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the reputed discoverer, tbey found that he had only said he should like 

 to dig in " Parson's Patch/' a piece of turf iu the middle of plough 

 lands, where in a very dry summer he had seen, he thought, the outline 

 of buildings, and he feH sure if they dug there they would find 

 something. 



Englishcombe is prettily situated, the village being spi-ead up and 

 down on a ridge above a narrow valley, knolls rising out of it, and a 

 little stream at the bottom. On one side it is crowned by Barrow 

 Hill — a scarped summit, the shape of a barrow, but really uatui-al rock. 

 In the background tower the hills of Lansdown and Kelston Round Hill. 

 The Church is near the top of the ridge, on a sort of plateau, a shelf above 

 the valley. It is partly Norman, partly Early English, with Perpendicu- 

 lar Windows in the Nave. The Tower in an unusual position between 

 the Nave and Chancel — with a good Norman Arch on one side- 

 continued partly through the nave as if there was once an aisle on that 

 side. A '• Bambino" is sculptered over the west arch of the Chancel, 

 and there is a Niche for a figure on the North wall, and a Piscina and 

 Cupboard in the wall, vei-y perfect and of good de'sign. The roof of 

 the Chancel is modern, and covered with lead. The outside string 

 course was re-corbelled when the roof was lowered, with heads quaintly 

 carved, and at the same time it would seem the ball flower moulding 

 now round the basement was placed there, having been originally 

 part of the string course ornament. • There is some curious old glass of 

 the ISth Century on the south side of the Nave over the Chapel, where 

 the organ is now placed. A Hagioscope is in the side of the Porch 

 looking into this Chapel, supposed to be for the use of lepers, the old 

 entrance not having been on that side, and the Porch being probably also 

 of later date. There is an ancient door (now closed) upon the opposite 

 side of the Nave. The Buttresses at the West end appear to have been 

 cut off at the top, and to be of Norman work. The Bells which we 

 inspected have a crown impressed upon them, but the date is not known, 

 There are five bells and they are rung by ropes behind the reading- 

 desk which has an odd effect. There is an ancient copestone or coffin- 

 lid, part of the tomb of a priest which lies mouldering and mossy on 

 the north side of the church and is deserving of better treatment. 

 From the churchyard are seen plainly the earthworks which surround 

 the castle of the Gournays — a deep ditch and vallum. This was after- 



