316 A Sketch of the Parish of Yateshury. 



ment as to necessitate its removal, it was not without considerable 

 regret that it was taken down; as it was unmistakably of a peculiar 

 horse-shoe form, contracted at the base, and bulging out in the 

 centre ; and that regret was not diminished when, on removing the 

 adjoining walls on either side, there were found, though concealed 

 by the plaster, on the north side a rude hagioscope or squint, and 

 on the south side what appeared to be the remains of an ambry, 

 though some supposed this too to be a hagioscope. 



On the east wall of the nave were also discovered faint traces of 

 painting, but so obliterated by damp as well as successive coats of 

 yellow-wash, that the pattern could not be traced : it seemed however 

 to be simply a diaper. Much more visible and in far better pre- 

 servation, was a bold and effective pattern of ivy leaves in scarlet 

 paint, which were found beneath the white- wash, bordering the 

 arches on the north wall of the nave : accurate facsimiles of these 

 were obtained, and it is intended some day to re-produce them. 



At the upper part of the easternmost window of the nave are four 

 small medallions of Early English glass, which have been much 

 admired by connoisseurs : they are charged with the four evangelistic 

 symbols. They were removed from the chancel in 1854, and placed 

 in their present position for security. 



A new organ was added to the Church in 1869, built by Mr. 

 Holdich, of London, to replace a second-hand instrument which had 

 been erected by the same well-known builder when the Church was 

 restored in 1854. 



The present communion plate is new : that which existed prior to 

 1854 was of pewter, exceedingly massive, the flagon especially of 

 huge capacity. These were melted down and converted into the 

 font-ewer which is used at Holy Baptism. 



The stone screen, the stone pulpit, and the inner doorway of the 

 porch, as well as the masonry filling in the arch above, were all new 

 in 1854. 



When the Church was re-paved at its restoration, several vaults 

 were disclosed at the east end of the nave, some of which at least 

 belonged to the Hungerford Family ; and at the east end of the 

 chancel many other vaults were discovered, presumed to be the 



