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provided by Mr. Coles of Cheddar, conveyed the members 
of the Field Club to Wedmore, where Mrs. Hawkins of 
the ‘George’? had provided a very welcome luncheon, 
after which the church was visited, the vicar, Mr. May, point- 
ing out its many features of interest. The church is cruciform, 
though externally its shape is somewhat obscured by the added 
chapels ; there is a fine doorway at the south porch, dating 
probably from the XII. Century; the fine window at the east 
end of the south aisle is XIIJ. Century work, the cusped inner 
arch giving it a very bright, elegant appearance. The work 
round the tower is perpendicular. On the north of the west 
tower arch is a fresco of St. Christopher, which has been 
repainted, with the result that there are two figures of the 
infant Christ, and the saint’s head is somewhat dislocated. 
Not far from this is a curious little monument on which is a 
cross, having at its head the face of a girl, with fillet and 
flowing hair. There were two rood lofts, the doors of which 
are still in position, one on the west, the other on the east side 
of the lantern tower. At Axbridge and at Crewkerne were 
similar double rood lofts, but this is rarely seen. In the 
north-east chapel is a fine panelled oak roof, painted with 
figures of angels. In the north chapel is a brass to Thomas 
Hodges, who, at the siege of Antwerp, 1583, “‘ receiving his 
last wound, gave three legacies: his soul to his Lord Jesus ; 
his body to be lodged in Flemish earth ; and his heart to be 
sent to his dear wife in England.”’ The heart was buried in 
the ancestral tomb at Wedmore, and on the brass it is 
written :— 
Here lies his wounded heart, for whome 
One Kingdome was too small a roome. 
Two Kingdoms, therefore, have thought good to part 
So stout a body and so brave a heart. 
On the same brass is commemorated another Hodges, 1630, 
with incised figure in buff coat, breeches, and high boots, with 
a little gorget of plate, a short hunting spear, and a long sword 
with a modern form of hilt. The porch has two upper storeys, 
the floor of the lower being an addition, and as it obscured the 
niche over the door, the niche has been placed over the door 
inside the church. There are two stone altars in the church, 
but one, apparently, was an altar tomb only. The other 
still bears consecration crosses. It would take up too much 
space to mention all the items of interest in the church, which 
was very judiciously restored in 1880. Mention must, however, 
