Gloucestershire
loO GLOUCESTERSHIRE. the south transept, placed within an ornamented arch, a. fine specimen of the architecture of that period. .Ai is an altar tomb, with recumbent effigies of a knight the west end of tbe village is a canopied stone cross, in armour, representing Sir Nicholas de Villiers and a restored in I878 by Mrs. Paul Butler, late of Down lady: in the north transept is a marble monument, .Ampney House, in memory of her husband. The Eari richly gilt, with effigies in armonr kneeling, to Sir of St. Germans is lol'd of the manor and chief land .Anthony Hungerford, kt. ob. I653, and Sir John Hunger owner. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay and graveL ford kt. ob. 1637: in I897 a carve-d reredos, rood· and The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is other screens, choir stalls and pulpit were erected: the 2,777 acres; rateable value, £I,86z; the population in transept was rebuilt· by the 3rd Earl of St. Germans 1911 was 347. · G.C.B. who also largely contributed to the restoration In I894, by Local Government Board: Order No. of the church in I863: the lych-gate was erected at the 32,o64, part of .Ampney Crucis civil parish was adde<\ cost of Mrs. Paul Butler, late of Down .Ampney House, to Down .Ampney. in I877: the church was resented in I897 by H. Martin Sexton, Alfred Martin. Gibbs esq. of Down Ampney House, and now affords 250 • sittings. The register dates from the year I6o3. The Post & T.
[Show full text]