crowded under the E. bay of the arcade.  The recumbent effigies are finished in much detail, but a certain mystery hangs about their identity.  They are now regarded as those of Baron John Harington of Aldingham (d. 1418) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, nee Courtney (1472).  The lady’s head-dress, in the shape of a mitre, is particularly noteworthy.  On the N. side of the sanctuary is an altar tomb panelled with devices of the Five Wounds.  It is supposed to have served as an Easter sepulchre.  An earlier model of the same tomb stands in the N. porch.  In the S. aisle is a round-headed founder’s recess, containing the mail-clad figure of a knight, supposed to be Simon Fitz-Roger (temp. Richard I.); close by is a smaller recess.  The rood-loft has disappeared, but a stairway and window mark its former position.  Note the indications of the earlier character of the sanctuary in the E. window and double-drained piscina.  In the churchyard is a restored cross.  The “Ship” at the fork of the Lynton road is a venerable hostelry, once patronised by Southey; and there is another quaint house on the road to Minehead.  Specimens of an oak jug peculiar to Porlock may be obtained in the village.  The nearest approach to the sea is by the road to the Weir.  Here a pebble ridge encloses the tide and forms a natural pill, which a pair of dock gates transforms into a rude harbour.  The view across the bay to Hurlstone Point and Bossington is delightful.  Pretty views may also be obtained from Park Road, a long zigzag ascent which finally joins the Lynton road.  Another pleasant walk can be taken in Hawkcombe valley (past W. end of church); whilst a third, passing “Doverhay,” may terminate at the Horner Valley (L.), or at Stoke Pero (R.).  A visit should be paid to Allerford, where there is an ancient pack-horse bridge of two arches, and whence the summit of Bossington Beacon may be reached by some charming zigzag paths through the woods.

[Illustration:  ALLERFORD]

Portbury, a village 8 m.  N.W. of Bristol (nearest stat.  Pill).  It is a place where many Roman remains have been found.  It possesses a spacious church, which has a fine Norm. recessed S. door.  The chancel arch is also of Norm. origin, but has undergone alteration.  There is a good E. window and a sanctuary bell-cot.  The triple sedilia (E.E. or Dec.) and the 17th-cent. brass in the N. aisle should be noticed.  At the junction of the roads to Portishead and Clapton are the remains of a priory, which are now used as a school.  It is said to have belonged to an Augustinian Abbey at Bristol.