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of North Durham," it must be evident that it would be un- 

 pardonable to occupy time with what has been so well done 

 by others. 



In the church, which was first inspected, the only impor- 

 tant additions since the Club's last visit, are two memorial 

 windows in the chancel. One of these was erected by Mrs 

 Jerningham to her former husband, Mr Mather of Long- 

 ridge. The other is a tribute by Lady Marjoribanks of 

 Ladykirk, to the memory of the noble Lord, whose death, 

 within a few days of his elevation to the Peerage, created so 

 painful a sensation in the County of Berwick, of which he 

 was the Lord Lieutenant and Parliamentary representative. 



Within an inclosure in the church yard are some sculp- 

 tured stones, which formed part of the older fabric. These 

 are described by Mr Langlands in his Address (vol iv. of our 

 Proceedings, p. 121), and lithographic sketches of them are 

 contained in a subsequent part of the same volume. They 

 are also noticed by our distinguished colleague, Dr John 

 Stuart, in his magnificent work on the " Sculptured Stones 

 of Scotland," (vol. ii., p. 20). And as the book is not gener- 

 ally accessible, I may be permitted to transcribe what he 

 says regarding them. After stating that the church was 

 founded by Egfrid or Ecgred, Bishop of Lindisfarne, from 

 830 to 845, who dedicated it to St. Peter, St. Cuthbert, and 

 St. Ceo]wulf, and that hither the bones of the last, who re- 

 nounced the throne of Northumberland and became a Monk, 

 were removed from Lindisfarne, Dr Stuart goes on — 



" Of the original church of Ecgred, or rather of its orna- 

 ments, there have been discovered at different periods in the 

 church yard and adjacent grounds, some interesting remains. 

 The greater part of these were found in 1833, in investigating 

 the foundations of a building in the church yard, a few paces 

 from the east end of the present fabric. They are now ar- 

 ranged in a sort of pyramid in the church yard, and the 

 greater part of them seem to be fragments of broken crosses. 

 They are of the same style of art as the fragments at Lindis- 

 farne, and must be referred to Saxon times. In Dr Kaine's 



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