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internal view. Near to the Castle is the interesting church of 

 St. Andrew, standing on the site of an old church which was 

 destroyed in the Scottish raid, 1138. A fine Early English 

 building took its place. This in its turn shared the same fate 

 in 1 147 at the hands of William the Lion, and the main part 

 of the present church was then built. The west end had been 

 built up, and was used as a sexton's lumber room. When it 

 was opened out it appeared to have been a priest's chamber 

 of two stories with a small door to the north. The present 

 vestry takes its place ; and the screen which cuts it off from 

 the church is formed of the remains of the two earlier churches 

 with this doorway as the entrance. Among the special objects 

 in the church is a fine alabaster monument to Ralph, Lord 

 Ogle, and his wife Margaret. He died in 15 13. This monu- 

 ment is said to be the second finest tomb in Northumberland. 

 The east end of the south aisle was at one time a chapel. 

 There are the remains of a piscina, and there is a bracket, 

 perhaps for the patron saint. In the chancel at the south- 

 west there is an ancient window nearly on a level with the 

 ground, probably not a leper window. It seems to have taken 

 the place of a large opening, as in the middle of the wall was 

 found some ancient stucco with a pattern in red lines, and 

 there is a break in the masonry where the opening ended. 

 The three sedilia are on the same level. On the north side of 

 the chancel there is a small low door, the purpose of which is 

 not evident. Built into the wall near the north-west window 

 is the shaft of a Saxon cross with some tracery. Many 

 remains of these Saxon crosses were found in the south wall 

 of the chancel, which had to be taken down and rebuilt. 

 They are now in the Black Gate Museum at Newcastle. 

 Several fragments of the Norman zig-zag tracery are to be 

 seen built into the walls of the church. The belfry has some 

 remains of tracery, and there is an old sun dial on one of the 

 buttresses. Two stone coffins of large size lie near the gate, 

 and inside the church is one of very small size. I cannot 

 venture into very full details of the venerable building, but 

 those interested in the history of old Northumberland and its 



