As the above gentleman’s description of the present state of the church at Heckington will give a clearer idea of many others in the county of Lincoln, we perhaps cannot do better than close this account with it.  “This beautiful church, of pure decorated character, is one of the most perfect models in the kingdom, having, with one exception, (that of the groined or interior ceiling which is wanting, and appears never to have been prepared for,) every feature of a fine church, of one uniform style, without any admixture of later or earlier work.  Its mutilations are comparatively small, consisting only in the destruction of the tracey of the north transept window, and some featherings in other windows, and the building and wall to enclose a vestry.  The plan of the church is a west tower and spire, nave and aisles, spacious transepts, and a large chancel, with a vestry attached to the north side.  The nave has a well proportioned clesestory.  There is a south porch, a rich font, the tomb of an ecclesiastic, and the assemblage of niches before described.  In the chancel and some of the church walls are very good brackets.  The vestry has a crypt below it.  Fully to describe this church would require a much larger space than can be allotted to it, but it may be well to remark, that every part of the design and execution is of the very best character, equal to any in the kingdom.”

That this church was built on or near to the site of the one given by Gilbert de Guant, the style of architecture being of much later date, fully demonstrates; and it is more than probable that on its rebuilding, the patent of Edward III. was obtained.  Certain it is that no specimen of an earlier style now remains; but tradition says that the foundation of the church was laid in the year 1101, and the building completed in A.D. 1104, at a cost only of L433. 9_s_. 7_d_.  This statement, if worthy of credit, must be referred to an earlier and less costly edifice than the present.

J.H.S.

[1] We omitted to state that our interesting particulars of the Heckington
    Sepulchre were from Vetusta Monumenta, a splendid folio work
    published by the Antiquarian Society.

[2] Sketches of New and Old Sleaford, County of Lincoln, and of several
    places in the Neighbourhood, p. 224. 8vo Baldwin and Co.

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TRAVELING NOTES IN SOUTH WALES.

(To the Editor.)

Guernsey, Dec. 17, 1831.

Your ingenious and talented correspondent, Vyvyan, in writing on the shrimp, (the Mirror, p. 361, vol. xviii.) remarks that “The sea roamer may often have observed numbers of little air-holes in the sand, which expand as the sun advances.  If he stirs it with his foot, he will cause a brood of young shrimps, who will instantly hop and jump about the beach in the most lively manner,” &c.: