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the porch, which is on the east side, and which joins the south aisle> 

 is a turret with a pyramidal trip, in the inside of which are steps 

 to ascend to the top of the porch from the south aisle. In the in- 

 terior of the church, the aisles are separated from the nave by 

 three small pointed arches ; the north and south sides of the tower 

 r"ange with the arches of the aisles, the east side of the tower is 

 open to the nave through a pointed arch, and indeed the east, 

 north, and south sides of the tower are supported on arches> which 

 are open to the aisles and nave. In the north pier of the east 

 arch is a niche wherein the font is fixed, which is an old stone 

 bason of a size fit for immersion. The chancel is separated from the 

 nave by a pointed arch, OR the south side of which is the pulpit 

 and reading desk, and it is separated from the cemetery on 

 the north side by two small pointed arches, the lower parts of 

 which are filled with iron railing-, and gate. The east wall 

 under the chancel window is ornamented with wainscoat, on the 

 pannels of which is the Lord's Prayer, Decalogue, and Creed, 

 and paintings of Moses and Aaron. In the cemetery, which is 

 paved with flags, are several mural monuments, and one costly 

 mausoleum, or monument of superior execution, and such as is 

 seldom met with in country churches. The parts may be thus de- 

 scribed : On an altar tomb are placed two recumbent effigies, a 

 male and female as large as life, the male in armour, and the female 

 in the dress of the times ; his head rests on an helmet, her's on a 

 cushion ; at the feet of the male is a lion couchant, and between 

 them near their heads is fixed a talbot sejant; that part of the top 

 of the altar tomb whereupon the male recumbent effigy is placed, 

 is supported on the south or front side by five small square pillars, 

 within which on the floor and immediately under the male effigy, 

 is the image or effigy of a corpse in a winding sheet. Against the 

 north wall and perpendicular to the altar tomb are two niches 

 with semicircular heads, and about four inches deep, within which 

 are four half-length female figures in relievo ; they appear in the 

 same kind of dress as the female recumbent effigy, have a ruff, &c. 

 the dresses of the times. Two of these half-length figures are in 

 each niche, and at the upper part of each niche is an escalop. 

 Over the whole of the above-described parts is erected a canopy 

 supported on four Ionian fluted columns, about two yards high, 

 each standing on a pedestal about three quarters of a yard i 

 height. Above these columns is an entablature, about half a 

 yard in height, which is continued over each arch, that is, on 



