NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF STONEHOUSE. 359 
Picklecombe an elegant little piscina, in the same material, with 
bases, &c. The Perpendicular work at the " Euins " consists of 
fragments of granite windows, with doorways, and a crocketted 
finial ; while at Picklecombe the arch of the alcove is of the same 
date and material. The portions of the two buildings have been 
mixed up in a very odd way, parts of windows, moreover, being 
worked into doors, and those of doors into windows ; while at 
Picklecombe the whole work was supplemented when the alcove 
was built, in Portland stone. 
Now the Perpendicular remains seem too considerable in their 
way (knowing what we do of the old chapel of St. George, as set 
forth hereafter) to allow of the Early English having formed part 
of the same edifice. On the other hand the Early English are 
quite sufficient in themselves to account for such a fabric as that 
of St. Lawrence must have been, without the granite. Moreover, 
what we know of Stonehouse in the thirteenth century and well 
on into the fourteenth, forbids the idea that such an edifice as the 
Roborough stone fragments indicate would have been wanted for 
the inhabitants ; while in the fifteenth century the need of such a 
place of worship as that to which the granite dressings belonged 
was undoubtedly pressing. 
My belief, therefore, is that we have in the Park remains of 
both buildings. That Roborough stone was used for dressings in 
the locality generally, early in the thirteenth and on into the four- 
teenth century we have proof in the Transitional Norman arch in 
our Museum, no doubt pari of the original St. Andrew Church ; 
in the earlier dressings of the Friary, and in the little desecrated 
chapel of St. Anne at Hooe. It was never to my knowledge, 
however, used in our Perpendicular work — even when that 
replaced other buildings — granite being employed in its stead. 
This brings us to the oldest public record of the community of 
East Stonehouse, an ancient Churchwardens' Book, commencing in 
1594, and continuing with intervals down to the year 1779. The 
original intention was clfearly to make this volume a record of all 
the public acts of the parish, and it was begun in a very methodical 
and careful fashion. Irregularities soon, however, crept in ; entries 
were made casually as occasion served, and they are anything but 
complete. Moreover, the earlier pages are very decayed and 
fragmentary. Still the volume is of considerable historical value. 
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