. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. ^.1 * „• n ,S- ^ .^ 1 i ? t ?»?» ? i :»5J i. jp ^ o ?? _•»«*:. .. *- ijfc « . -J »v t3 X ill «< -t Jd — ,^ ._ i«rj. c a ? X- Mr * u .c ^.> .Oct s. MARYS ciiuRcn, SQUEwsEURY. 3G3; the chancel and the transepts tlie Norman walls in three [)arts of their surface. In tlie centre of,the church there was a low lantern tower, the Normanmasonry of which may still be seen in the spandrils ofthe early English arches, which were sul)sequentlyinserted. Tiiere are two singular features in the chancelwhich requ
. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. ^.1 * „• n ,S- ^ .^ 1 i ? t ?»?» ? i :»5J i. jp ^ o ?? _•»«*:. .. *- ijfc « . -J »v t3 X ill «< -t Jd — ,^ ._ i«rj. c a ? X- Mr * u .c ^.> .Oct s. MARYS ciiuRcn, SQUEwsEURY. 3G3; the chancel and the transepts tlie Norman walls in three [)arts of their surface. In tlie centre of,the church there was a low lantern tower, the Normanmasonry of which may still be seen in the spandrils ofthe early English arches, which were sul)sequentlyinserted. Tiiere are two singular features in the chancelwhich require remark. One is the existence of threelarge aumbries, which in 1868 we found concealedbehind the then existing reredos. They are of Normanworkmanship, and testify to what we hnd in some otherlarge churches, as at Tideswell in Derbyshire, viz., thatthe altar was advanced westwards, and a sacristy orvestry placed behind it, and sheltered by an altar screenor reredos of moderate height, so as not to blind theeast windows. These aumbries had been filled up withbroken material and faced with masonry, probably inthe fourth year of Edw^ard VI., when it was directedthat all stone altars should be
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