Archaeology. 



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PERPENDICULAR . 



MODERN ADDITIONS. ADDITIONS. 



Suppressed in 1524. 



Site of Abbey and demesne are now occupied as a farm, 

 siderable remains of Abbots' lodging still existing. 



Perpendicular windows in 

 aisle & S. wall of chancel 



Restored in 1809 ; E. window of chancel. 



Effigies : 1580, 1587 ; brasses : 1487, 1533. 



Many alterations have taken place. There has been some good 

 Flemish carving introduced into the chancel the reredos and 

 choir-stalls. The porch contains some fragments of old 

 glass, probably from Ruxley Church. 



[t was the mother church, until recent times, of St. Mary Cray,. 

 Hayes, Down, Knockholt ; appendant chapels ; three brasses : 

 1439, 1511, 1522 A.D. 



Con- 



Repaired in 1662 ; again repaired in 18th century. Gravestone 

 in doorway of Vestry of Purbeck marble. Has inscription 

 round edge in characters which were in use before the Norman 

 Conquest ; presumed to be 800 or 900 years old. Mason 

 marks to be seen on oak tie-beams of roof. 



Aumbrey in N. wall of chancel. Small church, aisle & chancel. 

 N. S. porches, and belfry over W. end. Small piscina in S. 

 wall of nave, probably E.E. ; low opening in S. wall of chancel 

 now filled in. 



