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remarkable absence of ornamental work throughout, and the 
“curious facing of the round-headed chancel arch on _ the 
west side, the stones of the arch being dressed 
apparently to represent Roman bricks with their inner 
ends cut to a sharp edge and dovetailing into one another, thus 
affording strength and at the same time lightness in appearance. 
During the process of restoration, so well carried out by the 
architect, Mr. Pearson, three consecration crosses were found on 
the plaster at the east end of the apse ; but these have since dis- 
~ appeared. The other features worthy of notice were the height 
_ and narrowness of the north and south doorways, the former now 
blocked up, and the herring-bone work in flint of the outside 
walls, especially on the west face of the nave. Rarely have the 
_ members seen a Church bearing evident marks of so early a date, 
_and the impression left on their minds was that it must have been 
built at least as early as, if not beiore, the Norman Conquest.. 
As ‘to the derivation of the word Manningford, it was suggested 
. Baron thinks it derived from the family of Braose or Brewes, 
lords of the manor in the fourteenth century. Time relentlessly 
pressing, the party were obliged to pass on their way, and whilst 
iarity in the recently restored Church is the position of the 
belfry beams, which are carried through the wall of the tower, and 
al e seen projecting from its face as great balks of oak with a 
hooding of masonry over them to serve as protection from the 
1e beams appear to be coeval with the upper portion of the tower. 
iter a charming drive over the rolling vale of Pewsey, and 
th ough miles of corn-fields, which looked most healthy and only 
