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Wilton (All Saints). 



There is a Norman doorway here, with the zig-zag mould 

 in the Arch. There are also some corbels with grotesque 

 heads. 



Middlesbrough (St. Hilda). 

 There is here a fine old Norman Font, said to have 

 belonged to the ancient Church of St. Hilda, which was 

 attached to the cell that existed there down to the time of 

 the dissolution. It was very properly restored to the modern 

 Church in 1889, being brought from Darlington, whither it 

 was conveyed some fifty or sixty years ago, when the site 

 of the cell, and, it is said, part of the Churchyard was 

 laid out for building purposes. Several old parishioners 

 lately living could remember having seen it before it was 

 taken to Darlington. It is said to have stood in a field or 

 garden and to have done duty as a flower-pot. It is rather 

 dilapidated, but well worth preserving. In plan it is circular, 

 and it is covered with rude shallow carvings, disposed verti- 

 cally between incised lines. One is a herring-bone or rude 

 zig-zag; another somewhat resembles a square alternate 

 billet, placed vertically ; and there are other forms. There is 

 also a St. Andrew's Cross formed of incised lines, with the 

 space between the arms also filled with incised lines. 



In the walls of an old Brewery behind Hilda Place, to the 

 north of the Church, at a height of 10 or 12 feet from the 

 ground, are built in some other remains from the old Church, 

 and among them are two voussoirs with the zig-zag ornament 

 still plainly discernible upon them, and a cap with a faint 

 indication of a carved Volute. These, no doubt, have 

 belonged to a Norman Chancel Arch or doorway. 



Marske (St. German). 

 Graves (History of Cleveland) remarks that : "This is an 

 ancient edifice and consists of a middle and two side Aisles, 

 divided by round pillars supporting circular arches. The 

 Chancel is separated from the Nave by a pointed arch." The 

 Church since Graves' time has been entirely re-built, and 

 little or nothing of the Norman work now remains. 



A fine old Norman Font, which belonged to this Church, 

 is now on the lawn in front of the Vicarage, doing duty as 

 a flower pot. About half of it is buried in the ground. 

 It is very similar in shape to that at Upleatham. It appears 

 to have been cut out of a solid block of stone, and has shafts 



