. Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . le lateDec, very narrow, with some Perp. windowsinserted. Good internal doorway moulded, withjamb shafts and singular mask arches E. and W. plain Norm., on fourhalf shafts with square caps, N. and S. octagonal font. Well-carved bench ends,and seats with profuse ornamentation, paterae atregular distances, &c. On one is orate p—(much good work has of late years disappeared);other seats bear incomplete inscriptions. Mostof the poppy heads have been sawn off, two orthree of great beauty left, St. Michael weigh-ing souls, doub
. Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . le lateDec, very narrow, with some Perp. windowsinserted. Good internal doorway moulded, withjamb shafts and singular mask arches E. and W. plain Norm., on fourhalf shafts with square caps, N. and S. octagonal font. Well-carved bench ends,and seats with profuse ornamentation, paterae atregular distances, &c. On one is orate p—(much good work has of late years disappeared);other seats bear incomplete inscriptions. Mostof the poppy heads have been sawn off, two orthree of great beauty left, St. Michael weigh-ing souls, double-headed dolphins, &c., thesehave been carefully restored. W. doorway plainNorm. On outside of tow^er, over S. and , two crosses patoncee of black of wall-painting on tower ceiling, & memorial to St. Leger Algernon Herbert,, war correspondent, killed in Soudan1885. A memorial window in N. aisle toHon. Algernon Herbert (pb. 1855). On copingof churchyard wall carved i7i relievo some odd. ICKLEToX, ST. MARY MAGDALENE. WEST DuORWAY CAMBRIDGESHIRE 107 figures, one representing something like a croco-dile devouring a four-footed animal, having thehead in his mouth ; another, a fox carrying awaya goose, having the neck in his mouth and thebody thrown over his back. Register, ISS^* Transcript, 1599. Restored, 1885. Impington, N. of Cambridge.—St. Andrew:Chancel, nave, S. porch, low embattled W. tower,three bells. Chancel late Dec, with Perp. On E. wall is a niche, painted, richlycanopied and crocketed, bearing the Ely arms,images by side. This work is somewhat bar-barously fenced and curtained. On S. side twoDec. two-light windows. Stairs to rood-loft oncelighted by quatrefoil (now blocked), and frag-ments of rood-screen still remain. Nave of (reredos) alabaster figures broughtto light some years ago. A blocked N. doorway,with four-centred arch and good mouldings. OnN. wall painting of St. Christopher. In jamb ofadja
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