fflotes on Aldbourne Church. 



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roses having four outer and four inner petals. Against the north 

 wall is the somewhat singularly adorned tomb with demi-effigies of 

 Edward Walronde, who died in 1617, aged 96, and of his brother 

 William, who died in 1614, aged 84. The tomb is surmounted by 

 the crest of the family ; beneath, on a shield are the arms with 

 supporters. 



The Waldron's or Walronde's old house is said to have been burnt 

 down. In the present Vicarage house, styled " The Court House," 

 there was held in 1669 one of the largest conventicles in Wiltshire, 

 Mr. Christopher Fowler, Mr. Burges, formerly of Collingbourne 

 Ducis, and Mr. Hughes, formerly of St. Mary, Marlborough, all 

 being non-conformist ministers, gathered to hear them every Sunday 

 and Thursday some three hundred of the townsfolk and neighbours. 



The rood-screen which divided the chancel from the nave has long 

 since disappeared, but the upper doorway, through which access 

 was obtained to the loft, remains, though now walled up, in the 

 north pier of the chancel arch above the pulpit. 



A screen made up of old portions of woodwork has been placed 

 across the entrance to the south chapel from the transept. This 

 chapel is now used as a vestry and organ- chamber, and contains the 

 memorial slab of a former Vicar. 



The earliest register dates from 1637. 



The fine western tower contains a peal of eight bells. Two are 

 pre-Eeformation bells, and bear the following inscriptions. On the 



one ;— " Stella J^lana maris : gucotrre : pugttaa : ttdfote " ; 



on the other : — " »J< SftttOttat : 0e : Cell's : bo? : Campatte : 



MiflwUft : Bens : propttt'u* : mo a't'afms : i&tcfiartrt : 

 (Botrartr: qurmtram: tre. Wtphzm <®li}&httf\: n g£U>afcetfi: 

 nxovum : rtuss : an a't'atmg o't'm: U'fcerorum: et: 

 parentum : £wornm : qui : lianc : rampanam : Ken • 



fetcrunt : anno : iB'ttt : yxtttttfbi." A hand-bell, bearing 



this inscription : — "© ffiatn Uct ntementa met. 3f. pfeQOten 



tttUly," was found in the walls of an old house at Aldbourne in 

 1854, and was carefully preserved by W. Brown, Esq. 



The present clock face was fixed on the tower in the Jubilee yeaj 

 of Queen Victoria- 



