S ALTON. 253 



The country about it is flat ; the river Dove 

 bounds it on the north, which after heavy rains 

 swells to an amazing height, pours its torrents 

 over its banks, and floods a considerable portion ot 

 the land in the vicinity of it. 



The church, a vicarage dedicated to St. John of 

 Beverley ; value in the king's books 4 . Us. JOd 

 patron G. W. Dowker, Esq., the Rev. Edmund 

 Dowker, vicar, and the Rev. Mark Anthony 

 Mackereth, curate, is rather interesting ; and 

 especially the western door, over which is a saxon 

 arch embossed with heads, human and animal ; 

 most of which are very romantic. The cornice round 

 the outside of the building, near the roof, is> orna- 

 mented in the same manner. The interior of the 

 fabric consists of a chancel and nave, which are 

 separated by another saxon arch. In the east wall 

 of the chancel, is a monument belonging to the 

 Dowker family, on which is inscribed the following: 



IN MEMORY OF 

 JOHN DOWKER, OF SALTON, ESQ,. 



AND MARY HIS WIDOW: 

 THE FORMER DIED JUNE 9th, 1816, JE 63; 



THE LATTER DEC. 7th, 1820, ,62. 

 GRATEFUL TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE 



FOR ALL ITS BLESSINGS, 

 HAPPY IN MUTUAL AFFECTION AND 



ESTEEM, 



TENDER AND AFFECTIONATE TO 

 THEIR NUMEROUS OFFSPRING, 

 SINCERE AND HOSPITABLE TO THEIR 

 FRIENDS, 



