XXIV REPORT. 



year. Other papers read, and addresses given, although most 

 valuable in themselves, had no bearing upon this county, so that 

 no effort was made to procure them. In the next volume of 

 our journal we hope to have a paper, by Mr. Micklethwaite, 

 upon Saxon work at Repton, when the restoration of the Church 

 is further advanced. 



The Repton Church Restoration Committee has on it several 

 members of our society — including the Dean of Lichfield, Dr. 

 Cox, Mr. St. John Hope, and your Hon. Sec. On the only 

 occasion when the general committee was summoned, it was 

 decided that the architect's plans, involving serious and unneces- 

 sary interference with the Saxon chancel, should be materially 

 modified. So far the work of restoration has not touched the 

 chancel, but has been rich in interest ; and, when we consider 

 the unique and celebrated character of the Saxon remains at 

 Repton, we cannot fail to see how important it is that every 

 possible care shall be taken, when the chancel is reached, so 

 as not to unnecessarily remove a single stone. 



Members will be glad to learn that the very interesting carving 

 in alabaster of Our Lady of Pity, discovered under the floor of 

 Breadsall Church in 1877, has once again found a resting place 

 in the church to which it belongs. It has been very judiciously 

 placed against the wall below the eastern window of the north 

 aisle ; and, as this was the site of the Lady Chapel at Breadsall, 

 the interesting relic is now occupying a position close to, if not 

 identical with, that in which it was originally placed. 



At South Winfield the old Norman font, which has for years 

 been lying in the churchyard, has, we are glad to say, been 

 recently brought within the church. Whilst rejoicing over the 

 fate of this relic of the past, we have to deplore, what we must 

 always consider to be the wanton and unjustifiable destruction 

 of a font in another part of the county. During the recent 

 partial restoration of the church at Spondon, it has seemed good 

 to the architect, Mr. Macpherson, of Derby, to " amend the 

 form" of the old plain octagonal font by "cutting mouldings" 

 thereon By this process the old font has been of course simply 



