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from the same stamps are to be found in the churches and 

 remains of religious houses of the neighbouring counties of 

 Leicester, Derby, &c., as well as of this." This gentleman 

 had two plates (unpublished) engraved showing twenty of these 

 tiles, and of these no less than fifteen occur also at Dale Abbey, 

 where, as already observed, was yet another kiln. Latterly, 

 through the kind help of the Bishop of Ely, the Rev. Canon 

 Raine, and Mr. Fallow, I am able to extend the range of these 

 Midland tiles to York, Hull, Aldgate in Rutland, and Coventry, 

 at each of which they are in considerable force. It would be 

 interesting to know if at any of these places kilns containing tiles 

 from these stamps have been discovered; and still more so, whether, 

 if such kilns have been found, anyone has set up similar 

 claims for them ! But to proceed. 



We have so far noticed two series — a Malvern series at Newton 

 Solney, and another series, which was widely spread through 

 the East Midlands, at Dale Abbey. These two series do not 

 overlap in the slightest, that is, no Newton tiles occur at Dale, 

 and no Dale, or rather East Midland ones, at Newton ; and the 

 same applies to Cubley, the only other place in Derbyshire where 

 the Newton tiles are found. 



We proceed now to Dale. We find that the great majority of 

 its tiles belong to the East Midland series. We find, also, that 

 most of the tiles at Morley, and many at Ashbourne, Repton, and 

 formerly at Wirksworth, belong also to the same series ; but at 

 the latter three places we find another series, which elsewhere, so 

 far as I know, is quite absent from the East Midland area. These 

 tiles, which have highly characteristic patterns, are in strong 

 force at Repton, and they occur at Bakewell, apparently unmixed 

 with those of any other series. This Repton-Bakewell series has 

 a westerly extension beyond the bounds of the county, for speci- 

 mens may be seen at Lichfield, where, again, no East Midland 

 tiles are to be found. Thus, apart from any difference in style, 

 this collation enables us to split the tiles of Repton, Ashbourne, 

 and Wirksworth into two groups, indicating a difference of origin 

 or of age, and each distinct from the Newton-Cubley series. By 

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