Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society . ebruary following, when he was conveyed to the Tower ofLondon. Somerton Castle was three hundred and thirty feet longand one hundred and eighty feet wide, and was defended at eachangle by a circular tower three storeys high, and surmounted by aplain parapet and conical roof. Coleby Church, dedicated to All Saints, has a Norman tower, with a well-proportioned Perpendicular spire, and Early English north aisle arcade is of a later Norman period. Over thesouth porch is a parvise or priests chamber. In the no
Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society . ebruary following, when he was conveyed to the Tower ofLondon. Somerton Castle was three hundred and thirty feet longand one hundred and eighty feet wide, and was defended at eachangle by a circular tower three storeys high, and surmounted by aplain parapet and conical roof. Coleby Church, dedicated to All Saints, has a Norman tower, with a well-proportioned Perpendicular spire, and Early English north aisle arcade is of a later Norman period. Over thesouth porch is a parvise or priests chamber. In the north wall ofthe chancel is an arch, that once opened into a chantry chapel, andin the opposite wall is the later arch of another chapel. In 1864a west gallery, and high pews, were removed, and the churchgreatly improved. Haemston Church, also All Saints, has a very ancient tower, built soon afterthe Conquest. It forms one of a group of coeval towers in andabout Lincoln and Grimsby, all of which were built soon after theConquest, probably by Saxon masons working under Norman. Palimpsest Brass, from Great Bowden Church, Leicestershire. SIZE OF ORIGINAL 17in. x 5in. AND ARCHiEOLOGrlCAL SOCIETY. 223 architects. The Church was rebuilt in 1717, and again thoroughlyrestored in 1868. Waddington, dedicated to St. Michael, was the last Church visited. It hastwelfth century aisle arcades each of three bays and chancel font is of the same period. The tower was rebuilt in the lastcentury, not on the site of the former one, but within the western-most bay of the nave. The oak pulpit is of the time of James communion plate is dated 1669. The gallery at the west end,high pews, &c, were taken down in 1867. On the north wall ofthe chancel is a monument commemorating the Rev. D. Gr. Barnard,a former rector, son-in-law of Peter Heylin, and one of the authorsof his life. In the evening a Meeting was held in the County AssemblyRooms, the Lord Bishop of Nottingham in the chair, when Pap
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