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ledgers or slabs of the same marble, unpolished and of a beautiful blue- 

 grey tint, used for the flooring as well as to mark interments, in a large 

 number of Surrey churches. 



Two otner materials which one would expect to find prominently 

 exhibited in Surrey churches — glass and ironwork — are strangely 

 wanting. Doubtless we owe most of what little ancient glass is still left 

 to the glass works at Chiddingfold. The few examples of ancient glass 

 and of wrought and cast ironwork remaining will be noticed later. 



There are 145 parish churches and chapels-of-ease of pre-Reforma- 

 tion foundation at present standing in Surrey, and rather less than half 

 that number are specifically mentioned in Domesday. About one 

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substantially as they were in the sixteenth century. The remainder — 

 nearly one-third of the total — have been rebuilt at dates ranging between 

 the commencement of the seventeenth century and the end of the nine- 

 teenth. 



There cannot be said to be any type of plan especially characteristic 

 of Surrey churches. Of the smaller primitive buildings of eleventh, 

 twelfth and thirteenth century date a few examples have survived with 

 the original simple aisleless plan unaltered by later additions ; or the 

 plan can be recovered with a little study. Thus, we have the late 

 eleventh century churches of Farley and Thursley ; twelfth century, 

 Pirford and Wisley; thirteenth century, Oakwood and Warlingham. 

 The earlier of these had the nave and chancel under separate roofs, with 

 a chancel arch between, but in the case of the last two examples there 



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