Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . o-duced into a pictureat Stoneleigh, in whicha Royalist butler andbrewer are representedendeavouring to per-suade a Roundheadbaker to drink to thePretenders health. Beautiful specimensof Norman arches andpillars still remain, bothin the Abbey, and in theparish church of Stone-leigh, where may beseen a very fine chancelarch of i i6o and a lateNorman door. Variousparts of the existingAbbey date from the reigns of Henry 11., Edward 111., James I.,and Charles 11. An inner courtyard, situated between the ancient Abbey andthe more modern buildi
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . o-duced into a pictureat Stoneleigh, in whicha Royalist butler andbrewer are representedendeavouring to per-suade a Roundheadbaker to drink to thePretenders health. Beautiful specimensof Norman arches andpillars still remain, bothin the Abbey, and in theparish church of Stone-leigh, where may beseen a very fine chancelarch of i i6o and a lateNorman door. Variousparts of the existingAbbey date from the reigns of Henry 11., Edward 111., James I.,and Charles 11. An inner courtyard, situated between the ancient Abbey andthe more modern building, appears to have formed part of theburying-ground of the monks. A few years ago three skeletonswere unearthed here ; as there were no traces of coffins, and nochalice or paten was found buried with them, it is supposed thatthey were the remains of lay or serving brothers, and not ofpriests or actual monks. They were reinterred in the same place,and it is to be hoped that their ghosts will never disturb theslumbers of the Abbeys present THE ABBEY FROM THE GARDEN
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