1 86 The Environs of Bath. 



tery of Bermondsey, by Hawisa de Gournay, but it shortly 

 afterwards became the property of the monks of Bath, who 

 received from the rectory for the use of their refection 

 a pension of 50^-., the Prior of Bermondsey receiving 

 therefrom another pension of two marks, loj., the whole 

 rectory being in the thirteenth century only rated at six 

 marks, y. 4^. The Church (the dedication of which is 

 unknown) is interesting, and without doubt originally Nor- 

 man. It consists of a nave, chancel, and central tower, with 

 a porch and chapel on the south side. The doorway is 

 Norman, with a fragment of a stoup in the angle, and in 

 the porch are two small cuspated lights looking into the 

 chapel. The arches supporting the tower appear to be early 

 English, but the capitals and pillars on which they rest are 

 Norman. Under the tower on the north side are two sedilia 

 in fair preservation. The font, though much mutilated, is 

 supposed to be Norman. The chapel, which is said to have 

 belonged to the Gournay family, has a perpendicular window 

 which has been moved from the east end to its present 

 position, and has on the mouldings surrounding it several 

 coats of arms. There was no doubt an altar at the east end 

 of the chapel, and the piscina is still in situ. The west 

 window is also perpendicular, and has in its mouldings four 

 shields, one of them being charged with the Bath Abbey 

 arms. The windows in the chancel as well as the piscina 

 and credence table are decorated. On the east side of the 

 chancel arch will be seen what is not common in our 

 churches, a figure of the " Bambino " well carved and in 

 good preservation. The belfry contains five bells, two of 

 which are pre-Reformation bells, and have Latin inscrip- 

 tions, being invocations to the Virgin and our Saviour. 

 About half a mile from the village will be seen a conical 



