Wilts ObifKan/. 353 



In 1876 the bells were re-liung/ and the upper part of the spire 

 was re-built. 



The present font was introduced in 1861, and was, I believe, the 

 gift of the architect, now Sir Arthui' Blonifield. The former one 

 was, to the best of my recollection, a Georgian marble urn — not a 

 bad thing in its way — and I rather regret its disappearance. I 

 remember two relics of the old oak seats of the fifteenth century, 

 remaining either in the nave or aisles, before 1861. They dis- 

 appeared, but from them were copied, with some modifications, 

 some oak seats, now in the south aisle and annexe. At a later date, 

 in taking up the floor of a house in the village we found that the 

 joists were the remains of similar seats, no doubt removed from the 

 Church in the last centiuy. Unfortunately I allowed them to 

 remain, for a considerable time, on premises not in my own occu- 

 pation, with the result that, when I ultimately asked for them, I 

 found they had been destroyed. 



Milts mxiuxi 



John Alexander Thynue, 4th Marquis of Bath. Died at Venice, April 

 20th, 1896. Buried at Longbridge Deverill. The sou of the 3rd Jlarquis 

 by the Hon. Harriet Baring, daughter of the 1st Baron Ashburton, he was 

 born March 1st, 1831, and succeeded to the title on his father's death in 

 1837. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxon. Married 1861, the 

 Hon. Frances Isabella Catherine Vesej', daughter of the 3rd Viscount de 

 Vesci. Trustee of the British iluseum, 1884. Chairman of Quarter 

 Sessions for Wilts, 1880 ; Lord Lieutenant of Wilts, 1889 ; and Chairman 



' This was done bj' Messrs. Hooper & Stokes, of Woodbury, Devon, who 

 succeeded in hanging the six bells in two tiers. Before that one of the bells 

 was up in the spire. The tower was, of course, not intended for so many 

 bells. In Lukis's Church Bells (p. 130), the names of the churchwardens, on 

 the fourth bell — which was cast in 1852, are given as Henry Goddard, Esq., 

 and Edward Barton. The first name should be Henry Goddard Awdry. I 

 ascertained, in 1876, that the erroneous inscription is actually on the bell. 



