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jamb of the arch leading to it is original, and there is a stone that 

 looks like a bit of the Norman impost, but the archway of modern 

 brick, cemented over, is of course much larger than it was at first. 



The tracery of the south nave and east chancel windows is quite 

 gone, but the width of the openings seems to point to the 

 conclusion that the later builders acted here, according to their 

 fashion elsewhere, i.e., enlarged their predecessors' window space. 

 There is evidence that, for some reason, they partly blocked up 

 the bottom of the south window when widening the upper part. 

 You will see this on the outside. There is a large fiat stone lying 

 on the ground between the north aisle and chantry that we thought 

 at first was the old altar stone, but we deemed it afterwards to be 

 too thick for that purpose. The chancel bears evidence that it was 

 paved with red tiles. 



I should have stated before that the church is built of flint with 

 stone dressings ; also that it was formerly a chapel of ease to Horton. 

 In 1550 one Sir Richard Saunders is said to have been curate here, 

 when there were three bells in the tower. "After 1650 it lay 

 unfrequented many years, till about 40 years since (says Hutchins 

 in the 1st Edition), when it was repaired and frequented." "The 

 roof afterwards fell in. It has not been officiated in for many 

 years," adds the editor of the 3rd Edition. 



A fair was formerly held at Knowlton in July, now removed to 

 Woodlands. 



KNOWLTON CHURCH. 

 NOTE BY W. J. FLETCHER, ESQ. 



This Church, which has been in a ruinous state for many years, 

 consists of a nave 27ft. long by 14ft. 6in. wide, chancel 12ft. long 

 by 10ft. wide. 



There are the remains of a Chantry Chapel on the north side of 

 chancel 9ft. Gin. wide and the same length as the Chancel. The 

 jambs of the opening between the Chancel and the Chapel are 

 splayed to form a squint. There are two stone brackets walled in on 



