire], but 

 the neiglibouring ones, were supplied from it, as numerous devices 



