A HISTORY OF SURREY 



home counties, and in a wood country they have a special appropriate- 

 ness. 



No example of a churchyard cross, or even of the steps of one, has 

 come down to us in Surrey. Lych-gates also are almost unknown, so 

 far as ancient examples are concerned ; but that at Limpsfield appears 

 either to be old or a restoration, and Chobham used to boast another. 



PRE-CONQUEST REMAINS 



Remains of pre-Conquest work are slight and comparatively unimportant. They occur 

 in the following churches : — 



AsHTEAD. — Parts of nave walls, largely built with Roman bricks. 



Fetcham. — South wall of nave, with window of Roman bricks, and part of west wall. 



GoDALMiNC. — Part of east gable of nave, and carved fragments. 



Guildford, St. Mary's. — Tower. 



Stoki d'Abernon. — South walls of nave and chancel. 



I^re- Conqaeai'll^eniaiti^. l 



J FeicfiBi'»Ch: 





Long and short work and baluster-shafted windows are conspicuous by their absence. 



There used to be a wmdow m the north wall of the nave of Ashtead church, the arch of 

 which was formed with Roman bricb, and there are still many of these bricb in he ea and 

 south walls. There was a Roman camp here. 



The window at Fetcham is in very perfect preservation, having been blocked when the 

 wall was pierced .. 1150, for an aisle. It is round-headed and the infernal archis tur^edVith 

 pir r co";'" ^' ""°" ^"""^^^ ^°°P ''^^"S '"^ ^^^ ^^-^ -^^-^1- The spli; retab thS 



Part of what was originaUy the east gable of the pre-Conquest nave, with two ' eye-holes ' 



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