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more than 30ft. ia circumference, and, though quite hollow, con- 

 tinues to flourish and throw out vigorous foliage. It is as old — in 

 the opinion of experts in such matters — as the Conquest of England ! 



The new Church op S. Mary, 



which has taken the place o£ the old one, was erected in ISBS-ff 

 upon a site nearer to the village, from designs by Messrs. Pownall 

 and Young, architects, of London, at a cost of £2500, of which 

 £1000 were given by Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., the lord of 

 the manor. It is a substantial and handsome edifice of Early 

 English character, constructed of flint with Bath stone and brick 

 dressings, with high-pitched tile-covered roof; and comprises an 

 apsidal chancel with organ-chamber on the north, nave, and south 

 porch. There is a bell-turret, containing three bells, upon the roof. 

 The chancel is well raised above the level of the nave, from which 

 it is separated by a dwarf stone screen, in the southern angle of 

 which is the pulpit, also of stone. A beautiful reredos, of the same 

 material, with a white marble cross under a crocketted canopy, and 

 the Holy Lamb in relief beneath, is a memorial to the Rev. George 

 G. P. Glossop, Rector of the parish, and bears upon the marble shelf 

 of the re-table the inscription : — " »J« To the glory of God and in 

 loving memory of the Rev. George G. P. Glossop, M.A., Vicar of 

 Twickenham, and formerly Rector of the Parish, who entered into 

 rest April 23, 1874, this reredos is erected by his widow." At the 

 west end stands the font, the time-stained circular Norman bowl of 

 which, removed from the old Church, has been re-erected upon a 

 pedestal of Caen stone, carved with fern leaves and adorned with 

 shafts of marble. The internal woodwork is of stained pine of a 

 substantial character. The Church was consecrated by Bishop 

 Hamilton, of Salisbury, on Easter Tuesday, 1866. 



The Chapel op East Ghimstead, 

 situated on low ground at the southern extremity of that hamlet, 

 was a poor building of chalk, without any feature of interest. It 

 comprised chancel, nave, and north porch ; of which the plan and 

 dimensions are given in Hoare's " Wilts.'' A memorandum in one 



