Old times re-visited in the borough and parish of Lymington, Hants . ILLTl!nKf«©lf (DMHi. THE PARISH CHURCH. 17 damages in the style of their era ; and built up the tower, pulling-down the south transept for that purpose. The oldest monumentswere destroyed or removed; the grave-stones, with crosses, & broken up, or used as floor slabs, or buried under thesurface. Here several (of very early date, earlier than the presentchurch) were discovered on the repewing of the building in few were left undisturbed in front of the modern communiontable : one of a priest, who had no doubt ofte
Old times re-visited in the borough and parish of Lymington, Hants . ILLTl!nKf«©lf (DMHi. THE PARISH CHURCH. 17 damages in the style of their era ; and built up the tower, pulling-down the south transept for that purpose. The oldest monumentswere destroyed or removed; the grave-stones, with crosses, & broken up, or used as floor slabs, or buried under thesurface. Here several (of very early date, earlier than the presentchurch) were discovered on the repewing of the building in few were left undisturbed in front of the modern communiontable : one of a priest, who had no doubt often served at the altarwhich he lay facing in death. All the brasses of this, as well asof the others, had long ago vanished; but an inscription IfntJ anftcJi QaUowsnttigf, preserved some slight record down to our time. The altar atwhich he stood had been desecrated, removed, and destroyed;but the piscina still remains in the south wall of the chancel, asit did in the old catholic times. Such was, and is, the church; but who can bring back to usthe people who frequented it ? Who can
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