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By the Eev. H. A. Olitieb (Rector). 

 (Read upon the occasion of the Tisit of the British Archseological Association, August, 1880.) 



^HERE is very little of archaeological or architectural interest 

 to be found in our Church and village. The Church, indeed, 

 is an example — daily becoming more rare — of an unrestored Church ; 

 and may be regarded by some with interest on that account ; as the 

 fabric tells something of its own history. That history may be traced 

 out by others more competent than myself. I would simply call at- 

 tention to the fact, that there were considerable additions made to 

 the original Early English structure in the sixteenth century, to 

 which period the square-headed Perpendicular windows belong. 

 The narrow aisles, included with the nave under a single roof, have 

 been pointed out as unusual ; and the little Mying buttress in the 

 north aisle is a pretty contrivance. I cannot, however, suppose that 

 the original plan of the nave followed its present lines ; but should 

 rather judge that, at any rate on the north, the aisle was wider. I 

 am led to this supposition by the fact that foundations of an outer 

 wall were discovered when the present vestry was built. 



If a wider aisle existed on the south, it is difficult to account for 

 the position of the porch, except upon the supposition that it was 

 moved by the sixteenth century workers, who are responsible for 

 the square-headed windows there and on the opposite side of the 

 Church. 



They also lengthened the chancel to its present proportions, which 

 are somewhat irregular in relation to the nave, which is the shorter 

 of the two. They must have moved the priests' door further east, 

 and replaced it by the not very beautiful square window — probably 

 subjected to after-treatment at the hands of churchwardens — which 

 now too intensely illumines that part of the building. The original 

 size of the chancel may be approximately made out from the outside ; 



