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Dr. Gilly, is a large and impressive edifice. Notwitlistanding the 

 ravages of time and of war, there are still considerable remains of 

 the original structure, which was erected about the middle of the 

 12th century. The style is late Norman, similar in character to the 

 Gralilee of Durham. Some of the old arches and piers of the nave, 

 and the chancel arch, are in good condition ; and there are three 

 original windows which are distinguished by the bold and beau- 

 tiful chevron ornament which adorns the circular arches. Further 

 notice however is imnecessary, as an admirable description has 

 been given of this church by Dr. Gilly in our Transactions ; and, 

 as he was long a member of our Club, and President of it in the year 

 1851, the party could not view, without feehngs of deep interest, the 

 monument which has recently been erected in the chancel to his 

 memory. A full-length figiu-e of the Eeverend Doctor, carved in 

 Caen stone, reposes on a raised tomb, over which is a Norman arch. 

 The sculpture expresses well the intellectual and benevolent 

 features of this distinguished man. Within the niche is placed 

 the following inscription : — 



* TO THE MEMOEY OP 



THE EEV. WILLIAM STEPHEN GILLY, D.D., 



VICAE, OP NOKHAM, CANOK OP DURHAM, 



AND PKIEND OP THE VATJDOIS. 



WHOEVER SHALL LODE TJPOIS' THIS MONUMENT, 



LET HIM REMEMBER 



THAT BY WORKS OP PAITH AND LABOURS OF LOVE 



A NAME MAY BE IMPERISHABLE.' 



"A little eastward of the j^resent church stood the older Saxon 

 church, which was erected by Ecgrid, Bishop of Lindisfarne, in thg 

 9th century. Several sculptured stones — fragments of this old 

 church, have, at different times, been dug out of the foundations. 

 One of these, with an inscription in Saxon letters, is noticed by 

 WaUis in his History of Northumberland, in 1769, and he gives a 

 copy of the inscription. Hutchinson subsequently gave a drawing 

 of the whole stone, which, besides the inscription, has six heads 

 sculptured on it. This stone has for some time been lost. Wallis' 

 explanation of the sculpture is very fanciful ; and Dr. Paine in 

 attempting a reading of the inscription is equally imaginative. 

 Eighteen other fragments, discovered chiefly in 1833, are now pre- 

 served in the churchyard, built up into a pillar in imitation of the 

 shaft of an ancient cross. One of these stones, which has been 

 sepulchral, has an inscrption in Saxon letters, which appears to be 



