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d. Any particulars which may be learnt from the managers. 

 3. Canals : (as for Railways). 



Secondly. ECCLESIASTICAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 



I. Church or Churches: 



1. General remarks : 



a. Dedication of the Church. 



b. The founders of the Church, or of any portions of it. 



c. Characters of the several portions of the erection, particu- 



larly as bearing on the social state of the period. 



d. Successive changes in the structure, as far as traceable. 



e. Any extension or renovation within memory : if so r' 



whose superintendence, and at whose expense ? 



f. Convenience of the site of the Church. 



2. Externally: 



a. Its materials, and whence procured ? b. Form. 



c. Style of Architecture, d. Windows, e. Doors, f. Porch. 



g. Tower or spire, particularly as adapted to the scenery. 



3. Internally : 



a. General arrangement. 



b. Arrangement of seats, and kneeling accommodation. 



c. Are the seats free, or allotted by chui'chwardens, appro- 



priated by facidty, or occupied by usage ? 



d. Tombs, e. Banners, f. Monuments, g. Brasses. 

 h. Arms. i. Inscriptions. j. Paintings on walls, 

 k. Rood-loft. 1. Wood or stone screen work. 



m. Stained glass, n. Sedilia. 

 0. Piscina, with or without shelf, p. Ambry. 

 q. Squints or hagioscopes. r. Embroidered hangings or 

 coverings, s. Communion plate, t. Font. u. Bells. 



II. Church- Yard : 



1. Covered gate. 2. Cross. 3. Tombs. 4. Epitaphs. 



5. Ancient coffins. 6. Coins. 7. Antiquities discovered. 



8. Public footpaths. 9. Fences and their materials. 



10. How kept and fed ? 11. Any private entrance? 



III. C'EMFrERIES: 



1. Institution. 2. Distribution of the ground, 

 3. Working of the system. 



IV. Church Ratks : 



1. Expenditure as seen in the church veardcns' accounts. 



2. Feeling in regard to them. 



