242 A Sketch of the History of Sill DeverUl. 



1837. Eobert Meek. 



1838 — 1858. William Barnes. He was also Rector of Brixton 



Deverill. 

 1858. Jolin Powell. 



All these names occur in one or other of the parish documents. 

 The lists for Longbridge Deverill, wliich was held by the Abbey of 

 Grlastonbury, and that of Brixton, in the gift of the Bishop, are 

 much more complete. 



The Churchwardens' accounts show that, as was generally the 

 case in the eighteenth century, the Communion was administered 

 four times in the year, and this continued till 1858. 



The Church required continual repairs, especially at the hands of 

 the tilers and glaziers. In 1789 a sum of £144 was laid out upon 

 it ; sixty-eight rates were levied, producing £151 ; and in 

 1841 a complete re-building took place. This cost £436, of which 

 £409 was raised by subscription. The Church was pulled down, 

 with the exception of the east wall, and in the re-building most of 

 the ancient features were lost. The plate in Hoare gives a plan of 

 the Church as it was in his time. The porch there figured was 

 removed in 1841 : under the year 1775 in the churchwardens' 

 account is an entry " mending the tower " : but there is no reason 

 for thinking this tower anything more than a beU-cote. The altar- 

 rails are good oak of the last century. The east wall of the Church 

 was not pulled down, and may be seen outside to be in material and 

 construction quite different from the other parts. Into the east wall 

 outside is built a head carved in stone, but it is now hidden by the ivy. 

 Of the Chm'ch plate the oldest piece is the flagon, wliich bears the 

 arms of Ludlow. It was, perhaps, in the repaii's of 1789 that some 

 of the wooden monuments in the chancel were re-painted, and 

 wi'ong dates put in. This will be noticed below, in dealing with 

 the family of Coker. In 1860 the organ was put in. Hitherto the 

 music had been supplied by wind and stringed instruments.^ 



3. — The Parish Registers and Doeuments. 

 {a) The Register begins in 1648, but the only name that appears 



1 This band originally went from church to chnrch, but at the last played here 

 twice each Sunday. 



