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i«) which it contains... The church, which is dedicated to 
the Virgin. , is.a fine specimen of the Gothic 
which recsiled chituk the end of the 15th century. It 
consists of a lofty nave, achancel, side-aisles, and a low 
tower rising from the centre of ‘the edifice, which has 
supposed to have been intended for the founda- 
tion of a spire. The whole of the building, which is 
120 feet ; and 55 broad, is embattled, and:sustained 
i buttresses, those of the tower being flat~ 
tened, and ually i 
as large as life, are rudely sculptured on their bases ; 
and round the architrave is a series of jue fix 
gures.. The exterior is adorned with many niches, 
which had once contained carved statues. The archi« 
tecture of the interior is + rere weer light fluted 
pillars, sustaining four arches on side, divide the 
aisles from the nave: The aisles are continued paral- 
with which there a communi< 
ual height. e chancel is 
yy adorned with finely 
carved tabernacle-work, and — vhs pe mane work, 
eee blue and white stone. 
magnificent edifice was founded by John Tame, 
lent merchant, who eas in 1492, taken a 
with painted glass, and bound from a Fle« 
to Italy, resolved to have a large building 
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at Fairford, 
ee ee each having 
partments. principal subjects of 
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ho opposed and who favoured the 
i of Christianity. The designsin the 
window are the Resurrection and the Last Judg« 
the colours of which are so brilliant, and the dra« 
delicate, that Mr Dallaway regards them as 
i i of ancient art than will often 
or on the Continent. Vandyck 
ree ne es Palin at ihr dentin ig that 
could not be y the pencil, 
per Spr ony omders spa of monuments and se« 
A tomb of Italian marble is 
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diminishing to the top. Statues, - 
the present church in 1493, 
There is here a free school endowed for 60 boys, and’ 
other charitable institutions, The Colne is crossed 
three bri 
Number of inhabited houses, 295 
De tugs ae yf 295 
employed in agriculture, 129 
Do. in and manufactures, 133 
Malye) 5) 22 fe Searls om G88 
PF yi Do 756 
Total population, . . . « 1444 
See 's Gloucestershire, and the Beauties of Enge 
land and Wales, vol. v. p. 629—636. ( 
FAIFOE, or Harro, the name of town of 
inchi — re Banal ence tn er commu- 
nicating with Turon Bay. The river was ‘na- 
vigable for large junks, but it will now admit only 
vessels of 100 tons burthen. The junks lie at the dis- 
tance of about $ miles from the town in another river 
