652 Stanley Ahheij. 



portion of the drain continued northward, apparently as an overflow 

 into the north ditch, and was 5 feet in width. No part of tlie 

 main drain was found, but it is not likely to have been of less 

 width than the overflow. ^ 



In 1860 — 63 the Calne railway was cut through the precinct, 

 from west to east, but to the south of the claustral buildings and 

 to the nortli of the gate-houses. There is a report that a number 

 of stone coffins were found, but this cannot be verified; the foun- 

 dations of one wall shows in the cutting. , 



The Church. 



The first church appears to have been one of the same plan as 

 Bindon, Cleeve, Calder, Eoche, and Buildwas, having a small 

 aisleless presbytery, transepts with two chapels to each divided by 

 solid walls, a nave with aisles, and a low tower over the crossing. 

 A& every part of this, except a fragment of the foundations of the 

 north wall of the transept, the walls of the pits beneath the quire 

 stalls, and perhaps the foundations of the nave arcade, has gone, 

 it is impossible to tell its character. 



In the thirteenth century this church was rebuilt or greatly 

 enlarged and finished sufficiently to be hallowed in 1266. The old 

 nave may have been merely remodelled, but the presbytery was 

 increased to one of three bays with aisles, and the south transept 

 to three bays with two eastern chapels. The north transept, owing 

 to the contiguity of the claustral buildings, could not be similarly 

 enlarged, and probably contained a considerable part of the original 

 work. 



In the fourteenth century the church was further enlarged by 

 the addition of a row of chapels on the south side, beyond the aisle 

 of the nave, but whether these extended as far as the west end 

 there is no evidence to show. The quire-screen (jndintv.m) was 

 rebuilt about the same time, and the quire stalls were doubtless 

 altered or renewed. 



The presbytery was about 50 feet in length by 31 feet in widtl). 



' At Kirkstall, Waverley, and Beaulieu the main drain was 2\ feet wide, 

 but at Fountains and Koche, where it also took the river, the drain was no 

 less than 10 feet wide. 



