NOTES ON 



DYMOCK CHURCH 



BY 



F. W. WALLER, ESQ. 



READ ON FEBRUARY 20th, 1893. 



Much of the history of this most interesting Church, 

 dedicated to St. Mary, can be gleaned from the building 

 itself as it now stands, by a careful study of the plan, and 

 the details of the structure. 



Such study will also bring to notice a number of points 

 which suggest yet further links in the historical chain, 

 which may not be so fully capable of proof, but which I 

 shall mention in order to give the members present an 

 opportunity of discussing and expressing their views 

 thereon, whereby more light may be thrown on a subject 

 so well worthy of exceptional care in investigation. 



1 called this a " most interesting " Church, and I did so 

 because I think that it well merits such a description, — the 

 original plan in the first instance being somewhat unusual 

 for this district (if 1 read it correctly), and the changes 

 which have been effected from time to time being not only 

 numerous but in some instances very remarkable. 



The original structure was without doubt Norman, and 

 there are certain features which would appear to have 

 more in common with the French source from which 

 such work was derived than with the English variety 

 of it. 



