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to the north of the tower retained the original 16th century roof, painted blue, with gold stars.

The church of 1760-1856, of which many sketches and drawings remain, is well remembered by many of the older parishioners, and was an oblong barnlike structure, pewed and galleried, and without a chancel, the east window being of the type termed "Venetian"-a round-headed centre light, divided from two square-headed ones by round pillars. In 1837 a transept across the east end was added, forming a small chancel and providing additional sittings.

As to these buildings I think we may agree with Mr. Cox when he says that the "building of 1760 "was nearly everything a church should not be; "that the additions of 1837 were in worse taste "than those of 1760; and that the whole combined "in an eminent degree the ignorance of the eighteenth with the pretentious meanness of the "nineteenth century, and constituted what used "to be called in one's boyhood an extremely neat "edifice!"

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There are many old gravestones in the churchyard, but few bearing more than initials and a date, and many undecipherable. There is an old stonea flat grave cross-with incised carving, the only word now remaining being ABSOLVO, in Gothic letters. Only the foot of the cross, with three steps, is now left, the stone having been broken into two pieces. The larger portion is now worn quite smooth, though when I first remember it, it was covered with the incised work and inscription. It was found some thirty years ago, in digging a grave to the west of the tower, and measures about 54ins. by about 15ins.

The "rude forefathers of the hamlet" have left but one monument-that of Mary Wilson, wife of Richard Pauper, 19 Oct., 1790-in the place

where they sleep. Where is the "burial place in "ye chancell" for which the "great man Walley" gave three fields? The Waleys, the Litherlands, and the Meolses have long since mingled their dust with that of the nameless dead, and their place knows them no more.

APPENDIX B.

THE BELLS.

Though there was a tower, or more probably a spire, at Wallasey Church as early as the 13th century, the earliest mention of the bells seems to be about twenty years after the present "steeple had been erected on the base of its predecessor, in 1530.

In the returns as to "Church Goods," made in the third year of Edward VI (1550)—those for the Hundred of Wirral (Church Goods, Cheshire, 2. R.

) being certified by John Massey, Kt., and Rowland Stanley, Esq.-"Kyrkeby Walley" appears as having "ij Chaless," and "a ringe of iij belles."

The "first bell" was recast in 1624, as noted in the Register Book:

"Mem that vppon the Seventeenth day of June "A'no D'ni 1624 the first bell belonging to this "Church was new cast by William Clibbery Bel"founder at ye Holt al's the Towne of Lyons ;46 "The new casting whereof Cost 7li & 12d That is "to say-4li 10s for Casting it and 51s for ffifty one "Pound of mettall that was added vnto it."

Henry Bird Churchwardens "Geo: Walker) for that yeare."

46 Holt in Flintshire-formerly Castell Lleon.

The Churchwardens' Accounts, beginning in the year 1658, contain many notes in reference to the bells, consisting chiefly of expenses incurred in repairing the wheels and frame, new bell ropes, gugons,' or "gudgeons," and in "oyle" and liquour" to grease the bells; but none of any great interest until 1672-3, when the "little bell' was recast. The churchwardens then received"for 31 pounds of bell mettle, o1: 03 : 03," and incurred the following expenses :

for cutting the mettle out of the great bell -

expended on men in assisting to raise the bell

for cleansing the Steeple

paid to Lanckshaw that undertooke
to cast the little bell & faild
expended on him & others
Spent in agreeing wth Wm. Poultney

at Liuerpoole to make bell wheeles for wood and boards to make bell wheeles

for ash wood for the worke

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to Tho: Hill & Rob: Willson for wood to be beams to the bell wheeles

pd Wm. Poultney for his worke -
pd to Edward Richardson for his
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Spent on the workmen during the
whole time of working
Spent when certaine of the p'sh &
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the bell

pd for drawing articles on both sides.
Spent when the bell was taken down
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bell cast for keeping the horse two nights & two shoes

Spent in tarrying two days & two
nights my owne charges
given to the bellfounders at and
before the casting of the bell
& to a company of assistants in
breaking the ground to take the
bell out of the mould in meat &
drinke

for ferry to come back againe
pd for ferry of the bell from Liuer-
poole
Spent at loading of the bell at Sea-
combe & bringing to the Church
pd for iron to make bolts & clapes
for the new bell -

pd to Sam: Preeson for worke of the
new bell-

pd to Thomas Gill for his worke at the new bell

pd for two new bell ropes

pd for part of a rope for the third bell for one new bell clapper for flighting the other two & makeing new bowles

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The usual repairs and expenses continue until 1687, the following being a few of the more interesting entries :

1675. for 6 foot of thick plank for the bell ropes to run through,

and wood for bushes

1676. x at letting the great bell downe on the workemen & some others of the p'sh

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