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 Great Ayton (All Saints). 



The following notes are additional to my previous descrip- 

 tion of this Church, as I have since had an opportunity of 

 examining it more carefully. 



The Nave walls are very thick and evidently original 

 Norman work, with Norman corbels of grotesque heads 

 under what is evidently a modern corliel table and parapet. 

 The corbels occur on both the north and south sides of the 

 Church. 



The entrance doorway is Norman, ami has had a Porch 

 built over it at a later period. 



The windows have all lieen enlarged except one on the 

 north side of the chancel, which does not appear to have been 

 re-built. This window opens into a modern Vestry on the 

 north side of the Church, and cannot be seen from the 

 outside. It is a typical Norman window. The daylight .size 

 is 2 ft. 10 in. high by 7 in. wiile, but the masonry of the thick 

 wall is bevelled out to a width of 14 in. externally and 

 3ft. 9in. internally. The masonry is now covered with 

 plaster and white-wash on both sides, and the jointing 

 cannot be seen. 



KiRKLEVINGTON (St. MaRTIN). 



There are a few remains of Norman work here, as the south 

 door, and also the Chancel Arch. 



There are also a number of interesting pre-conquest 

 sculptured stones. 



Crathorne (All Saints). 



This Chur(.'h no doubt was founded in Norman times. 

 There is a "hog back" grave cover, built in over the 

 entrance. Date about 1100. The oldest parts of the Church 

 are the north and south walls, the rest having been re-built. 



Stainton (S.S. Peter and Paul). 



While cutting holes in the south Nave wall of this Church 

 in the Summer of 1898, for the purpose of inserting new 

 windows, some moulded and carved stones were met with, 

 and at my suggestion were preserved, and are now in the 

 Church. They carry the history of this Church back to a 



