12 THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE OF MONYASH. 



The story of the fabric, very briefly epitomised, seems to be 

 this. There was a small chapel or oratory here in early Norman 

 days, with nave and chancel, under a single roof. This building 

 was extended eastward to form a fair-sized chancel about the 

 year 1200. A western tower was added between 1225 and 1250. 

 The nave was rebuilt and arcades opening into north and south 

 aisles were added in the second quarter of the fourteenth century. 

 In 1348 a south transept was built. Towards the close of the 

 same century a north transept was added ; the aisle walls refitted 

 with square-headed windows and given gabled roofs; a 

 north porch built ; and a third stage and spire added to the 

 tower. About a hundred years later, in the reign of Henry VII., 

 the walls over the aisle arcades were raised and clerestory 

 windows inserted. During the "churchwarden era" various 

 debasements were effected, the fittings changed from time to 

 time, and flat plaster ceilings introduced. In 1887 a whole- 

 some and much needed restoration was brought about, chiefly 

 at the expense of the late Archdeacon Balston, who was vicar of 

 Bakewell. 



As to the dimensions of the present church, the total interior 

 length, from the west wall of the tower to the east wall of the 

 chancel, is 89 ft. 6 in., whilst the width of the nave and aisles 

 is 47 ft. 9 in. The interior of the tower is 10 ft. 6 in. square. 

 The length of the south and north aisles up to the transepts 

 is 29 ft. 7 in. ; the south aisle is 15 ft. 6 in. wide, and the north 

 12 ft. 2 in. The south transept measures 15 ft. 7 in. west and 

 east, and 18 ft. 9 in. north and south; the north transept is 

 16 ft. 2 in. west and east, and 18 ft. 11 in. north and south. 

 The chancel is 28 ft. 5 in. west and east, and 15 ft. 5 in. north 

 and south. 



Whatever there may have been of the nature of a simple 

 chapel before the days of Robert de Salocia and Matthew de 

 Eston cannot now be traced, but there is palpable evidence 

 of work of the period of these two benefactors about the year 

 1200. The most striking feature of that date is the enriched 

 sedilia and piscina niche in the south wall of the chancel, which 



