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ftN my report on this Church, dated 30th January, 1892 



§KJf5 (extracts from which, descriptive of the building, were 

 given in vol. xxvii., p. 121), the following passage occurs : — 



"I cannot speak with an intimate knowledge of the parish, but, so far as I 

 could learn from the remarks at the meeting referred to, I conclude that the 

 main objection to the position of the old Church is— not that it is not fairly in 

 the centre of the parish, but that the road to it is almost impassable in wet 

 weather. 



" I feel that this is not a matter in which I should pronounce judgment, but 

 I would earnestly counsel you to consider very carefully, and from every point 

 of view, whether — either by improving the present road, or by forming footpaths 

 across the fields, and constructing a raised gravelled causeway over the lower 

 parts — the means of access cannot be improved and rendered tolerable, so that this 

 interesting Church might be restored and retained in situ, and the parishioners 

 continue to worship where their forefathers have worshipped for over six hundred 

 years. The thread of associations is one which should not be lightly broken, 

 and I consider that to preserve it is worth a much larger outlay than would be 

 needed to construct a new Church, provided the parishioners can be (as I gather 

 would be the case) satisfactorily accommodated as regards convenience." 



Vicar and parishioners, the Archdeacon reported that to repair and 

 continue the fabric in use in its old position " would be very adverse 

 to the interests of the Church, if not impossible " ; and he proposed 

 the removal of the nave, porch, and tower to a new site, building a 

 new chancel, and retaining the old one as a mortuary chapel. Much 

 as the necessity for such a course is to be regretted — when it was 

 found to exist the duty imposed upon those having charge of the 

 work was to carry it out in the most careful and reverent way ; and 

 this has been done — mainly owing to the liberality of the Vicar, 

 ;he Eev. M. J. Milling. It may be of interest to place on record 

 ome particulars of the work. 

 As stated in my previous paper, measured drawings wore first 



By C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. 



But after holding a formal 



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