. Vanishing England . oryof the World from the Creation \to the year 12J5, in modernlanguage a somewhat largeorder; Hampden, identifiedto all time with the patriot ofthat name ; and so on indefi-nitely. At Monks Risborough,anotherhamletwith an ancient-sounding name, but possessingno special history, is a church of the Perpendicular period containing some features ofexceptional interest, and internally one of the most charm-ingly picturesque of its kind. The carved tie-beams ofthe porch with their masks and tracery and the greatstone stoup which appears in one corner have an un-restored appeara
. Vanishing England . oryof the World from the Creation \to the year 12J5, in modernlanguage a somewhat largeorder; Hampden, identifiedto all time with the patriot ofthat name ; and so on indefi-nitely. At Monks Risborough,anotherhamletwith an ancient-sounding name, but possessingno special history, is a church of the Perpendicular period containing some features ofexceptional interest, and internally one of the most charm-ingly picturesque of its kind. The carved tie-beams ofthe porch with their masks and tracery and the greatstone stoup which appears in one corner have an un-restored appearance which is quite delightful in thesedays of over-restoration. The massive oak door has somecurious iron fittings, and the interior of the church itselfdisplays such treasures as a magnificent early Tudor roofand an elegant fifteenth-century chancel-screen, on thelatter of which some remains of ancient painting , just across the Oxfordshire border, is another 1 The rood-loft has unfortunately Fifteenth-century Handle on Church Door, Monks Risborough, Bucks 92 VANISHING ENGLAND town of the greatest interest. The noble parish churchhere contains a number of fine brasses and tombs, includ-ing the recumbent effigies of John, Lord Williams ofThame and his wife, who flourished in the reign of OueenMary. The chancel-screen is of uncommon character, thebase being richly decorated with linen panelling, whileabove rises an arcade in which Gothic form mingles freelywith the grotesqueness of the Renaissance. The choir-stalls are also lavishly ornamented with the linen-folddecoration. The centre of Thames broad High Street is narrowedby an island of houses, once termed Middle Row, andabove the jumble of tiled roofs here rises like a watch-tower a most curious and interesting medieval houseknown as the Bird Cage Inn. About this structurelittle is known ; it is, however, referred to in an old docu-ment as the tenement called the Cage, demised to JamesRosse by indent
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