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tower, also a new west window with the old erocketted label re-used. 

 The spire and parapet are also modern— the latter bearing the in- 

 scription : — " Of that which God gave this spire was erected and 

 the tower adorned by the Rector A.D. 1852." 



The chancel arch is a very fine specimen of early thirteenth 

 century work with deeply-cut mouldings — the central member being 

 the "dog-tooth" — springing from clustered jamb shafts. 



The remainder of the Church has been re-built — the nave probably 

 temp. Queen Anne, as judged by the ceiling and font : the chancel 

 is stated to have been lengthened l4ft. in 1862. 



There is a mediaeval bell, bearing the inscription : — " ^ Wii 



<8racta." 



The old house close by has a fifteenth century inner doorway. 



Kingston Deverill. S. Mart. 



This Church consists of chancel, nave with a chapel on the south, 

 and central tower. The arcade of two bays between nave and chapel 

 is of fourteenth century date, and consists of two orders of the 

 " wave-mould." The tower is of late fourteenth century date and 

 has plain parapets and good gargoyles : the staircase, square on 

 plan, is carried above the parapet — the doorway giving access to it 

 has been placed outside in recent times. 



The remainder of the Church was re-built in 1847. 



In the chancel is a recumbent effigy of the early Decorated period, 

 which has been extensively renewed. There is also a thirteenth 

 century cofiin-slab, with inscribed cross. The pulpit has old 

 traceried panels of " Flowing " type — probably Flemish work. The 

 west window contains some Flemish glass of sixteenth century date. 

 An oak chair bearing date 1682 is in the sanctuary. 



Sir R. C. Hoare [Mere, p. 138) gives an extract from Bishop 

 Osmund's Register, 1099, showing that a chapel of S. Andrew 

 existed in this parish and belonged to Mere Church. Canon 

 Jackson concludes that it stood in that part of the parish formerly 

 belonging to the Canons of Lisieux in Normandy {Wills Arch. 

 Mag., vol. x., p. 275). 



