By the Rev. J. Wilkinson. 



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The arch connecting tower and nave is without shaft or capital ; 

 the moulding is of two chamfered orders, the inner of which dies 

 into the wall at the impost. 



"North Aisle. — This is lighted by three windows, two of which 

 are of three lights and in the north wall, the other is of two lights 

 with a square head, and at the east end. One of the former con- 

 tains some remnants of stained glass in the tracery. A crowned 

 figure occupying one of the central compartments is evidently in- 

 tended to represent the Virgin ; she is seated and wears a cope, the 

 hands are crossed on the breast, the hair dishevelled, and the head 

 surrounded by a circular nimbus ; the cope is lined with ermine 

 and reaches to the feet, the edges are ornamented with embroidery, 

 and the morse or clasp, by which it is fastened at the neck, is clearly 

 visible. Two figures on each side of this, in smaller compartments, 

 apparently represent angels, but the instrument or symbol, which 

 they bear in their hands, has not been identified. Many traces of 

 crowns may also be seen on separate quarries, also the head of a 

 crozier, which belonged to a figure of considerable size. The roof 

 of this aisle is of plaster, 1 and nearly semicircular ; it is divided by 

 moulded ribs into fourteen compartments, at the intersection of the 

 ribs are bosses. In the centre of the north wall is a low doorway, 

 now blocked up. Roof gabled. 



"Chantry Chapel. 2 — This is divided from the Nave by two arches 

 of similar character to the Chancel arch. Beneath the east win- 

 dow, which is of three lights, square headed, was formerly an altar, 

 the piscina attached to which still remains perfect. In the south 

 wall a three light window, and to the west of this a narrow trefoil- 

 headed lancet. The roof is gabled. 



"South Porch. — This is merely a continuation of the Chantry 

 Chapel westward ; the roof of the chapel appears to have been 

 originally flat with a parapet, but on the erection of the Porch 

 both were gabled, in order to correspond as nearly as possible with 

 the North Aisle. From the existence of a staircase in the west 



1 "The church was ceiled 1720." — Mr. Hickes. 

 2 In Mr. Hickes' memoranda, this is called Horton's He, because (I take it) 

 the Hortons sat there, it being the aristocratic portion of the church: though it 

 may have been built by a former lord. 



