| "The old church was built by
Henri de Newburgh, and dedicated to St Peter, and
therefore is of great age, from which cause it had
fallen into decay, and required very extensive
repairs. At some remote period the old Norman
roof had been replaced by a flat slatted one, lighted
by skylights, and had a flat ceiling; large galleries
an round three sides of the church, in a most
unsightly manner; the pews were also of the old close
description.
The entrance to the church was in the tower,
under the west window, which had been barbarously
mutilated to allow the insertion of a doorway; the old
south entrance had been blocked up, and the ancient
porch removed.
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