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In 1876 the bells were re-hung, 1 and the upper part of the spire 

 vas re-built. 



The present font was introduced in 1861, and was, I believe, the 

 ^ift of the architect, now Sir Arthur Blonrfield. The former one 

 vas, to the best of my recollection, a Georgian marble urn — not a 

 )ad thing in its way — and I rather regret its disappearance. I 

 •emember two relics of the old oak seats of the fifteenth century, 

 'emaining either in the nave or aisles, before 1861. They dis- 

 ippeared, but from them were copied, with some modifications, 

 some oak seats, now in the south aisle and annexe. At a later date, 

 .n taking up the floor of a house in the village we found that the 

 joists were the remains of similar seats, no doubt removed from the 

 Jhurch in the last century. Unfortunately I allowed them to 

 remain, for a considerable time, on premises not in my own occu- 

 pation, with the result that, when I ultimately asked for them, I 

 jfound they had been destroyed. 



John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquis of Bath. Died at Venice, April 

 20th, 1896. Buried, at Longbridge Deverill. The sou of the 3rd Marquis 

 by the Hon. Harriet Baring, daughter of the 1st Baron Ashburton, he was 

 born March 1st, 1831, and succeeded to the title on his father's death in 

 1837. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxon. Married 1861, the 

 Hon. Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey, daughter of the 3rd Viscount de 

 Vesci. Trustee of the British Museum, 1884. Chairman of Quartet 

 Sessions for Wilts, 1880 ; Lord Lieutenant of Wilts, 1889 ; and Chairman 



, 1 This was done by Messrs. Hooper & Stokes, of Woodbury, Devon, who 

 i succeeded in hanging the six bells in two tiers. Before that one of the bells 

 I was up in the spire. The tower was, of course, not intended for so many 

 j bells. In Lukis's Church Bells (p. 130), the names of the churchwardens, on 

 j the fourth bell — which was cast in 1852, are given as Henry Qoddard, Esq., 

 ! and Edward Barton. The first name should be Henry Goddard Awdry. I 

 ; ascertained, in 1876, that the erroneous inscription is actually on the bell. 



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