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[p247]Index.Abbot’s Pew, Malmesbury Abbey,155,159Addisham, Priest’s door at,185Alkborough Maze,193,194All Hallows, Barking,81Alms boxes,180Alnwick, chest at,174Announcing cows in a cornfield,221Antiquarian Problem: The Leper Window,183–185Artificial teeth missing,229Asenby, Maze at,196Ashbourne bells,121Ashton-under-Lyne,113,116–118Bailey, J. E. The Five of Spades and the Church of Ashton-under-Lyne,113–118Baptisms performed in porches,24Beadle’s announcement,224Bede, Venerable,81Bell-ringing laws,125Bell-robbers,141Bells and their Messages,119–132Belvoir,80Beware of thieves,221Big Bones Preserved in Churches,230–243Blacksmith, mediæval,19Blood, foundation laid in,30,43Bocastle,137Bottreaux,137Bradbury, Edward. Bells and their Messages,119–132Bradford-on-Avon Church,7Brancepeth, chest at,178Briefs,49Brigstock bells,139Briscoe, J. P. Stories about Bells,133–144Bristol,62,75,79Bronze-doors,21Brundall,147Building of the English Cathedrals,46–75Burial customs,26Burial at north side of church,209–215Buried alive,40Burials in Lady Chapels,82–83Bury St. Edmunds,80Candle in a coffin,42Canterbury,51,53,72,79Carlisle,62,70,72Carthage, Council of,4Cauld Lad of Hilton,32Chantries,72Chappell of Oure Ladye,76–100Charm of country bells,131Chartres, Maze at,191Cheltenham, All Saints’ Church,14Chester,62,79Chesterfield, bones at,234; spire,110Chichester,49,50,62,65,75,79Chimes,130Christening ships,35Christmas games,115Christ Church, Hants.,79; Christ Church, Oxford,157Church Chests,161–182Church Door,1–29Churchwardens’ accounts,126–127Churchyard Superstitions,206–215Cocks, live, built into walls,44Coins, burial of,35Colchester, Trinity Church Door,5,7Cologne Cathedral,42Combs, chest at,181Compton Martin,80Concerning Font-Lore,145–152Conversation in church,245Cope chests,180Cornish bell-lore,137Coventry, chest at,171,173; spires,102,104Courts in the porch,27Cromwell’s soldiers,84Crowle Church,1,8,10Crowland Abbey,48[p248]Curfew bell,125,129Curious Announcements in Church,216–229Danes, incursions of,53–55Darenth,80Darrington church,38Dartmouth Church,19,21Decorated Style,68Dedicating chapels,81Devil, sold to the,42Dickens, Charles, on Bells,120Dissolution of monasteries,84Dogs haunting churches and castles,31Doom,15Door-keepers,4Dun Cow,234,238Durham,9,58,67,80,81,133,234Early Cathedrals,52Early English chests,164Earthquake,65Eggs in foundations,43Elgin,80Elkstone Church,16Elston Church,16,17Exeter,79Ely,54,72,80,84Fair Rosamond,186Finedon,109Fire,65,67,70First burial in a churchyard,39First Prayer Book of Edward VI.,25,26Fives of Spades and the Church of Ashton-under-Lyne,113–118Florence, doors at,22Flowers in churchyards,207Fordham,80Forrabury,137Founhope Church,16Foxton,185France, card playing in,113Galilee Chapel, Durham,67Gambling, sermon against,113German bell-lore,121; mythology,36Gild of Cloth Merchants,22Glastonbury,79,175Gloucester,13,56,61,79Grantham,107Guy, Earl of Warwick,238Haddenham,81Haltham Church,16Hampton Court, maze at,186Harold’s tomb,96HartyChapel, chest at,177Hearthstones, bones under,40Hel-horse,43Henry the Seventh’s Chapel,82,85Henry VII. a card player,115Hereford,61,72,74,79Heysham,10Higham Ferrers,13,14,18,109Hill, Rev. P. Oakley. Concerning Font-Lore,145–152Hillbury maze,200Hilton maze,194Holland,41HolsworthyChurch,36Holy Land, leprosy brought from,184Horses interred alive,43Howlett, E. Sacrificial Foundations,30–45Hulme,80Importation of cards prohibited,114Indulgences,49Inscriptions on bells,128–129Iona,39Ironwork,19–20Islington,111Jarrow-on-Tyne,81Johnson, Rev. T. Churchyard Superstitions,206–215Kilkenny,80Knockers,23Laughter in church,246Lambeth Palace,179Leper-Window,183–185Lichfield,62,68,104,107,158Lights in Lady Chapels,95Limerick bells,134Lincoln Cathedral,15,65,70,71,154Lion Fonts,147Liverpool,74Llanaber, chest at,180Llandaff,9,62,135Llanthony,80Lost goods cried in church,215Louth,105,108Low-side windows,183Lucca Cathedral, maze at,187,188[p249]Lych window,185Lynn, Thoresby door,18,19Malmesbury Abbey,155,159Mallwyd, bones at,233Manchester,69,79Mariolatry,77Marriage customs,25Massacre of Thomas à Becket,90Massingham bells,139Maundy Thursday,15Mazes,186–205Modern mazes,203–205Mortar, blood in,37Mortlake, chest at,177New Walsingham,146Newcastle-on-Tyne,70Newington chest lost,182Norman architecture,8,57–68Norman Conquest,57Northamptonshire spires,102North side of church, burial at,209–215Northorpe,31Norwich,28,61,84,103,104,145Old Saint Paul’s,103Olney,109Oundle,108Over, chest at,167,178Oxford,62,66,79,82,108Page, Jno. T. Some Famous Spires,101–112Paris,11“Paston Letters,”114Penance,49Pennant Melangell, legend of,230People and Steeple Rhymes,111Pepys, Samuel, at Church,244–246Peterborough,12,47,62,65,72,75,79,84Pimpern maze,200Poetry on bells,122–125Porches,24Preferment fee,50Rees, Rev. R. Wilkins. Curious Announcements in Church,216–229; Big Bones Preserved in Churches,230–243Relics of a Saint,81Ripon,59,62,72,73,80,200Rochester,51,62,65,80Rome, founding of,34Rooms over porches,158Rougham Church,16Roumania,40Rushden,109Sacrificial Foundations,30–45Saffron Waldon, maze at,196Salisbury,47,68,79,103Samuel Pepys at Church,244–246Saxon architecture,8Scutari,41Sempringham Abbey,18,20Sermon lost,222Seven Sacrament Fonts,146Seville Cathedral,11Shakespeare,28,31,193Shandon, bells of,123Shrewsbury,107Shrine of St. Frideswide,82Shrines,51,82Skipton,223Sleeping in church,245Sneinton, maze at,196–199Spires,101–112Some Famous Spires,101–112Southwell,62,63,66Southwold chest,165Sowerford-Keynes,8Stamp, Rev. J. H. Ye Chappell of Oure Ladye,76–100Stonham Aspel,170Stories about Bells,133–144Strasburg Cathedral,11St. Albans,52,62,72,75,79,85,87,154,158St. Anne’s Well and Maze,196,197,199St. Asaph,69St. Cuthbert, tomb of,82St. David’s,62,154St. Fillan’s bell,144St. Frideswide’s shrine,157St. Giles’s Cathedral,14St. Hugh,66,71St. Lawrence’s, Isle of Thanet,169St. Mary’s Redcliff,79,85,107,241St. Monacella’s lambs,231St. Mura, bell of,136St. Odhran,39St. Paul’s,73St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich,145St. Quentin, maze at,192[p250]Suicides, Burial of,211Swedish folk-tales,32Thetford,80Thorns, barring a door with,29Tintagel,137Torch, symbol of,42Town bells,131Truro,75Tunstall, legend of,141Tyack, Rev. G. S. The Church Door,1–29; The Building of the English Cathedrals,46–75; Watching-Chambers,153–160; Church Chests,161–182; Mazes,186–205Tympanum,5,12,14,16Tyre, church at,2Unclerically dressed,49Upton chest,166,167Upton font,148Vestments153Voluntary labour,52Wakefield,74Walsingham,80Waltham Abbey,80,88Warwick,82Watching-Chambers in Churches,153–160Weathercock rhyme,109Wells,69,72,79Welsh border,55West doors,13,14Westminster,79–81,82,179White, William. An Antiquarian Problem: The Leper Window,183–185Wimborne,80Winchester,61,67,79,177,195,196Witham-on-the-Hill bells,140Worcester,56,61,68,70Wymondham,80York,71,72


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