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in the position in which we found it. At the same time the western 
bay of the nave roof was restored, and I hope that the energy of 
Mr. Fletcher will soon avail to complete the much-needed work of 
a restoration of the rest of the nave. 
The chancel has been re-built by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
and I judge from the two old windows and priests’ door built in 
there, that this, as well as the nave, had been before re-built in the 
fifteenth century. 
The nave door and lock are of seventeenth century make. 
A gallery appears to have been erected at the west end in the 
seventeenth century, and the present window, high up in the south 
wall (and bearing the date 1699) inserted to light it. 
The font is a plain octagonal bowl on a small stem, and was 
probably made in the early part of the thirteenth century. 
S. Perer’s. CHARLTON. 
This little Church was formerly a chapel belonging to Upavon, 
where was an alien cell of S. Wandragesille’s, Normandy. 
The original plan of the Church (or chapel) apparently consisted 
of a continuous nave and chancel of the same width and height, 
divided only by a screen, but a chapel has since been added on the 
north side of the nave, with a tower adjoining forming the nave 
porch. i 
In 1858 the nave and chancel were re-built with the exception of 
the part of the north wall westward of the tower, the lower half of 
the west window with part of the west wall below, and the plinth 
of the south wall. Besides these pieces of wall there are only two 
items of evidence of what the Church was previously. First, we 
have the charming piscina and the string course enriched with carved 
paterze under the east window, which have been built into the new 
walls—these may be put at the early part of the fifteenth century. 
Then there is a sundial painted on the south face of the tower, 
which can now only be seen from the hill above, owing to the high 
pitch of the nave roof. It is clear, therefore, that there must 
previously have been a roof of much lower pitch; but thirty years 
ago low-pitched roofs were not in favour amongst architects, and 
