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Catherine's well, and a handsome carved screen surmounted 

 by the arms of King Henry VII. — the united roses with 

 the garter supported by the lion, and the dragon for England 

 and Wales. After the dissolution this property passed to 

 the family of Malt6; it was then possessed by John Har- 

 ington of Kelston, and by him sold to the family of Blan- 

 chard, who held it for several generations ; it afterwards 

 passed . to the families of Walters and Parry, and was even- 

 tually sold to the late Colonel Strutt about the early part of 

 this century, from whom it descended to the late Rev. R. 

 Drummond, whose widow still resides in the house. The 

 Church, dedicated to St. Catherine, though mainly built by 

 John Cantlow, Prior of the Bath Monastery about the end of 

 the fifteenth century, contains traces of much older work ; 

 the capitals on which the tower arch rests, as well as a small 

 window in the tower, and the font, are evidently Norman. 

 The East window is filled with stained glass to the memory 

 of Prior Cantlow, as will be seen by the Latin inscription on 

 it, and the arms of the Bath Abbey ; in the smaller compart- 

 ments are roses with the midday sun. The other windows in 

 the chancel contain similar devices, as well as an eagle with a 

 scroll from his beak, on which is inscribed the Prior's name. 

 There is an old wooden pulpit with gothic niches, which was 

 originally coloured red and yellow. There are several monu- 

 ments to the memory of the Blanchard and Parry families. 

 The tower has a peal of four bells ; the Latin inscriptions on 

 three of them being invocations to the Virgin, St. Nicholas, 

 and St. John the Baptist. 



Charlcombe. 2^ miles N.E. — This village is known in 

 Domesday Book as " Cerlecume," otherwise Ceorl's Combe. 

 The Manor and Parish belonged to the Bath Abbey prior to 

 the Conquest, and continued in their possession till the 



