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north aisle has lost its parapet, which tends to still further impoverish 
it. The archway into the north transept is a “ flying ” one, to 
support the tower, and it has a corbel over it to receive a figure— 
this seems to suggest another altar having been here. The roof of 
the south aisle is of Jacobean character, resting on the Perpen- 
dicular corbels. The nave roof tells its own tale, having the date 
1638 carved on it, but the Gothie feeling lingers here in the peculiar 
cusping and corbels. The pitch of the earlier roof can be seen on 
the outside of the west gable. 
The south porch has its original fifteenth century roof, and there 
is a corbel over the doorway in the north porch. 
The font is a Perpendicular one with good later oak cover bearing 
the inscription T.M. 1633. 
The chancel was re-built in 1867, at the cost of the Rev. T. 
Anthony Methuen and his sons. 
There are two good monuments in this Church ; one in the south 
aisle 1o Walter Ernle—a nice piece of Elizabethan work dated 1587, 
and bearing a quaint inscription (see vol. xi., p. 21) ; and the other 
in the north aisle to a former rector, Sir John Ernle, son of the 
above, who died in 1734. 
S. Anprew’s. ETcHILHAMPTON. 
This appears to have been, from time immemorial, a chapelry of 
All Cannings. 
Here, also the dedication of the Church (or chapel) is not without 
~ some doubt: according to Ecton the patron saint is S. Andrew, but 
Canon Jones (vol. xi., p. 188) suggests that this is a mistake for 
S. Anne, and states that a mutilated effigy of S. Anne, in the act 
of teaching the Blessed Virgin, was taken from a niche over the 
north doorway during some repairs a few years ago. It seems 
almost incredible that such a feature should have been lost, and if 
it is—as it must surely be—still in existence, it is to be hoped that 
so valuable a piece of sculpture may be restored to the Church. 
The Church does not appear at first sight to possess much arche- 
ological value, but on closer inspection features of very unusual 
interest will be found. The plan is a simple one, as would be 
