5 6 WHITECHURCH CANONICORUM. 



gable of the chancel. In this hung the bell that was rung at the 

 consecration prayer in the Latin Mass before the Reformation. 

 Nearly all over the country these sacring-bells and their huts 

 were destroyed in Puritan times. 



Projecting from the four corners of the porch are grotesquely- 

 cut figures called gargoyles, evidently of earlier date than the 

 part into which they were built. Others may be seen on the 

 north side of the church, and the upper portion of the tower. 

 On the north side also may be observed traces of a foundation 

 which may be a remnant of the old Saxon portion of the fabric. 



The Interior of the Church. In the severely plain, yet most 

 dignified interior, there is much more of interest than at first 

 meets the eye of the casual observer, and much that is of great 

 value to the student of ancient architecture. Attention is at 

 once drawn to two arches of the south aisle, which are Norman. 

 They date from the time of the re-building by the monks of the 

 Benedictine Abbey of S. Wandrille. These foreign owners 



