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Abbot’s Pew, Malmesbury Abbey, 155, 159

Addisham, Priest’s door at, 185

Alkborough Maze, 193, 194

All Hallows, Barking, 81

Alms boxes, 180

Alnwick174

Announcing cows in a cornfield, 221

Antiquarian Problem: The Leper Window, 183–185

Artificial teeth missing, 229

Asenby, Maze at, 196

Ashbourne bells, 121

Ashton-under-Lyne, 113, 116–118

Bailey, J. E. The Five of Spades and the Church of Ashton-under-Lyne, 113–118

Baptisms performed in porches, 24

Beadle’s announcement, 224

Bede, Venerable, 81

Bell-ringing laws, 125

Bell-robbers, 141

Bells and their Messages, 119–132

Belvoir, 80

Beware of thieves, 221

Big Bones Preserved in Churches, 230–243

Blacksmith, mediæval, 19

Blood, foundation laid in, 30, 43

Bocastle, 137

Bottreaux, 137

Bradbury, Edward. Bells and their Messages, 119–132

Bradford-on-Avon Church, 7

Brancepeth178

Briefs, 49

Brigstock bells, 139

Briscoe, J. P. Stories about Bells, 133–144

Bristol, 62, 75, 79

Bronze-doors, 21

Brundall, 147

Building of the English Cathedrals, 46–75

Burial customs, 26

Burial at north side of church, 209–215

Buried alive, 40

Burials in Lady Chapels, 82–83

Bury St. Edmunds, 80

Candle in a coffin, 42

Canterbury, 51, 53, 72, 79

Carlisle, 62, 70, 72

Carthage, Council of, 4

Cauld Lad of Hilton, 32

Chantries, 72

Chappell of Oure Ladye, 76–100

Charm of country bells, 131

Chartres, Maze at, 191

Cheltenham, All Saints’ Church, 14

Chester, 62, 79

Chesterfield, bones at, 234; spire, 110

Chichester, 49, 50, 62, 65, 75, 79

Chimes, 130

Christening ships, 35

Christmas games, 115

Christ Church, Hants., 79; Christ Church, Oxford, 157

Church Chests, 161–182

Church Door, 1–29

Churchwardens’ accounts, 126–127

Churchyard Superstitions, 206–215

Cocks, live, built into walls, 44

Coins, burial of, 35

Colchester, Trinity Church Door, 5, 7

Cologne Cathedral, 42

Combs, chest at, 181

Compton Martin, 80

Concerning Font-Lore, 145–152

Conversation in church, 245

Cope chests, 180

Cornish bell-lore, 137

Coventry, chest at, 171, 173; spires, 102, 104

Courts in the porch, 27

Cromwell’s soldiers, 84

Crowle Church, 1, 8, 10

Crowland Abbey, 48

[p 248] Curfew bell, 125, 129

Curious Announcements in Church, 216–229

Danes, incursions of, 53–55

Darenth, 80

Darrington church, 38

Dartmouth Church, 19, 21

Decorated Style, 68

Dedicating chapels, 81

Devil, sold to the, 42

Dickens, Charles, on Bells, 120

Dissolution of monasteries, 84

Dogs haunting churches and castles, 31

Doom, 15

Door-keepers, 4

Dun Cow, 234, 238

Durham, 9, 58, 67, 80, 81, 133, 234

Early Cathedrals, 52

Early English chests, 164

Earthquake, 65

Eggs in foundations, 43

Elgin80

Elkstone Church, 16

Elston Church, 16, 17

Exeter, 79

Ely, 54, 72, 80, 84

Fair Rosamond, 186

Finedon, 109

Fire, 65, 67, 70

First burial in a churchyard, 39

First Prayer Book of Edward VI., 25, 26

Fives of Spades and the Church of Ashton-under-Lyne, 113–118

Florence, doors at, 22

Flowers in churchyards, 207

Fordham, 80

Forrabury137

Founhope Church, 16

Foxton, 185

France, card playing in, 113

Galilee Chapel, Durham, 67

Gambling, sermon against, 113

German bell-lore, 121; mythology, 36

Gild of Cloth Merchants, 22

Glastonbury, 79, 175

Gloucester, 13, 56, 61, 79

Grantham, 107

Guy, Earl of Warwick, 238

Haddenham, 81

Haltham Church, 16

Hampton Court, maze at, 186

Harold’s tomb, 96

Harty177

Hearthstones, bones under, 40

Hel-horse, 43

Henry the Seventh’s Chapel, 82, 85

Henry VII. a card player, 115

Hereford, 61, 72, 74, 79

Heysham, 10

Higham Ferrers, 13, 14, 18, 109

Hill, Rev. P. Oakley. Concerning Font-Lore, 145–152

Hillbury maze, 200

Hilton maze, 194

Holland, 41

Holsworthy36

Holy Land, leprosy brought from, 184

Horses interred alive, 43

Howlett, E. Sacrificial Foundations, 30–45

Hulme, 80

Importation of cards prohibited, 114

Indulgences49

Inscriptions on bells, 128–129

Iona, 39

Ironwork, 19–20

Islington, 111

Jarrow-on-Tyne, 81

Johnson, Rev. T. Churchyard Superstitions, 206–215

Kilkenny, 80

Knockers, 23

Laughter in church, 246

Lambeth Palace, 179

Leper-Window, 183–185

Lichfield, 62, 68, 104, 107, 158

Lights in Lady Chapels, 95

Limerick bells, 134

Lincoln Cathedral, 15, 65, 70, 71, 154

Lion Fonts, 147

Liverpool, 74

Llanaber, chest at, 180

Llandaff, 9, 62, 135

Llanthony, 80

Lost goods cried in church, 215

Louth, 105, 108

Low-side windows, 183

Lucca Cathedral, maze at, 187, 188

[p 249] Lych window, 185

Lynn, Thoresby door, 18, 19

Malmesbury Abbey, 155, 159

Mallwyd, bones at, 233

Manchester, 69, 79

Mariolatry, 77

Marriage customs, 25

Massacre of Thomas à Becket, 90

Massingham bells, 139

Maundy Thursday, 15

Mazes, 186–205

Modern mazes, 203–205

Mortar, blood in, 37

Mortlake, chest at, 177

New Walsingham, 146

Newcastle-on-Tyne, 70

Newington chest lost, 182

Norman architecture, 8, 57–68

Norman Conquest, 57

Northamptonshire spires, 102

North side of church, burial at, 209–215

Northorpe, 31

Norwich, 28, 61, 84, 103, 104, 145

Old Saint Paul’s, 103

Olney, 109

Oundle, 108

Over, chest at, 167, 178

Oxford, 62, 66, 79, 82, 108

Page, Jno. T. Some Famous Spires, 101–112

Paris, 11

“Paston Letters,” 114

Penance, 49

Pennant Melangell, legend of, 230

People and Steeple Rhymes, 111

Pepys, Samuel, at Church, 244–246

Peterborough, 12, 47, 62, 65, 72, 75, 79, 84

Pimpern maze, 200

Poetry on bells, 122–125

Porches, 24

Preferment fee, 50

Rees, Rev. R. Wilkins. Curious Announcements in Church, 216–229; Big Bones Preserved in Churches, 230–243

Relics of a Saint, 81

Ripon, 59, 62, 72, 73, 80, 200

Rochester, 51, 62, 65, 80

Rome, founding of, 34

Rooms over porches, 158

Rougham Church, 16

Roumania, 40

Rushden, 109

Sacrificial Foundations, 30–45

Saffron Waldon, maze at, 196

Salisbury, 47, 68, 79, 103

Samuel Pepys at Church, 244–246

Saxon architecture, 8

Scutari, 41

Sempringham Abbey, 18, 20

Sermon lost, 222

Seven Sacrament Fonts, 146

Seville Cathedral, 11

Shakespeare, 28, 31, 193

Shandon, bells of, 123

Shrewsbury, 107

Shrine of St. Frideswide, 82

Shrines, 51, 82

Skipton223

Sleeping in church, 245

Sneinton, maze at, 196–199

Spires, 101–112

Some Famous Spires, 101–112

Southwell, 62, 63, 66

Southwold chest, 165

Sowerford-Keynes, 8

Stamp, Rev. J. H. Ye Chappell of Oure Ladye, 76–100

Stonham Aspel, 170

Stories about Bells, 133–144

Strasburg Cathedral, 11

St. Albans, 52, 62, 72, 75, 79, 85, 87, 154, 158

St. Anne’s Well and Maze, 196, 197, 199

St. Asaph, 69

St. Cuthbert, tomb of, 82

St. David’s, 62, 154

St. Fillan’s bell, 144

St. Frideswide’s shrine, 157

St. Giles’s Cathedral, 14

St. Hugh, 66, 71

St. Lawrence’s, Isle of Thanet, 169

St. Mary’s Redcliff, 79, 85, 107, 241

St. Monacella’s lambs, 231

St. Mura, bell of, 136

St. Odhran, 39

St. Paul’s, 73

St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 145

St. Quentin, maze at, 192

[p 250] Suicides, Burial of, 211

Swedish folk-tales, 32

Thetford, 80

Thorns, barring a door with, 29

Tintagel, 137

Torch, symbol of, 42

Town bells, 131

Truro, 75

Tunstall, legend of, 141

Tyack, 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, 186–205

Tympanum, 5, 12, 14, 16

Tyre, church at, 2

Unclerically dressed, 49

Upton chest, 166, 167

Upton font, 148

Vestments 153

Voluntary labour, 52

Wakefield, 74

Walsingham, 80

Waltham Abbey, 80, 88

Warwick, 82

Watching-Chambers in Churches, 153–160

Weathercock rhyme, 109

Wells, 69, 72, 79

Welsh border, 55

West doors, 13, 14

Westminster, 79–81, 82, 179

White, William. An Antiquarian Problem: The Leper Window, 183–185

Wimborne, 80

Winchester, 61, 67, 79, 177, 195, 196

Witham-on-the-Hill bells, 140

Worcester, 56, 61, 68, 70

Wymondham, 80

York, 71, 72

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