216 Steeple Aahton, Semington, and Whaddon Churches. 



window), the monogram ME. In Lady Chapel (north window), a 

 shield with I.H.S. ; another with chalice and wafer ; another with 

 M. ; in border, " Oni " (? Omega); a dragon's head ; a fish's tail. 



In the borders generally various features are repeated, such as 

 the lion's head with tongue protruding ; lieur-de-lys ; crown and 

 pomegranate. 



These fragments have become very much displaced and mixed up. 



In the room over the porch is an iron-bound chest of deal and 

 elm. The metal work looks much older. The locks are very 

 ingenious; one has a triple action, and is operated on by a double 

 key. 



In 1868 the west end of the Church was re-seated and beautified 

 at the sole cost and charge of Mr. Richard Walmesley. The nave 

 and aisles were re-seated by subscription between 1871 and 1874 

 at a cost of £824, including the pulpit erected to the memory of 

 the late Prebendary Crawley (Vicar 1828 — 1870). The carved 

 reredos and massive altar of solid English oak were presented to 

 the Church in 1889 by Mrs. Ann Hartley, widow of the late Rev. 

 Alfred Octavius Hartley (Vicar 1870—1889). In 1896—97 the 

 exterior of the Church was thoroughly restored and the foundations 

 were secured from damp and decay by the laving of a surface 

 gutter and drains at an outlay of £.">45. And in 1900 a brass tablet 

 on which is recorded the names of the Patrons and Vicars of the 

 Church from the year 12T>2 to the present day was placed on the 

 north wall of the sanctuary, as a permanent memorial of the four- 

 hundredth anniversary of the consecration of the Church. 



The Chapel of S. Geokce. Semington. 



This consists of a fifteenth century nave and north porch with 

 sixteenth century chancel, all much modernised in I860, when the 



oast and west walls were re-built, their windows and buttresses 

 renewed, and the turret added; the chancel arch also dates from 

 this time, as do the roofs of nave and chancel, and the font. The 

 octagonal vestry on the south was added in 1 S 7 7 . 



