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on the West front, has been well nigh rebuilt, the aisles in 1827 
and Chancel in 1851, but the narrow nave of six bays remains with 
a beautiful roof of English oak, containing 350 exquisitely carved 
panels, no two alike, enriched with figures of angels holding 
shields, some charged with emblems of the Passion. A pulpit of 
stone, elegantly sculptured, of the 15th century, is approached by 
narrow steps passing through the north column supporting the 
chancel arch. Woe to an obese Rector! There are many brasses 
in the church recording benefactions, and the decease of members 
of the Strode and Barnard families. One grand brass under the 
western tower represents William Strode, esq., of Barrington 
(who died 1649), in armour, kneeling opposite to his wife Joan 
née Barnard, he with six sons behind him, she with three 
daughters. Opposite on the wall is a small brass with well 
sculptured figures, right and left of the inscription, of Death with 
a scythe and a sexton with a spade. Under the south arch to 
the chancel is an extraordinary epitaph in vile Latin, composed, 
too, by the local schoolmaster in days when such wretched 
scholarship would have brought most severe flagellation on his 
pupils. The epitaph runs thus :— 
MS 
Franciscze Smith 
Rev. Thomze Smith, Scholz grammatice, 
in hoc oppido donatz, magistri ; 
Necnon hujus Ecclesiz, sub Rectore, diu Pastoris 
Uxoris quam-plurimum dilecte. 
Fannia chara vale ! semper mihi viva voluptas, 
et desiderum mortua semper eris. 
iering this interesting church, the Market Cross next claims 
the attention of archeologists. It stands about 100 yards 
westward of the church, and is an hexagonal structure with open 
arches and crocketed pinnacles rising above a traceried parapet 
enriched by smaller pinnacles, In the centre, supported on a 
basement of three steps, rises a lofty spirelet arranged in three 
