314 Notes on the History of Great Corner ford. 



where he died in 1861. A niece married Eev. C. Pitt, for many 

 years Vicar of Malmesbury. Henry Wightwick's son, Henry, was 

 Eector of Codford St. Peter (1840 — 1883), and his daughter, Susan, 

 married Eev. A. Evans, Eector of Little Somerford (1847 — 93). 



The Church. 



Mr. Brakspear, F.S.A., has kindly furnished me with the following 

 notes upon the architecture of the Church: — "Although no features 

 remain in the present Church earlier than the last decade of the 14th 

 century, it is very evident there was an earlier building on the site. 

 Apparently the Church mentioned in the " Taxatio," 1290, consisted 

 of chancel and nave and remained in that form until the extensive 

 re-building of the 15th century created the Church of to-day. This 

 consists of chancel, nave with north aisle, south porch, and west tower 

 and a small modern vestry on the north side of the chancel. The 

 first work of alteration was the addition of the north aisle, for which 

 purpose the old north wall of the nave was removed and replaced 

 by the present handsome arcade of four moulded arches on clustered 

 pillars and carved capitals. At the same time the chancel arch 

 was inserted in place of an earlier one. At first the aisle was 

 covered by a pitched roof, which is shown by the remains of a small 

 piece of tabling at the west end, but this was subsequently altered 

 to the present lean-to. The north wall is pierced by two two- 

 light square-headed windows, with a small plain-chamfered four- 

 centred doorway between. At the north-west angle is a diagonal 

 buttress and at the north-east angle a square buttress, on the north 

 side. In the east end is a three-light window and in the west a 

 single light of similar character to those on the north side. The 

 next alteration was the re-building of the chancel in its present 

 form, about the middle of the 15th century. On the south side are 

 two good three-light windows with traceried heads and a small 

 priest's door between. The east window is now divided into four 

 lights witli modern tracery, 1 but the arch and jambs are original 

 and are Hanked with diagonal buttresses. In the north wall is a 



1 A careful pencil drawing of the Church, made in 1837, gives this as a 

 four-light window. 



