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Not<te on the Churches 



North Porch and North Aisle. It will be seen from the manner 

 in which the connexion of these is made with the chapel that thej 

 were erected after it. 



West Front of Nave. Only the Perpendicular niche and parapet 

 remain of the old work here. 



South Transept. This was extended, raised, re-modelled and re- 

 roofed in 1864, when the additional aisle was erected. 



South Chapel. The south wall of this chapel has been re-built, 

 but the late Norman rubble wall remains on the east, and parts of 

 the string and window can be traced. 



Chancel. The north and south windows are evidently insertions 

 in an earlier wall, the latter being probably late fourteenth century 

 in date. The east window is modern. 



North Chapel. Here, again, the walls are older than the windows, 

 and the buttresses at the north-east angle indicate the date of the 

 former to be near the end of the 12th century. 



Wednesday, August 8th, 1888. 

 Church of S. Peter. Blacklands. 



This little Church possesses several points of interest which are 

 not apparent at first sight. 



That a Norman Church existed here is shown by fragments ot 

 worked stone of that period which are to be seen on the inside of 

 the west gable above the gallery ceiling : but as the means of access 

 through the trap-door are somewhat inconvenient I presume that 

 few will care to verify my assertion. There is no doubt that the 

 greater part of the walls of the nave is the work of the twelfth 

 century. There are no windows or other ornamented features to 

 indicate it, but the general appearance of the masonry is in favour 

 of this view, and the stone used for the quoins is the coarse-grained 

 oolite (probably from Bradford) which I find almost exclusively 

 employed for such purposes in this part of the county, in work of 

 that date. 



It will be seen that the nave has no chancel arch at its east end, 

 but the side walls are continued eastward beyond the present roof 



