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a late Saxon Church, The arcade is on a larger scale at Dunham 

 Magna and not so well finished. While speaking of the enrich- 

 ments I would point out the beading of the pilasters of the arcade 

 on the east end of the nave, chancel, and on the north gable of 

 porch. This beading is begun on the north-east corner pilaster of 

 the chancel but is unfinished, showing that the decorating was done 

 after the walls were built and was suddenly left off. There is no 

 evidence as to how the pilasters in the gables were finished, as the 

 copings and stones of the upper part of the gables have been renewed, 

 but possibly they were finished by stilted arches. I would call your 

 attention to the fineness of the mortar joints, some of the original 

 may be seen on the south side of the chancel ; where they are wider 

 it is owing to the movement of the building eastward . . 

 There is no long-and-short work in the building. This was in vogue 

 at the date to which we attribute the building ; its presence would 

 have been conclusive evidence of late date, but its absence is no 

 evidence of early date. Long-and-short work is more often found 

 in buildings where the walling is of an inferior material to the 

 wrought stone dressings or angles, and its use appears to be for 

 bonding purposes, but here, where there is an abundance of ex- 

 cellent stone, and where there are pilasters clasping the angles, 

 there is neither the use nor the opportunity for long-and-short 

 work. 1 



Sir Henry Howorth also gave an address on the building. He 

 thought it certain that no Church of this character could have been 

 built in the South of England, which was then very much behind 

 the North in wealth and advancement, before the Danish invasions. 

 St. Aldhelm no doubt built a small and modest Church here, which 

 was probably rebuilt at the end of the 10th or beginning of the 

 11th century on the same site, Mr. H. Brakspear agreed as to the 

 late date of the building. He maintained that the date was cir. 1001. 



On leaving the Church the party made their way to Belcombe 

 Court, where Mr. and Mrs. Burder most hospitably entertained 

 them at tea in a tent pitched just outside the beautiful garden. 



1 Mr. Burder's notes are printed in full in Archceologia Cambrensis, 6th 

 Series, xiv., 188 — 194. 



