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being the oldest part. Taken as a whole, it presents a very 
mixed architectural appearance. Dr. Whitaker affirms that the 
bay windows at the eastern end were pilfered from the refectory 
at Salley Abbey. The same idea is held by Mr. Dobson, author 
of ‘‘ Rambles by the Ribble,’ who supports the learned Doctor 
in all his conclusions. The opinion, however, given by Mr. W. 
A. Waddington, architect, in a modest footnote in the last edition 
of the ‘‘ History of Whalley’ (where he points out that at least 
250 years must have elapsed between the erection of the refectory 
and of the window, the style of which latter is late perpendicular 
and totally different to the prevailing character of the Abbey) 
will be more likely to obtain acceptance among archeologists, not 
only on account of the value attached to his idea from a pro- 
fessional point of view, but because he is known to be an authority 
in all matters relating to Cistercian Monasteries. That the 
window came from Salley there is but little doubt; the sculptured 
arms in the panels reveal the Percy coat, and that is enough to 
identify it with the Abbey. But the question is: From what 
part of the Abbey was it transplanted? The most feasible 
theory is, that the relic belonged to the Abbot’s lodgings, which 
probably had been enlarged and rendered more ornamental not 
long before the dissolution, and in fact was a new window when 
the order for destruction came. The perpendicular tracery which 
belonged to it when first removed, and some parts of which now, 
form the window of an outhouse of the farm, correspond entirely 
with many sculptured fragments of a domestic character that 
may still be seen at Salley, and it can be readily understood that 
when Christopher Nowell, in the second quarter of the sixteenth 
century, minded to enlarge and rebuild a portion of his mansion, 
the knowledge that he could purchase so useful a fragment of 
the old monastery induced bim to strike a bargain which, while 
it answered his purpose, happily has led to the preservation of 
an elegant and substantial relic of Cistercian Salley. 
WORSTON HALL 
possesses few points of architectural interest. As it appears now 
it looks like three ordinary cottages thrown into one, with a pro- 
jecting one-storied porch, in front, and were it not for the three 
armorial shields from Salley over the door, a stranger would pass 
the building without its attracting his attention. These shields 
are the badges of the Perecys and Plantagenets. One certainty 
about this hall is the date of its erection, 1577, still to be traced, 
with the initials R. G. of the builder in the top stone of the early 
gateway now built in an adjoining wall. When first erected, 
the principal homestead of the clustering village of Worston must 
have been one of the most comfortable and pleasant dwellings 
of the district. Richard Greenacre, the founder, wedded Jane, 
