14 THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE OF MONYASH. 



the nave in this same wall is a two-light square-headed window 

 of late fourteenth century date, like most of the nave windows. 

 This window was filled, in 1904, with good glass to the memory 

 of Rev. A. G. Berry (a late vicar of Monyash) and Mary his 

 wife. Below this window are traces of an earlier lowside 

 window. The four-light east window of the chancel was square- 

 headed and debased previous to the restoration. The three- 

 light imitative thirteenth century window, which has taken its 

 place, is not a successful effort, and the east wall of the chancel 

 and the floor have been treated with glossy encaustic tiles of 

 unhappy arrangement. The archway into the chancel is sup- 

 ported on good corbels of early natural foliage, with heads 

 below. 



There is nothing characteristic of the thirteenth century left 

 in the body of the church; but it is clear that the building of 

 a western tower followed soon after the erection of the Transi- 

 tional chancel. The style of the two lower stages of the tower 

 denotes a date about 1225. On the south side of the tower 

 is a low central buttress. This buttress is pierced by a small 

 lancet window measuring 4 ft. 6 in. by 10 in. wide. To' find a 

 buttress thus pierced is highly exceptional ; there is a lancet 

 in a like position on the west side of the fine tower of the 

 church of Bingham, Notts. Above this buttress is another 

 lancet light. There are also low central buttresses in the west 

 and north walls. This tower was probably originally crowned 

 by a low broached spire. The body of the church, which at this 

 time connected the Early English tower with the Transition 

 chancel, was most likely of the former style. 



From this date it would seem that the fabric of the church 

 had rest for about a century. But in the early part of the reign 

 of Edward III., Monyash grew in importance and doubtless in 

 population. The minerals increased in value, and, as we have 

 seen, the town obtained a weekly market and an annual fair, 

 and the church obtained burial rights. This, then, was the 

 natural time for enlarging the church. An aisle was added to 

 each side of the nave. There were quite suflficient indications 



