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Note* on Churches visited in 1898. 



old jamb stones ; in both cases the arches into the aisles were re- 

 constructed, and a new archway of three orders of chamfers at the 

 entrance to the chancel. The walls of the chancel were probably 

 slightly raised at the same time, and a new roof constructed, but 

 none of the mediaeval roofs of the Church exist — those to the aisles, 

 chapels, and transepts are probably seventeenth century erections, 

 altered to some extent in the recent restoration, when new roofs 

 were put to the nave and chancel. 



The nave arcades have tall cylindrical columns with octagonal 

 caps and bases of a simple moulded type. The arches are pointed, 

 in two orders of chamfers. The arches opening into the aisles are 

 separated from those opening into the transepts by flat piers with 

 recessed niches in the nave faces. 



The north and south aisles have each three three-light pointed 

 windows in the side wall (the two-light sharply-pointed windows 

 at the west end are modern) , and the south aisle has a coeval doorway 

 opening from the porch. The walls are, like those of the chapels, 

 faced on the outside with ashlar, with good moulded plinths, and 

 have pierced parapets like those of the south chapel. The buttresses, 

 which are narrower than those of the chapels (only 11 in. on 

 face) , are similarly carried up and terminated. 



In the chancel are preserved three of the fifteenth century oak 

 stalls with their miserere seats. 



The font is a handsome one of about the date of the tower. It 

 is octagonal, and has shields on two sides bearing arms, a chevron 

 between three saltires. 



The pulpit is a good specimen of the Elizabethan period, but it 

 has been re-cut and varnished. 



The parish chest in the vestry is an unusually large one, 8ft. 8in. 

 long. It has two old locks, with the addition of three padlocks, 

 added in compliance with the canon. 



The very remarkable chalice and paten of 1534 belonging to this 

 Church are described and figured in vol. xxv., 341, and vol. xxvi., 

 329, of this Magazine, and also in Nightingale's Church Plate of 

 Wilts, p. 180. 



The village possesses several fine old houses, conspicuous among 



