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over it. The coffin-lid lying 1 by the doorway is as old as the tower, 

 and it is a pity that it is not put inside, where there is ample room 

 for it, and where it would be better preserved. The archway between 

 tower and nave is a fine lofty one of three orders of chamfers con- 

 tinued down the jambs without intervening" capitals, and the jambs 

 stand on stone benches or seats which are carried across for the full 

 width of the nave on each side. 



The porch, which has been re-built, retains its thirteenth century 

 arch, and a coeval piscina exists in the south wall of the chancel. 

 There is no evidence of what was done in the fifteenth century to 

 the nave and aisles, for the south aisle having been done away with 

 and the north aisle entirely re-built, with all new windows, all traces 

 are, unfortunately, lost. But we have in the chancel some interesting 

 features of this period. The central one of the three Norman east 

 windows was taken out and a Perpendicular one of four lights 

 inserted ; whilst a two-light coeval window, with its inside jambs 

 carried down to form sedilia, took the place of one probably like 

 that on the north side of the sanctuary. 



At the same time, probably owing to the development of ritual, a 

 low-side window, with square head, was inserted on the north side 

 in its most usual position near the chancel arch. It was probably 

 put on the north side because, as at present, the greater number of 

 the houses lay on that side of the Church. 



The bowl of the font, which stands on a new base, is coeval with 

 the body of the Church, and is of considerable interest. It is 

 octagonal, and the faces are carved with various emblems and 

 devices : — 



On the east is a cross within a quatrefoil. 

 On the south, a floriated cross. 



On the north, a representation of the Annunciation — the 

 figures of the Blessed Virgin Mary and S. Gabriel, with 

 a lily in a pot between. 

 On the west, a leopard and dragon. 

 On the south-west, a lion and three fleur-de-lis. 

 On the north-east and south-east, leaves. 

 On the north-west, a geometrical pattern. 



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