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inscription T.L. H.G. 1624 on a stone in the north wall of the 

 chancel, the one with arms and 1624; as well as a panel with S.C. 

 in the gable of the porch and that with 1624 H.G. in the east wall 

 of the chancel, doubtless record the exact date; but there is 

 abundant further evidence that the walls were re-built at about that 

 time. The moulding of the plinth is a Jacobean one, it is returned 

 down on each side of the priests' door, the lower stones of which 

 were either re-worked or renewed. The four two-light debased 

 windows in the side walls of the nave, the small circular window to 

 light the pulpit, and the elliptic inner arches throughout, the impost 

 of the chancel arch, and the manner in which the mouldings are 

 here returned, the weathering of the buttresses, the waggon-head 

 roof with oak plates and ribs and plaster panels, the altar rail and 

 its bold turned balusters and the fine oak benches throughout 

 (somewhat spoilt in effect by the modern terminals), are typical 

 features of the work of this period as applied to Church-building. 

 The arch of the west window and the heads of the south windows 

 of the chancel evidently once had labels over them, but these have 

 been omitted in the re-building. It is interesting to find that the 

 old glass was replaced in the south chancel windows in carrying 

 out this work, and the whole Church is a valuable specimen of 

 ecclesiastical work of the time of James I. The pulpit, prayer-desk, 

 and lectern are made up of later carved work. 



Heytesburt. SS. Petee and Paul. 

 This Church is of the orthodox cruciform plan fully developed. 

 It consists of a nave of four bays with north and south aisles and 

 south porch ; a chancel of three bays with north and south aisles 

 and a tower at the crossing ; both the nave and the chancel are 

 clerestoried. This is the usual Norman plan, and there is little 

 doubt that the present building stands on the foundations of a 

 Church of that period equal in size — the narrowness of the aisles 

 points to an earlier origin than the date of the walls. This Church 

 became collegiate about 1165, and was probably re-built soon after. 

 The only portions of the Norman Church which remain are the 



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