. Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . S. porches, embattled W. tower withspire, three bells. Chancel , with sidelancets and Dec. windows N. and S. E. windowmodern. Good ancient glass. Lofty arch Dec,with good moulded caps. Nave Dec, five archesand aisle on N. side. Piers of four large andfour small shafts. Two original windows in wall and two in S. wall of nave, theeasternmost fine Dec, of three fights, with flow-ing tracery. Roof Perp., with tie-beam, andPerp. clerestory with five two-light and W. windows of N. aisle Perp. Inner has floriated hinges, and sculptu
. Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . S. porches, embattled W. tower withspire, three bells. Chancel , with sidelancets and Dec. windows N. and S. E. windowmodern. Good ancient glass. Lofty arch Dec,with good moulded caps. Nave Dec, five archesand aisle on N. side. Piers of four large andfour small shafts. Two original windows in wall and two in S. wall of nave, theeasternmost fine Dec, of three fights, with flow-ing tracery. Roof Perp., with tie-beam, andPerp. clerestory with five two-light and W. windows of N. aisle Perp. Inner has floriated hinges, and sculpture of royal(Hanoverian) arms in wall over. N. inner door-way good Dec, w^th continuous moulding. in front of original Dec door. Lofty towerarch acutely pointed and finely moulded. Originalnave roof was high pitched and without cleres-tory. Tower and spire simple, but very good ornamental Norm., with angle shafts broughtfrom dilapidated church of St. Etheldreda, Histon(^.z.). There are monuments to the Hindes anc i. MADINGLEV, ST. MARY. FONT CAMBRIDGESHIRE 131 Cottons. Some framed paintings. Register,1539- Transcript, 1601. Restored, 1885.[Madingley Hall, built by Lord Justice Hinde,tevip. Henry VIII., was a cent, later partlyrebuilt and added to by materials from churchof St. Etheldreda, Histon, which Sir FrancisHinde sacrilegiously demolished. The presentMadingley font was actually brought from theHall not many years since, displacing a modernfont. It has been claimed that the churchyardwas the scene of Grays famous Elegy:\ Manea.—St. Nicholas (erected on site ofold church), opened 1875. Formerly a parochialchapelry, now an ecclesiastical parish in the midstof the Ely fens. Chancel, nave, N. transept, , vestry, and turret over chancel arch withone bell. The old brick building, a chapel toCoveney, rebuilt in 1791. It consisted of naveand chancel, having round-headed windows andan octagonal font. Register, 1708. Tran-script, 1645. March.—
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