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wished that they were placed under cover where ttey would be 

 better preserved. In the churchyard is the good octagonal base of 

 a cross with quatrefoil panels in the sides and bold stops at the 

 angles, and the stump of the stem, which has been sawn off — 

 probably because it was too securely leaded in to be easily otherwise 

 displaced. There are remains of four other crosses about the village. 

 A fine old rectorial tithe barn stands near the Church, The 

 approach to the Church is through a winding avenue of fine elm trees. ^ 



All Saints'. The Leigh. 

 This interesting Church was also visited, but as it is proposed to 

 fully illustrate it in the next number the description is postponed. 



All Sa.ints\ Oaksey. 

 There are here no traces of work earlier than the second quarter 

 of the thirteenth century. The Church built at that time consisted 

 of nave and south aisle of three bays, chancel and western tower, all 

 on the present lines, and notwithstanding many later alterations the 

 original fabric remains to a great extent, and I will first describe its 

 various remaining features. The arcade between nave and aisle has 

 well-proportioned arches of two orders of chamfers without labels ; 

 cylindrical shafts with moulded caps and bases — the responds have 

 corbel shafts with carved heads, and are unusually deep, so that, 

 although the arcade is of three bays only, the later roof and clerestory 

 were divided into five bays. The walls of the south aisle, south 

 porch, and chancel, and the two lower stages of the tower are also 

 parts of this Early English Church. Two of the lancet windows 

 remain in the aisle — one in the west end with a bonnet arch (the 

 splay of the jamb being carried round) and one in the south wall 

 west of the porch with a segmental inner or curtain arch. The 

 outer doorway of the south porch remains. The chancel retains two 

 of its original windows in the north wall (one more acutely pointed 

 than the other) with curtain inner arches — none of the lancet 

 windows have labels. There are no buttresses to the aisle but there 

 is a coeval one at the south-east angle of the chancel and a curious 



* The Society is indebted to the kindness of the Eev. M. J. Milling, Rector of 

 Ashton Keynes, for the gift of the plate of the chancel arch. 



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