the recent restoration, replacing a plain wall; but the other three on that side and the four arches on the south side, all with octagonal piers, are Early English. The south arcade is the oldest (about A.D. 1200); that on the north side is probably about fifty years or so later. But we may conclude that by the end of the 13th century, the walls of the original nave were replaced by the arcades, the side aisles added, and a tower built at the west end. But the tower may have been a little later. There was probably a north door. doorway was new in 1869.

The present south

At the time of the last restoration the wall of the south aisle, which was of red brick, was rebuilt of stone.

Six new windows were also inserted in the walls of the north and south aisles, three in each. They were copies of the dilapidated ones which were in the north wall at that time, and which Mr. Prickett described as "in their general character of a debased Gothic, being flat-headed, and usually of three lights with ogee arches."*

The clerestory windows of the nave are the same as they were before the Church was restored, except the one nearest the chancel on the south side, which is new, and replaces a small single light window. Some of the

stonework on the same side is also new.

The part of a hagioscope, or squint, as is supposed, in the north pier of the chancel arch (nave side), was found and re-opened during the work of restoration.

It is now time to notice the oak Rood Screen, which is considered to belong to the early part of the fifteenth

*

"History of the Priory Church of Bridlington," by the Rev. M. Prickett, M.A. Ed. 1835, p. 124.

century. The lower portion is still between the nave and chancel in its original length. It is interesting to notice the sockets, which were cut for it in the piers of the chancel arch, and how, owing to the sinking of the piers, the screen does not now touch them. At the recent restoration the gallery at the west end was taken down, and the upper portion of the screen was removed and fixed upon the west wall as it now is. But this portion is not entire. It consisted originally of fifteen niches, but two have been lost from the left hand side, there being only five niches instead of seven on that side of the large or centre niche. The right hand portion of it is still complete. The screen was once elaborately painted in black, crimson, blue, and gold, and must have been very splendid. It has an upper band of finely executed work in vine pattern with grapes, and a lower one in rose pattern. In the East Riding Antiquarian Society's Report for 1893 it is spoken of as an almost unique example of a carved rood screen of wood.*

* The two missing niches. When moved to its present position, the end (left hand) of the screen was so rotten that a niche, the sixth from the large centre one, had to be cut off. The two side uprights of the small intermediate niche belonging to it are now on the last niche at the other end. They were then put there instead of the two belonging to it, of which the tops had been cut off (probably when the sounding-board of the old pulpit was erected, which used to be at the south end of the screen as originally fixed), and which are now at the vicarage. The last, or seventh niche from the large centre one, is witnessed to in like manner. The two uprights of its small niche are also on the screen. They fill the spaces of the small intermediate niches, one in each, on either side of the large central niche. The screen is put together with pegs of wood, but these relics of the two lost niches are fastened on with nails.

a pair of white They were

gloves," cut out of a sheet of paper. placed in the Church at the funeral of a Miss Major, and are now in the charge of the Vicar. So also is an old crook of iron, on which is fastened a piece of faded ribbon, and a parchment label on which is written, "Flambro', September 24th, 1846. This crook belonged to a door leading up into the stairs up into the steeple, and is 770 years old. This ribbon was in Flambro' Church to fix a garland and gloves for a Miss Major about the year 1761." There is an entry in the register of the burial of Sarah Major in 1771. The garland and gloves were given in accordance with an old custom, which used to be observed in many parts of the country at the funeral of a maiden. followed for the last time at Flamborough.

It was then

Passing into the chancel, the four piers and their arches are old, but all the rest was new at the restoration. Before that time the stone of the walls ceased just above the arches, the clerestory being built of red brick, with round-headed windows.

There is some good open tabernacle work of oak separating the Sacrarium from the north and south aisles. This formerly extended on each side to the next pillar of the arcade. That on the north side was moved across the aisle to form the present vestry at the last restoration; and that on the south side to its present position, between the aisles of the chancel and the nave, some time afterwards. It will be noticed that the tabernacle work on the north side is filled in with panels of deal. This was done many years ago, when the end