KEPOKT. 



During the past year the Council has met five times; the 

 regular attendance has been good, but the general attendance of 

 the eleaed members is below the average. The first expedition 

 of the Society for the past year was held on Saturday, May 28th, 

 to Dalbury, Radborne, and Kirk Lnngley. The party left Derby, 

 at one o'clock, in brakes, and drove direct to Dalbury Church, 

 where the Rector, the Rev. J. J. Wardall received and conducted 

 them over the church, pointing out the interesting features. After 

 an examination of some interesting old tombstones in the church- 

 yard, and of the ancient registers, and the church plate at the 

 Rectory, the party drove on to Radborne Church, where Miss 

 Chandos-Pole, in the absence, through illness, of her father, the 

 Rector, received then,. The Rev. F. Jourdain, in addition to 

 giving a description of the very interesting series of monumental 

 effigies, read the following MS., compiled by Mr. Chandos-Pole, 

 descriptive of the condition of the church prior to 1888, since 

 which date the church has been completely and beautifully 

 restored. 



RADBORNE CHURCH. 



In the year 1887 the church at Radborne consisted of a nave, north ai.Ie 

 chancel, and a tower at the west end of the north aisle. Also there was 

 a porch at the south door. 



The portion of the church west of the door was taken up by the hall 

 and rectory pews, up two steps, and over a family vault 



On entering at the south door (there was only one other door-a chancel 

 door , immediately to the right was the font. It was cased up with five 

 panels of ancient carved oak, and over it, stuck into the wall, was the 

 ancient carved oak font cover, of which a drawing is given in Cox's 



Derbyshire Churches •' Beyond this was the .. three' deck^er." consSn 

 of Clerks desk reading desk, and pulpit. There were four steps up to 

 he read.ng desk, four more up to the pulpit. The stairs were made of 

 oak, and there was a mahogany hand-rail. All the pews were made to 



of the nave, reaching up to the chancel; opposite the reading desk were 



ree pews on each side of a passage, six in all ; a pew under' the mid 

 arch and a pew under the western arch of the three arches. Behind these 

 m the north aisle, were the so-called free seats, that is to say, th y we:e' 

 unappropriated, for no one had any prescriptive right to anj seat in th 



