. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE having been appointjJ rector of Whalley, claimed as a chapel appurtenant to his church, and succeeded in establishing his right.*' The matter was again called into question alter Whalley had been given to the monks of Stanlaw, but the jurj- decided that Altham was only a chapel of ease.*^ This continued to be its status for some centuries, the vicar of Whalley nominating the chaplains or curates. The church of ST. JAMES, formerly known as St. Mary's,^' stands on low ground in a rural situation c
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE having been appointjJ rector of Whalley, claimed as a chapel appurtenant to his church, and succeeded in establishing his right.*' The matter was again called into question alter Whalley had been given to the monks of Stanlaw, but the jurj- decided that Altham was only a chapel of ease.*^ This continued to be its status for some centuries, the vicar of Whalley nominating the chaplains or curates. The church of ST. JAMES, formerly known as St. Mary's,^' stands on low ground in a rural situation close to the left bank of the Calder at the extreme north-east of the township. It consists of chancel 25 ft. by 17 ft. 6 in., clearstoried nave ft. 6 in. by I 5 ft. 6 in., :vith north and south aisles 7 ft. 6 in. wide, south porch, and west tower I o ft. 6 in. by 12 ft. 6 in., all these measurements being internal. There is also a small vestry on the north side of the tower. Though the foundation is an ancient one the present structure has so little ancient work that nothing cin be said of the development of the plan. What appears to be a late 12th-century tympanum, however, is built into the lower part of the south aisle wall under one of the windows, but this is the only fragment now remaining of the original \ OF Altham Church It is a semicircular-shaped stone 4 ft. 2 in. in diameter and 2 ft. high, covered with star diaper pattern. Under another window on the same side is an incised grave slab with plain Calvary cross, and there are other somewhat similar slabs used as lintels to the south door and to the east window of the north aisle. These probably belong to a later church which was pulled down about the end of the 15th or the early years of the i6th century to make way for the present building. To this structure also probably belonged the east window of the north aisle, which it different in character from all the others, but whether the church occupied
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