Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . Fragment of Slab, Penrith. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 31 panel, while the stem and base areincised. In addition to this seriesof monumental stones, I cannot omithere to refer to some other fine andinteresting specimens, which will befound at Hexham, in Northumber-land ; at Patrington and Hedon,Yorkshire ; at Fleet, in Lincolnshire ;at Chelmorton, Ashbourne, an
Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . Fragment of Slab, Penrith. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 31 panel, while the stem and base areincised. In addition to this seriesof monumental stones, I cannot omithere to refer to some other fine andinteresting specimens, which will befound at Hexham, in Northumber-land ; at Patrington and Hedon,Yorkshire ; at Fleet, in Lincolnshire ;at Chelmorton, Ashbourne, and Har-rington, in Derbyshire ; Hanbury, inStaffordshire ; at Orwell, in Cam-bridgeshire ; Cliffe, in Kent ; atLewes, Tangmere, and Worth, inSussex ; at Lympley-Stoke, Wilts ;Leckhampton, in Gloucestershire ;in the ruins of Tintern, Furness,and Jervalx Abbeys; and, amongstmany others in Wales, at Llanthony,Brecon, Llanvaes, Ewenith, and A cruciform aspect is found insome few examples to have beenimparted to the lids of stone coffins,by so cutting the face of the slabsas to produce somewhat of a resem-blance to the roof of a church whichhas transepts : the churchyards of. XlVth slab. Rhuddlan, Denbighshire. 1 The Hexham slab is engraved in theArchaeological Journal, vol. iii. p. 164 :it is of the 14th century, and. is entirelycovered with incised foliage issuing froma central stalk or stem, which at its baseis divided into four branches; and thesebranches spring from the mouths of twogrotesque faces. For a cut of the Cliffeslab, which is of the 13th century, seeJournal of the Archaeological Association,vol. iii. p. 254. Several of the Tinternslabs are given in outline in the Rev. Carters Remarks on Christian Grave- stones. Figures of six specimens of theHanbury slabs will be found in the Ar-chaeological Journal, vol. iv. p. 154 ; andfor figures of some of the Welsh slabs, seeArchceologia Cambrensis. The series ofmonumental slabs at Hartington is very
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