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side of the church, the subject being the Adoration of 

 the Magi, and at the lower part is this inscription: — "To 

 the glory of God, and in pious memory of Prestwood 

 Pearse, who died on the 10th May, 1862, aged 77 ; and 

 of her sister, Mary Hele Pearse, who died on the 28th 

 of October, 1862, aged 76 years." 



On the opposite side of the church is a window of 

 stained glass, erected by the widow of Thomas Harris, Esq., 

 to the memory of her husband, who died in December, 

 1861; and also in remembrance of other relatives. 



A small diamond-shaped tablet is to be seen, in memory 

 of the Rev. Thomas Lampton Chilton Young, A.M., of 

 Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who succeeded the Rev. 

 Simon Webber, A.B., of Wadham College, Oxford, in 1817, 

 as rector of the parish. 



When the Rev. Mr. Owen was Rector of Dodbrooke, 

 he effected some alterations in the church, and it was 

 also re-seated in 1846. 



A board hangs in the vestry, on which are painted the 

 arms of John Peters, Esq., " who gave twenty shillings 

 every year, for ever, to the poor of this parish of Dodbrooke. 

 He was buried at St. Thomas, Exon." 



In the present year, 1874, considerable improvement is 

 being effected by the restoration of the chancel, and the 

 removal of the old window of wood over the Communion 

 Table, and replacing it with stone and stained glass, 

 representing the Ascension. A window has also been placed 

 in the Well Aisle,, (as it is called), by J. K. Gillard, Esq. 

 Many members of the Gillard family lie in the vault 

 underneath the family pew, and also under the pavement 

 of that portion of the church.* 



* Well, or Langvvell House, the residence of J, K. Gillard, Esq., will 

 be alluded to presently. 



