A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 





the latter having 

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clearstory of the 



three circular lights with roll-ended cusps, 



externally by a moulded roll. The modern south aisle 



has three pairs of pointed lights, with shafted external 



jambs and drop mouldings with sculptured stops. 



In the south wall is a 12th-century doorway with 

 a semicircular arch of three moulded orders, the two 

 shafts on each side having leaf-carved capitals and 

 moulded abaci. The original bases have disappeared, 

 and the doorway has been repaired with cement. 

 This door leads to the south porch, which is em- 

 battled, with a central niche over the two-centred 

 entrance arch of two continuous orders. Above the 

 arch is a much decayed string course. To the west 

 of the south door is a i ;th-century two-light window 

 with tracery, much repaired with cement. The west 



with a canopy, dates from the end of the 1 6th or 

 beginning of the 17th century, and is of foreign 

 workmanship. 



The bells are five in number : the treble and 

 second are by John Warner & Sons, 1857, the 

 third is by Richard Chandler, 1680, the fourth by 

 Miles Graye, 1650, and the fifth by Thomas Russell 

 of Wootton, 1716. 



The plate consists of a cup of 1796, presented by 

 Thomas Cockayne in 1807 and modern paten and 

 flagon, the former made from two old silver patens. 



The registers consisted down to 1830 of three 

 books. Since then the first, containing baptisms, burials 

 and marriages from 1653 to 1748, has disappeared ; 

 the second book contains baptisms and burials from 

 174.9 to l8iz and marriages from 1749 to 1753 ; 



from the South 



tower is of two stages with heavy buttresses, those at 

 the north-west and south-west angles being diagonal. 

 The low pyramidal roof is of lead. The tower arch, 

 which is two-centred, and a small lancet on the south 

 side, are probably original. The west window and 

 the two-light belfry windows are of the 15th century 

 and are repaired with cement. 



In the nave is a brass of about 1380 of Thomas 

 Somer and his wife Marjory. The figures are half- 

 length and the inscription is imperfect. There is in 

 the church a 6-in. stone slab measuring 5 ft. by 2 ft. 

 on its upper face and with edges moulded to a large 

 hollow chamfer. An oak chair in the chancel, 



° See Line. Epis. Reg. Wells, fol. 

 Boki'ngham, foL 357, and references | 



the third book contains marriages from 17C6 to 

 1812. 



The church of Ickleford was ■ 

 JDFOIVSON chapel to Pirton 82 (q.v.), and the 

 two livings were held together until 

 divided by order of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 

 in 1847. The advowson was purchased by Thomai 

 Wilson in 1868. 63 It was conveyed before 1875 to 

 the Rev. T. I. Walton, and now belongs to the Rev. 

 C. A. Walton, his son. 



There was also a chapel at Ramerick attached to 

 the church of Pirton in the 13th century, 6 * but there 

 seems to be no further trace of it. 



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