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from the ground, 45 feet, being such, that only one man in the 
village will venture to mount the lofty ladder kept inside the 
Church for the purpose, and repair the elevated roof. 
The floor of this Abbey Church is reeking with damp, being 
composed of old tombstones laid on the surface of the soil. The 
Chancel is now used as a parish church, and its floor is equally 
damp, but its architecture is superb, the carving of its capitals 
very rich, three open arches at the East opening into the Presby- 
tery, three lancet windows above filled with glass of Viscount 
Scudamore’s time 1634. The Altar slab, recovered from a farm- 
house at the same time, is 11 feet in length, supported on three 
clustered columns of stone, and there are ancient green-glazed 
. tiles of the 13th century beneath. 
In the Presbytery there were originally five Altars under the 
five Eastern windows ; now dilapidated monuments stand here. 
To the North a diminutive etiigy of a Bishop, 15 inches long by 
93, containing the heart (there can be no doubt from the 
Lombardic inscription on its sides) of John de Breton, Bishop of 
Hereford 1269-75. At the Eastern ends of the Aisles are two 
knights in chain armour, supposed to be the founder and Sir 
Roger de Clifford. A door opens from the North aisle into the 
Cemetery, and bears some 13th century ironwork with leaves and 
scrolls, 
Leaving this beautiful remnant of Abbey Dore, sadly disfigured 
with whitewash and requiring much repair, the Vicar conducted 
the members through his grounds, and received the hearty thanks 
of the whole party for his kindly reception and imparted informa- 
tion on his Church. 
At 4.25 p.m. the train took the party from Pontrilas to 
Hereford, where the Green Dragon Hotel became their head- 
quarters for the stay. Having made sure of their rooms, a start 
was made at once for the Church of All Saints, lately well 
restored. The lofty tower and spire, 212 feet high, are much out 
of the perpendicular, and the same may be said of much of the 
