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preservation of the stone work throughout, a mixture of Oolite 
from Littleton, and Lias. The action of the weather, generally 
so destructive to the Lias, which constitutes the greater portion 
of the stone work, does not seem to have had the usual effect 
here. The N. and S. porches have a parvise chamber over them, 
approached by a stone staircase on the E. side, the stone capping 
of which forms a picturesque feature in the general outline. The 
nave, N. and S$. aisles, and the western tower, are lofty and well 
proportioned, the N.E. buttress of the tower is seen in the inside 
of the N. aisle indicating that the latter has been built subse- 
quently. At the E, end of the chancel are two lofty canopied 
niches, 10ft. high, and 2}ft. wide, with pedestals for statues, which 
must have been unusually high, the pannelled bench ends, with 
the date 1538, are some of them very grotesque, representing 
trades (that of a miller, for instance), the emblems of the 
Passion occur on some, and a figure of a Saint, probably St. 
Michael. In the inner vestry on the wall the letters of the 
alphabet are painted up, possibly for the use of the school 
or choir in medizval times. Beneath the tower are the tombs 
of Lord and Lady Bottreaux and others, and a _ brass 
plate in commemoration of “ Ladye Magdalen Hastings, wife 
to Francis Hastings, Knight, who departed this vaine and 
transtiory life the 14th June, 1596,” after a lengthy and 
poetical description of her virtues, are the latin words, “ Vivit 
post funera virtus.” On the outside of the tower, and forming 
the labels of the W. door, are the heads of a knight and his lady 
on the §. and N. side respectively, these may be the heads of 
the foundress who is on the dexter side, and her husband. One 
of the members present, who formerly lived in the neighbour- 
hood, related an authentic story of a cat having been thrown 
off the tower 72 feet high, and, to the surprise of all, seen to 
run away afterwards quite unhurt. Before leaving the church 
an examination was made of the outside stone work for the 
purpose of noting the masons’ and other marks, besides a variety 
