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western bays is a barrel vault, the third and eastern has groined 

 cellular vaulting — the S. transept has three round-headed 

 lights at the S. end, an arcade of seven arches approached by 

 a stone newel staircase in the S.W. corner leading to the 

 tower belfry, aud contains the supposed tomb of the founder, on 

 which is a floriated cross with the following inscription round it : — 



" Ici gist Morice de Londres le foundeur, 

 Dieu lui rend on labeur Am." 



Several other incised slabs of later date are let into the floor 

 at the S. end. Entering the nave through the S. arched 

 doorway lately opened out, the massive Norman cylindrical piers, 

 with plain imposts on the N. side instructive characteristics 

 of English Norman (as Freeman writes) were pointed out, also 

 the fine oval Norman font at the W. end, and the ISth century 

 plain tablet to a local blacksmith in the S. waU adjoining 

 with the following appropriate inscription : — 



'' Underneath 

 "Lieth the body of David William, 

 " of this Parish, who died the 16th of 



"March, 1742, aged 57. 

 " My sledge and hammers lie decay'd, 

 " My fires extinct, my force allay'd ; 

 " My vice is in the dust confin'd, 

 " My coal is spent, my irons gone ; 

 " My nails are drove, my work is done." 



Passing through the N. door to the outside the remains of the 

 N. transept were seen, also the foundations of two of the 

 chapels E. of that transept. The domestic buildings of the 

 Priory were on the S. side and remained nearly perfect till about 

 the beginning of the present century. A large portion of the 

 enclosing wall remains with two gateways ; on passing out of the 

 S. door a broken slab with the following portion of an inscrip- 

 tion has lately been discovered : — 



Hie jacet . , . . De Lon 



