Download or read book The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) written by William Farrer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, Vol. 5 The tower, the ground oor of which is used as a vestry, has walls 4ft. Thick and Opens to the nave by a pointed arch, above which, within the line of the old roof, is a doorway 4ft. 6 in. High and 2 ft. Wide. The ringing chamber above is gained by a ladder, there being no vice, and the upper part of the arch is filled by a glazed screen. Externally the tower is very plain, with diagonal buttresses and a new west doorway and a window above. There is a clock in the south side, and the upper stage on each face has a square-headed two-light louvred belfry window, the lights with trefoiled heads. The tower finishes with an embattled parapet and angle pinnacles. The fittings are mostly modern, but there is a good 16th-century black oak pulpit with back and canopy, the renaissance detail of which is rather elaborate.6 The interior of the church is plastered and painted, the walls of the chancel and nave having a series of figures of great English churchmen, principally leaders of the Protestant Reformation. In a glass case at the end of the nave are preserved the works of Bishop Jewell and other 16th-century Protestant books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."