By the Rev. J. Ward. 



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long, by 17 feet 6 inches wide. An ancient Pax (of Laten gilt), which 

 doubtless belonged to this Chapel, was found in 1846 by a labourer 

 in levelling a hedge not far from the site of the Chapel, and was 

 presented to the Society's Museum by the Rev. W. C. Lukis. It 

 is probably of the date of Henry VII. or Henry VIII. (See Plate.) 

 2. At Chisbury, the Free Chapel of St. Martin, presented to in a.d. 

 1496, by the Bishop of Salisbury, by lapse. The building still re- 

 mains, and is a very beautiful specimen of Decorated architecture. 

 It is 52 feet 6 inches long, and 20 feet 2 inches wide in the interior, 

 and at 18 feet 6 inches from the east end stood the screen which sepa- 

 rated the chancel from the nave. It was endowed, as mentioned 

 in the Inquisitions of Ninths made in the year 1341, with tythe 

 then amounting by the year to 48s. 6d., and with ten acres of land 

 worth 5s. 3. At Knowl was a Chapel, of which there is no known 

 record, but parts of the building still remain. 4. At Little or East 

 Bedwyn, the Chapel of St. Michael, which contains some portions 

 of building older than any extant in the mother Church. It con- 

 sists of a nave with clere story and aisles, a chancel, a south porch, 

 and a tower and spire at the west end. The nave is 41 feet 3 inches 

 long, and 12 feet 5 inches wide : the north aisle is 8 feet 2 inches 

 wide, and the south aisle 9 feet 7 inches ; and the whole breadth of 

 nave and aisles, including the piers, is 35 feet 2 inches. The 

 chancel, including the rood arch, is 28 feet 4 inches long, and 16 

 feet 2 inches wide. The whole length, with the space under the 

 tower, is 82 feet 7 inches. The nave is late Norman, having a 

 range of piers and circular arches with billet moulding on the north 

 side, and a range of pointed arches on the south side, supported on 

 Norman piers. The rest of the Church is late perpendicular with 

 square-headed windows, the chancel window at the east end being 

 the only one that has an arch. There is a good piscina and a 

 priest's door in the south wall of the chancel. The tower and 

 spire are admirably proportioned, and rise to the height of about 

 70 feet. The Church has been very well restored during the last 

 few years, and, in particular, the very beautiful Perpendicular roof 

 over the north aisle has been thoroughly repaired. In or before 

 the year 1405 the now Church at Little Bedwyn, with an area of 



