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on the north side of it an ornamented canopy, with a shield 

 at each end, forming no doubt the head of a recess for some 

 altar tomb, or effigy. Outside the small door on the north 

 will be seen a stoup, and over the door was at one time a 

 statue of the Virgin. The southern doorway is an interesting 

 specimen of Norman architecture, and in very fair preserva- 

 tion. The south aisle is perpendicular. Th^ chancel is 

 modern. There is in the chancel a brass to the memory of 

 Edmund Forde, before-mentioned, with a Latin inscription, 

 and his portrait in the attitude of prayer. He died in 1439, 

 and is described as of Swayneswyke. The old manor house, 

 now used as a farm house, is close to the church, and, with 

 its surroundings, still shows some signs of antiquity. It was 

 in the early part of the 1 7th century occupied by the Capell 

 family, who probably held it on lives, or on lease from the 

 college. On a stone in the wall of the garden belonging to 

 the house is inscribed the Capell crest — a demi lion rampant, 

 holding a crosslet fitch^e — and, underneath, are the initials 

 "E. M." " Capell. Edward. Mary. 1625." In this house is 

 preserved a very old sword, the blade of which is nearly four 

 feet long, by two inches wide, and near the hilt is a shield 

 charged with two bars conjoined in fesse wavy ; the initials 

 R. D., and the date 1423. It has been suggested that this 

 sword was probably some municipal relic, used for processions 

 or other like occasions, and that the original date was 1623, 

 the figure 6 having by mistake been converted into a 4. 

 TwERTON. i^ miles S.W. — This is a large and populous 

 parish, a great proportion of the inhabitants being artisans 

 and mechanics. There is an extensive cloth manufactory 

 here, one of the largest in the west of England, and of far 

 famed reputation, carried on by the Messrs. Carr, who employ 

 between four and five hundred hands, and have conducted 



