By C. E. Poniing, F.S.A. 275 



Both the outer and inner arches are pointed and made to follow the 

 line of the old, unless (as previously suggested) the old was altered 

 to follow the new. On the west face the outer ring has a Transitional 

 type of scroll ornament running round, but there is no label. As 

 there are two kinds of stone used in the archway it is probable that 

 a careful removal of the colour wash which still covers it might 

 reveal further evidence as to how far the older parts have been 

 altered or renewed. 



The circular bowl and part of the shaft of the font are of about 

 the same date as the later portions of this arch — circa 1180. 



On a shelf in the porch are preserved some very valuable old 

 fragments found in the walls during the restoration of the Church. 

 This method of dealing with them is an excellent one, and worthy 

 of more general adoption. 



They are : — 



(1) Two bands of the later western shafts of the chancel arch 



removed [? why] during the restoration. 



(2) A cap, apparently, of one of the early western shafts of 



the chancel arch — a beak head with an interlaced, almost 

 pre-Norman looking, ornament passing through it ; this 

 stone corresponds in height with the old cap on the east 

 side and has the same neck-mould. 



(3) A cap of the type of the later chancel arch work and of 



the same depth as those in situ, and belonging to a shaft 

 of the same size, but the neck-mould is larger. 



(4) A piece of chevron mould, the voussoir of an arch. 



(5) An interesting stone of the Early Norman period, carved 



with a lion couchant, its tail carried between its legs and 

 over its back, and below this, geometrical ornaments, an 

 interlaced cross, a fleur-de-lys within a circle, &c. 



(6 and 7) Two masks of late Norman work, representing the 

 heads of beasts very like the label terminals at Malmes- 

 bury Abbey. 



(8) The coeval part of a king's head, with part of the crown. 



(9 and 10) Parts of the trunk and arm of an e^gy wearing a 

 dagger, apparently thirteenth century work. 



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