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probably been rebuilt in the upper part in the fifteenth or sixteenth 
century ; some of the older work being reset. The Tower arch 
has corbels of the thirteenth century. 
The field adjoinidg the west-end of the churchyard, the site of 
the Manor house, which Leland saw in ruins, is still called the 
“Court Orchard,” and when stone has been wanted it has been 
the practice to dig for the old foundations there. 
At Chipping Sodbury the Church has been well restored by 
Street. It has a fine perpendicular western Tower. There is an 
early Chancel arch retaining remains of the original painting, and 
a good early English arcade between the chancel, and an aisle to 
the north of it. On the north side of the nave is a pointed door- 
way, so early as to be almost Norman in character. 
In Chipping Sodbury we visited the Town Hall, which, originally 
a very late Perpendicular building, has been within the last five or 
six years much altered, and archeologically spoiled. It consisted, 
before the alteration, of a long hall on the first floor, with a timber 
roof of the usual character. The floor of the hall was supported 
by strong beams ; and as these are moulded, the space below must 
have been, not a mere cellarage, but very likely at one time open 
to the street and used for holding markets. The building stands 
with its end to the street, and that end has been turned into 
modern gothic. The market cross, which is preserved in the 
garden of the Roman Catholic priest, is a late one, with a plain 
octagonal shaft, apparently of one stone, and has lost its top. 
Yate Church is unrestored. It has a very fine Perpendicular 
Tower at the west end; the parapet has been removed and not 
replaced. The south Transept was originally Norman, as its west 
window shows. There is an early cross, on a sepulchral slab 
or coffin lid, rising a little above the surface of the floor, 
also a brass. These are in the Chapel or aisle south of the 
Chancel. There is a rather remarkable and abrupt change from 
late Decorated to late Perpendicular work in the arcade of the.nave, 
with a great contrast in the propgrtion and shape of the arches, 
