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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...lately been extended across two or three'streams into North Hincksey. It is very rough at present, with no footpath by its sides; but the old footpath to the ferry is a trifle farther down the meadows. Should the boat be on the farther side a bell is provided to call over the ferryman or ferry-lass; the handle to pull it is by a post to the right hand. Up through the garden brings us out almost facing the church, which is dedicated to St. Lawrence. On entering the Churchyard the remains of a good Early Decorated village cross will be seen, the upper part as usual deficient. There is a cross of very good character on the east nave wall, nearly perfect. Three things deserve notice on the south side--the very small Romanesque 'low window' below the south-west one of the chancel. Between this window and the porch an early Norman capital pretty high in the wall, yet not too high to have been undisturbed. Next, the very exquisite Norman doorway through the porch, with the shafts at its side still bearing traces of the red paint originally used to colour them. There are here, as at Cowley, evidences of the plentiful use of this ' washing' on the outside rough-cast. The tower is Late Decorated 104 HINCKSEY--THE CONDUIT. with Perpendicular insertions; on the north side traces of a door and a projection clearly intended to carry the stairs to the rood loft. The wall of the nave parting it from the chancel was pierced about twenty years ago with a triple arch, a not uncommon feature in Sussex; but the ornamentation is of doubtful accuracy in style. There is in the church a monument often commented on, to William Finmore, a fellow of St. John's College, 1646. It begins, "Reader, look to thy feet; honest and loyal men are sleeping under them...." Most incorrec...
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