Visited hy the Society in 1890. 



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north aisle has lost its parapet, which tends to still further impoverish 

 it. The archway into the north transept is a " flying 39 one, to 

 support the tower, and it has a corbel over it to receive a figure — 

 this seems to suggest another altar having been here. The roof of 

 the south aisle is of Jacobean character, resting on the Perpen- 

 dicular corbels. The nave roof tells its own tale, having the date 

 163S carved on it, but the Gothic feeling lingers here in the peculiar 

 cusping and corbels. The pitch of the earlier roof can be seen on 

 the outside of the west gable. 



The south porch has its original fifteenth century roof, and there 

 is a corbel over the doorway in the north porch. 



The font is a Perpendicular one with good later oak cover bearing 

 the inscription T.M, 1633. 



The chancel was re-built in 1867, at the cost of the Rev. T. 

 Anthony Methuen and his sons. 



There are two good monuments in this Church ; one in the south 

 aisle to Walter Ernie — a nice piece of Elizabethan work dated 1587, 

 and bearing a quaint inscription (see vol. xi., p. 21) ; and the other 

 in the north aisle to a former rector, Sir John Ernie, son of the- 

 above, who died in 1 734. 



S. Andkew's. Etchilhampton. 



This appears to have been, from time immemorial, a chapelry of 

 All Cannings. 



Here, also the dedication of the Church (or chapel) is not without 

 some doubt : according to Ecbn the patron saint is S. Andrew, but 

 Canon Jones (vol. xi., p. 183) suggests that this is a mistake for 

 S. Anne, and states that a mutilated effigy of S. Anne, in the act 

 of teaching the Blessed Virgin, was taken from a niche over the 

 north doorway during some repairs a few years ago. It seems 

 almost incredible that such a feature should have been lost, and if 

 it is — as it must surely be — still in existence, it is to be hoped that 

 so valuable a piece of sculpture may be restored to the Church. 



The Church does not appear at first sight to possess much archae- 

 ological value, but on closer inspection features of very unusual 

 interest will be found. The plan is a simple one, as would be 



