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opportunity of examining when the restoration was in 

 progress. The Nave Arcade, with columns, caps, etc., wa& 

 enclosed in a substantial stone wall, leaving no outward trace 

 of the Arcade. The Aisles of course had been taken down. 



]S"ewton (St. Oswald). 



There are some remains of Norman work in this Church. 

 The Chancel Arch is Norman of two orders, laut may have 

 been altered. The opening is 6 ft. 4 in. wide. The wall is 

 2 ft. 9 in. thick. 



There is a plain bevelled abacus at the spring of the Arch 

 Avhich returns to the Nave wall. It is probable there may be 

 angle shafts, but these and all details are so thickly covered 

 up with white-wash that they cannot be seen. 



There is also a Norman Font, ornamented with intersecting 

 arches and a cable mould above. It is circular, 2 ft. 6 in. 

 diameter and 2 ft. -3^ in. high from top step There are two 

 steps each i^ in. high, forming a circular base. The bowl is 

 1 ft. 10 in. diameter. The whole has apparently been 

 re-faced, and the base is no doulit modern. There is also a 

 modern wood cover. 



In the north wall of Nave is a semi-circular headed door- 

 way now built up. 



In plan this Church is probably much the same as in 

 Norman times. 



There are several interesting carved stones of great 

 antiquity built into the walls of the Church, a floriated 

 cross forming the lintel of the south entrance ; and near the 

 south Porch is a rude carving of two grotesque animals. 

 There are also two interesting gable crosses. 



The windows in the Chancel are modern insertions. 



Whitby (St. Mary). 



Whitby is not strictly speaking in Cleveland. It is, how- 

 ever, close to the borders, and is included by Canon Atkinson 

 in his " History of Cleveland," and it is at any rate in the 

 Archdeaconry of Cleveland. 



Moreover the Church is an exceedingly interesting one, and 

 we have decided to include it. The venerable fabric is a 

 history of architecture in itself, and has been altered and 



