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another interesting old country churcli, that of Euan-lanihorne, 

 where Whitaker, author of "The Cathedral of Cornwall," was 

 rector for thirty years. On a shield affixed to the south wall it 

 is stated "Built 1321." There does not appear to be sufficient 

 ground for this date. Dr. Oliver in the Monasticon has confused 

 this church with Lanreath, and is probably responsible for the 

 date so given, but the entry in the original Register of Bishop 

 Stapeldon is quite clear " Dominus dedicavit ecclesiam de 

 Lanreythou." In the south transept is a fine 13th century 

 coffin lid with a recumbent figure of an ecclesiastic (see 51st 

 Report of E.I.C., p. xix), and above it a brass coffin plate, 

 inscribed, " Ricardvs Trestean natvs 23 ° \ die Avgvsti 1579 hie 

 sepelitvr | 5° die Septembris 1664 | Requiem seternam dona ei 

 Domine | et Ivx perpetva Ivceat ei Amen." He was of Trelonk 

 in this parish (See Dunkin's Mon. Brasses of Cornwall, p. 91). 

 There is a squint at the angle of the south transept and chancel. 

 From this point a long stretch of narrow, winding, sharp- 

 cornered roads, often with high hedges, brought the excursionists 

 to Caerhays, where a little time was devoted to an inspection of 

 the nicely-kej)t church, formerly a chapel of St. Stephens-in- 

 Branel. It was dedicated 5th October, 1259. The object most 

 admired was the north doorway which is Norman, and has a 

 tympanum on which is sciilptured an Agnus Dei. There are only 

 six Norman tympana in Cornwall having figured sculpture on 

 them, namely two at Egloskerry,-;— on one of which is an Agnus 

 Dei, and on the other a dragon, — at Perranarworthal and at St. 

 Thomas the Apostle, on each of which is the Agnus Dei, and at 

 Treneglos, where is a tree with an animal on each side of it. Of 

 the Caerhayes example we give an illustration. An able and 

 well illustrated article on our Cornish tympana by Mr. A. Gr. 

 Langdon is to be found in "The Reliquary and Illustrated 

 Archseologist," vol. IV. The party had not sufficient time to 

 visit the tower, which is of especial interest as retaining the 

 whole of its mediaeval peal of bells as scheduled temp. Edward 

 VI. They are well described and illustrated in Dunkin's 

 " Church Bells of Cornwall," where the author has, however, 

 fallen into one of his rare errors in describing No. 1 bell. He 

 says that the legend is followed by "a Roman V inverted." 

 It is the Founder's mark, 2 triangles overlapping, like a capital 



