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‘he Church of All Saints. Che Heigh. 
By C. E. Pontine, F.S.A. 
WEN my report on this Church, dated 30th January, 1892 
» SE (extracts from which, descriptive of the building, were 
given in vol. xxvil., p. 121), the following passage occurs :— 
“T cannot speak with an intimate knowledge of the parish, but, so far as I 
could learn from the remarks at the meeting referred to, I conclude that the 
main objection to the position of the old Church is—not that it is not fairly in 
the centre of the parish, but that the road to it is almost impassable in wet 
weather. 
“T feel that this is not a matter in which I should pronounce judgment, but 
I would earnestly counsel you to consider very carefully, and from every point 
of view, whether—either by improving the present road, or by forming footpaths 
across the fields, and constructing a raised gravelled causeway over the lower 
parts—the means of access cannot be improved and rendered tolerable, so that this 
interesting Church might be restored and retained im si¢u, and the parishioners 
continue to worship where their forefathers have worshipped for over six hundred 
years. The thread of associations is one which should not be lightly broken, 
and I consider that to preserve it is worth a much larger outlay than would be 
needed to construct a new Church, provided the parishioners can be (as I gather 
would be the case) satisfactorily accommodated as regards convenience.” 
But after holding a formal enquiry and conferring with the 
Vicar and parishioners, the Archdeacon reported that to repair and 
continue the fabric in use in its old position ‘‘ would be very adverse 
to the interests of the Church, if not impossible”; and he proposed 
the removal of the nave, porch, and tower to a new site, building a 
new chancel, and retaining the old one as a mortuary chapel. Much 
as the necessity for such a course is to be regretted—when it was 
found to exist the duty imposed upon those having charge of the 
work was to carry it out in the most careful and reverent way ; and 
this has been done—mainly owing to the liberality of the Vicar, 
the Rev. M. J. Milling. It may be of interest to place on record 
_ some particulars of the work. 
As stated in my previous paper, measured drawings were first 
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