Folk lore of East Yorkshire . OWTHORNE CHURCH. [ABOUT 18(10.] CHAPTER V. place XcGcn^0 auD ^raMtions, I cannot tell how the truth may be;I say the tale as twas said to me. The Lay of the Last Minstrel^ c. ii. 8, HE manors of Owthorne and Witheinsea, so saystradition, once belonged to two sisters, whodetermined on building a church for theirtenantry and dependents; and as the twomanors were adjoining it was thought onechurch would be sufficient for both. The siteof Owthorne church was accordingly fixedupon, and the building rose to a certain heightwhen the sisters differed as to whether it
Folk lore of East Yorkshire . OWTHORNE CHURCH. [ABOUT 18(10.] CHAPTER V. place XcGcn^0 auD ^raMtions, I cannot tell how the truth may be;I say the tale as twas said to me. The Lay of the Last Minstrel^ c. ii. 8, HE manors of Owthorne and Witheinsea, so saystradition, once belonged to two sisters, whodetermined on building a church for theirtenantry and dependents; and as the twomanors were adjoining it was thought onechurch would be sufficient for both. The siteof Owthorne church was accordingly fixedupon, and the building rose to a certain heightwhen the sisters differed as to whether it should have atower or a spire. To settle matters one was built Ijy eachlady on her own ground, and to her own taste. These wereknown as the Sister Kirks; but that of Owthorne wasundermined, and finally washed away by the sea about of the tombstones from this churchyard, unearthed aftera storm, was used by a farmer as a hearthstone, with thelettering downwards. After some years a succeeding tenant 52 POLK LORE OF EAST YORKSHIRE. took up this hearthstone to make place for another, and wassurprised, on turning it over, to find that it was a record ofdeath. Not liking to destroy it, he put it in the bar
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