10 HISTORY OF GLANVILLK'S WOOTTON. 



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 mark, + Neither painted glass nor arms remain 



in the windows or upon the walls. The situation is 

 pleasant, and the surrounding grounds appear to have 

 been laid out into gardens, fish-ponds, and every 

 convenience for a man of fortune. The annexed 

 considerable and very much improved estate consists 

 chiefly of rich pasture lands, and abounds with oak 

 and other timber. At a little distance from the house 

 is the old wooden pound. There is also another very 

 old farm-house in the manor, called Hamper's Farm. 

 It is built of mud and stone, and covered with thatch. 

 The inhabitants are a family of the name of Dunning, 

 who have resided in the parish for generations, and 

 are connexions of the Ashburton family. 



The Church, 



which is dedicated to God in honour of the Blessed 

 Virgin Mary, is a small structure, built entirely in the 

 Perpendicular style, with the exception of an ancient 

 chantry chapel on the south side, called the Glanville 

 Chapel. At the west end stands the tower, which is 

 low and has two stages only, moulded battlements, 

 angle pinnacles and gurgoyles, a western door with a 

 window above it, and four windows with stone louvre 

 to the belfry. The bells it contains are four in 

 number, with the following inscriptions : 



1. *unt rnea spes fm twa fl&s tfflarta Jfoijcs. 



2. &F1E 4*l&m 



3. In memoriam patris. E. R. Dale, 1876. 



4. Thomas Knight, John Drake, Anno Dom. 1700. 



