. In the old paths: memories of literary pilgrimages . FAIRFORD CHURCH IN THE HOMELAND OF JOHN KEBLE : ** A precious stone set in a silver sea. 198 FAIRFORD AND JOHN KEBLE beauty, loaded as they were with their pink-and-whitespire-shaped blossoms. Like Lechlade, Fairford has its little market squareand old Georgian inns. Back from the square, andclose to the gates of the manor, the church is situatednear the banks of the Coin, amid a wilderness of leafybeauty. The church itself is a handsome late Perpen-dicular structure, dating from the end of the fifteenthcentury. Its leading external featur
. In the old paths: memories of literary pilgrimages . FAIRFORD CHURCH IN THE HOMELAND OF JOHN KEBLE : ** A precious stone set in a silver sea. 198 FAIRFORD AND JOHN KEBLE beauty, loaded as they were with their pink-and-whitespire-shaped blossoms. Like Lechlade, Fairford has its little market squareand old Georgian inns. Back from the square, andclose to the gates of the manor, the church is situatednear the banks of the Coin, amid a wilderness of leafybeauty. The church itself is a handsome late Perpen-dicular structure, dating from the end of the fifteenthcentury. Its leading external feature is a fine squarecentral tower, crowned with parapets and though there were no painted windows at Fair-ford, the finely carved screens, stalls, and misericordes,all late fifteenth-century work, would have amply re-paid a visit. The story goes that the church was builtfor the windows; that in the fifteenth century JohnTame, a merchant, had captured an argosy bound forRome containing a cargo of stained glass. Tame hadalready purchased t
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