Identifier: wiltshirearchaeo2518godd (find matches)
Title: The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Goddard, Edward Hungerford, 1854- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Proceedings
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: (Devizes, Eng. : The Society)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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iginalbuilders had put a piscina in this peculiar position! The porch has been partially re-built, but it was first erected inthe fifteenth century. The tower is a typical specimen of the Perpendicular westerntower of a village Church. It is three stages high, and has a westwindow of three lights with no door under. The arch communi-cating with the nave is of the full width of the tower; there is nostair turret. It is hardly necessary to add that the pinnacles sur-rounding it are modern. I usually leave the font to the last, although in this instance Ishould, perhaps, from its importance, have placed it first. It is amagnificent specimen of the Transitional Norman font, and wasdoubtless the one made for the original Church of which we havespoken.1 It is circular, and the side is ornamented by a series oftwelve arches containing figures of the twelve apostles—all, with 1 The drawing of the font here given is taken from an old print in inypossession—the details are accurately shown.
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Visited by the Society in 1890. 261 the exception of one holding a roll), have books, and one (doubtlessS. Peter) has also a key (not two keys, as is more usual). It is curious that this font and that at Avebury, which is of aboutthe same date, should have appeared in a list which was recentlysent to me for revision, amongst the instances of leaden fonts, andI was asked to add to this list any more which I knew of. Ireplied, I cannot make any addition to your list, but I can strikeout two, which I know to be of stone! Whether they were evercovered with dark paint which led to this mistake, I do not know;but that is the only explanation I can give of this error on the partof a clever archaeologist. All Saints. Marden.Here we have two well-preserved features of a Church of thepure Norman work of Bishop Rogers episcopacy — the soothdoorway and the chancel arch are not later than IRQ (some half-century earlier than the work at Cherington), but the foundationsof this early work appear to

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