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equilateral arches, springing from shafted piers; the capitals of the two
central ones being ornamented with foliage of a decorated character; the
others being plain. Each aisle has three three-light windows, of
decorated style, in the side wall, and a fourth at the west end; these
are modern, the north aisle having been re-built in 1820 and the south
aisle in 1821. There are north and south porches.

The chancel arch is modern, the carving of its caps being very delicate.
On the north side the outline of the doorway, formerly leading to the
rood loft, is still visible, and below, on the west side of the chancel
wall, is a well-carved statue bracket of floriated character, which was
transferred from the chancel, and on the south side a still older one,
much plainer.

[Picture: St. Mary's Church]

The east window of the chancel is said to be an enlarged copy of the east
window of the neighbouring Haltham Church. It has five lights, with
flamboyant tracery above, and is filled with rich coloured glass, by
Heaton, Butler & Bayne; the subjects being, on the north side, above "The
Annunciation," below "The Nativity;" 2nd light, above "The Adoration,"
below "The Flight into Egypt;" central light, above "The Crucifixion,"
below "The Entombment;" next light, on south, above "Women at the
Sepulchre;" below "Feed my Lambs;" southernmost light, above "The
Ascension," below "Pentecost." In the upper tracery are "Censing Angels"
and "Instruments of the Passion." This window cost about 280 pounds and
is dedicated to the memory of the late Vicar, Prebendary W. H. Milner,
who was largely instrumental in the restoration of the church, in 1861,
and died Oct. 3, 1868. In that restoration the architect was the late
Mr. Ewan Christian, and the contractors for the work Messrs. Lea & Ashton
of Retford. The cost of the restoration of the chancel was defrayed by
J. Banks Stanhope, Esq., as Lord of the Manor and Lay Rector, the rest
being done by subscriptions amounting to about 4,000 pounds.

The present organ was originally designed by Mr. John Tunstall, and built
by Messrs. Gray & Davidson, of London, at a cost of about 400 pounds. As
re-constructed by Mr. Nicholson, of Lincoln, it contains 3 manuals, a
fine pedal organ with 45 stops, and more than 2,500 pipes. It cost more
than 2,000 pounds, 1,350 pounds of which was contributed by the late
Henry James Fielding, Esq., of Handel House, Horncastle. At a la