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ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES OF THE CHURCH.
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INDEX
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Aberford, Sun-dial at, 194
Acoustic Jars, 34-43
Acoustic properties destroyed, 130
Age of yew trees, 258-260
Ales, Church, 216
Alfred, king, stimulating learning, 12
Alfriston, 18
Alms-boxes and alms-dishes, 154-161
Alnwick, Alms-box at, 156
Altars adorned with flowers, 64
Altar steps, Preaching from the, 121
Andrews, William, Wearing Hats in Church, 88-93; Curious Vanes, 175-182; People and Steeple Rhymes, 183-188; Jack of the Clock-house, 200-214
Ankerwyke, 262
Arabic chronicle, 5
Architecture, symbolism, 22
Ashburton, Jars found at, 38
Ash Wednesday, 78
Axminster, yew at, 257
Axon, W. E. A., Supernatural Interference in Church Building, 17-20
Baptism beliefs, 252-254
Barford, Custom at, 222
Barker, Rev. J. Hudson, B.A., Ecclesiastical Symbolism in Architecture, 21-33; Fish and Fasting, 71-77; Shrove-tide and Lenten Customs, 78-87
Basilica-shaped churches, 24
Beckenham, Collecting-box at, 163
Bede, 12
Beginnings of church literature, 2
Benham, Canon, Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle, 111-120
Berwick-on-Tweed, Pulpit at, 126
Beverley, Sun-dial at, 192
Bickering in church history, 3
Birmingham, Custom at, 226
Bishopstone, Vane at, 176
Blickling, Collecting-box at, 166-167
Blythborough, Collecting-box at, 164; Jack at, 214
Bolton Abbey, 260
Bonn Ball at Scawby, 225
Boston, Rhyme on, 185
Bovey Tracey, Pulpit at, 134, 135
Bow Church, Vane at, 176-177
Bowness-on-Windermere, Rhyme on, 185
Bows, 273-276
Boxes for offerings, Earliest, 154
Bradford-on-Avon, 179
Bramford, Alms-box at, 156
Branches of yew at burials, 278
Brawling, Punishment for, 102
Breedon, 19
Bridal favours, 69
Bristol, Jacks at, 207
Brushfield, Dr. T. N., Yew Trees in Churchyards, 256-278
Brussels, Jack at, 214
Buckland, Yew tree at, 266-267
Burning books, 10
Bury St. Edmund’s, Sun-dial at, 197
“Bygone Scotland,” Picture from, 125
Caedmon, 12
Canterbury Crypt, 47, 49-50; Windows at, 145
Carfax, Oxon, Jacks at, 208
Carling Sunday, 84-85
Carlisle Cathedral, Window at, 142
Carlow, Rhyme on, 184
Carlyle, Thomas, on Middle Ages, 1
Cartmel Fell, Window at, 148
Cashel, 19
Cassiodorus, 5
Caxton, 273
280Cheddar, Alms-box at, 158
Chester-le-Street, 78
Chichester, Jars found at, 38
Christmas customs, 63
Chrysanthemum, 30
Church in early days, 1
Church and Churchyard Charms and Cures, 236-255
Church History and Historians, 1-16
Church Windows, 137-153
Churchyard superstitions, 246-247
Churnside, Sun-dial at, 194
Circular Churchyards, 229-235
Climate and architecture, 169
Clipping the churches, 226-227
Clock at St. Paul’s, 201-203
Clothing lore, 255
Cock-fighting in churchyards, 221
Coffin, Charms connected with, 241, 247
Collecting Boxes, 162-167
Commonwealth, destructon of stained glass, 151
Confirmation superstitions, 254
Continental pulpits, 132-133
Conway, Sun-dial at, 194
Cooper, Rev. A. N., Heathen Customs at Christian Feasts, 58-70
Coventry, Holy Trinity Church, pulpit at, 132
Cox, Dr., on Darley yew tree, 260
Cranmer on pulpits, 123
Cromwell, Oliver, publicly rebuked, 96
Cross, 23
Crowhurst, 262
Crusades, 24
Crypts, 44-57
Cudgell-playing in churchyards, 221
Cudham, 262
Cuming, H. Syer, Old Collecting Boxes, 162-167; Jack at Southwold 213-214
“Curious Church Gleanings” quoted, 101
Curious history of a window, 150
Curious Vanes, 175-182
Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle, 111-120
Darley, Yew tree at, 260-261, 263
Dead, Superstitions respecting, 66
Decorations at Christmas, 273
Denbish, Ruined chapel at, 19
Denford, Jars found at, 38
Denmark, churches in, Jars found at, 40
Destruction of books, 10
Dishes for Alms, 158-160
Dissension, 3
Disraeli, 9
Dorchester Abbey, Windows at, 144
Durham Cathedral, Pancakes at, 79; Football, 79; Wearing hats in, 92; Windows, 141; Alms-Dish at, 159; Playing in the cloisters, 222
Dragons, 171
Dragon at St. Mary-le-Bow, 176-177
Dromore, 184
Druidical religion, 63
Dugdale’s “Baronage” quoted, 115
Eagle-lecturn, 123
Earl Stonham, Collecting-box at, 165-166
East Budleigh, 265
East Clevedon, Penance at, 106
East Harling, Jars found at, 37; Collecting-box at, 165
East windows, 142
Easter eggs, 65
Ebberston, Sun-dial at, 198
Ecclesiastical Symbolism in Architecture, 21-33
Edward I. on planting yew trees, 270
Efenechtyd, 232
Eggs, 65
Eglingham, Alms-dish at, 160
Eisteddfod, 230
Elizabeth, Queen, at Cambridge, 90
Elmsted, Sun-dial at, 198
Elsworth, Sun-dial at, 192
Emblems of death, Yews, 276
English church historians, Modern, 11
Epilepsy, Charms for, 237, 239, 240
Etchingham Church, 18
Evagrius, 5
Excommunication common, 103; Pope’s power of, 108
Expelling a bishop, 103
281Eyam, Natural pulpit, 135; Plague, 136; Sun-dial 196
Fabulous element in monkish labours, 8
Fairford, Windows at, 146
Fairies, Church built for, 19
Fairs in Churchyards, 218
Fairwell, Jars found at, 38
Fathers of church history, 4
Feasts, Village, 67
Fighting at fairs, 225
Filey, Vane at, 179
Fire at St. Paul’s, 200
Fish and Fasting, 71-77
Fish in Lent, 76
Fish as vanes, 72
Fish window, 75
Five Sisters’ window, York Minster, 138
Flowers as an offering to the gods, 64
Flowers on graves, 252
Fotheringay, Vane at, 181
Fortingal, 259
Foundation, Symbolism of, 26-27
Football at weddings, 219
Football on Shrove Tuesday, 78
Fox-and-Geese boards in churches, 227
Fox, George, wearing his hat in church, 88, 89
Foxe, Works by, 13
France, churches in, jars found at, 40, 43
Frost, Thomas, Alms-boxes and Alms dishes, 154-161; Sun-dials, 189-199
Fulbourne, Old pulpit at, 126
Gainsborough, Rhyme on, 185
Games in Churchyards, 215-228
Gargoyle, Meaning of, 171
Gargoyles, 168-174
Germans producing church history, 11
Ghosts, Belief in, 61
Giants at St. Dunstan’s Church, 204-207
Glass made with pit coal, 146
Glass makers, 146
Gloucester Cathedral, Crypt at, 51; Windows at, 143; Games at, 227
Godreforth, 20
Going a-mothering, 81-82
Good Friday, Fishing on, 76
Gorsedd, 230
Gosberton, Rhyme on, 185
Gothic archhitecture, 22
Gothic builders, 168
Grasshopper, 178
Great Ponton, Vane at, 181-182
Greek historians, 5
Greek Church, Penance in, 94
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 178
Grindon, Alms-dish at, 160
Guilsford, 259
Haddock, Marks in the, 73
Haddon Hall, 268
Hadleigh, Sun-dial at, 192
Halsworthy, 239
Harbledown, Alms-box at, 160
Harlington, Curious yew tree at, 269
Hartlepool, Sun-dial at, 194
Hartmut, Abbot, 9
Hatfield House, 268
Hats worn during Divine service, 89-91
Hats worn in synagogues, 88
Haxey Hood, 223-224
Heathen Customs at Christian Feasts, 58-70
Helston, Sun-dial at, 195
Henry II. doing penance, 50
Hensor, 259
Hereford, Movable pulpit at, 125
Hesketh, Sun-dial at, 195
Hexham, Crypt at, 45; Alms-box at, 155
Hingley, G., picture of Darley yew tree, 261, 263
Holly and evergreens, 63
Holy Water, Stealing, 242-243
Honeywood, Patty, Poem by, 193
Hooker’s works, 14
Hornsea, Rhyme on, 186
Horse racing, 181
Hour-glass, 131
Howlett, England, Games in Churchyards, 215-228
Hull, Strange penance at, 102
282Hurstmonceaux, 104
Hutton-Buscell, Sun-dial at, 194
Hythe, Crypt at, 52-55
Ingoldsby Legends referred to, 112
Iron pulpit, 128
Isfield, 19
Isle of Man, Penance in, 105
Isleworth, Sun-dial at, 196
Jack of the Clock-house, 200-214
Jaundice, Charm for, 250
Jewish Church, 60
Julius Africanus, 4
Juno, Worship of, 58
Kenne, 262
Kelsale, Collecting-box at, 164, 165
Kinkell, Rhyme on, 183
Kirk Arbory, Sun-dial at, 198
Knights, M., on Norwich Jacks, 208-213
Knights Templar, 24
Knox, John, Pulpit of, 126-128
Lambeth, Window at, 149; Gargoyles at, 174
Language, growth of, 59
Lastingham Crypt, 46
Latimer on pulpits, 123
Latin Christianity, History of, 6
Leeds, Pulpit at St. John’s Church, 129, 130
Leigh, Cursing at, 117
Lenten customs, 78-87
Leyland, Sun-dial at, 194
Lincoln Cathedral, Windows at, 139-140; Gargoyle at, 172
Llanfechain, 234
Llanfoist, 262
Llanrhaiadr, 151
Lockerbie, Rhyme on, 184
London, Crypts discovered in, 56-57
Long bows, 274
Looms set up in a crypt, 50
Louth, Windows at, 143
Loving cup, 65
Luddington, Rhyme on, 185
Ludlow, Vane at, 180
Luppet, Jars found at, 38
Madness, Curing, 245
Magna Charta, 262
Marbles, Playing in cloisters, 222
Marble pulpit, 133
Market Harborough, Sun-dial at, 194
Marriage ceremonies, 69
Martyrs, 147
Maundy money, 87
Mayfield Church, 18
May morning superstition, 246
Meare, Alms-box at, 155
Mediæval church, preaching in the, 123
Miller, Hugh, on Sun-dials, 191
Mirrors used in worship, 58
Moat round Etchingham Church, 18
Molestation of preacher, 108
Monastery founded by Cassiodorus, 5
Monkish literature, 5
Monks, Penance of, 100
Mothering Sunday, 80-81
Movable pulpits, 125
Mucross Abbey, 260
Multiplication of manuscripts by monks, 5
Nave, Symbolism of, 27
Needle, St. Wildrid’s, 46
Neen Solars, Alms-box at, 161
Newcastle Cathedral, 23
Newington, Rhyme on, 187
Newry, Rhyme on, 184
Norbury Park, 268
Northallerton, Sun-dial at, 194
Normandy, Custom in, 219
North side of churches, 219
North Mims, Alms-box at, 157
Norwich, Jars found at, 35-37; Jacks at, 208-213
Notker, 9
November fifth, 225-226
Numbers, Symbolism of, 28
Nuns, Penance of, 100
Offwell, 267
Old Collecting-Boxes, 162-167
283Oldest wooden pulpit in England, 126
Old glass, 151
Oldham, Sun-dial at, 199
Origen, Labours of, 8
Outwell, Alms-box at, 155-156
Owen, Rev. Elias, M. A., F.S.A., Circular Churchyards, 229-235
Oxford, Alms-box at, 155
Pagan temples, 231
Page, John T., Crypts, 44-57
Palmers, 86
Passion Sunday, 86
Paste Egg Day, 87
Patrington, Gargoyle at, 173
Patristic literature, 8
Paull, Rhyme on, 186-187
Pear-tree Church, Southampton, 90-91
Pedlar and his dog, 149
Penance, 94
Penitents received back into the church, 109
People and Steeple rhymes, 183-188
Pershore, Penance at, 106; Fair at, 218
Peterborough Cathedral, 23; Windows at, 144
Philostorgius, 5
Pillars, Symbolism of, 27
Pinchbeck, Rhyme on, 185
Pioneers of ecclesiasticism, 1
Poetry, Beauty of, 21
Porch, Watching in the, 251
Portbury, 257
Portsmouth, Vane at, 179-180
Preaching crosses, 134
Preston, Rhyme on, 185
Priests, Instruction for, 220-221
Private penance, 98-100
Pulpits, 121-136
Puritans and Papists, 14
Puritans wearing hats in church, 92
Pusey, Dr., 106
Quakers at funerals, 93
Quaker’s penance, 97
Raskelfe, Rhyme on, 186
Reading, 273
Reeds and straw in windows, 144
Rees, Rev. R. Wilkins, Church and Churchyard Charms and Cures, 236-255
Reformation, Text-books at, 5
Refreshment Sunday, 80
Refugees worshipping in a crypt, 50
Religion, Growth of, 59
Reredos, 31-33
Restoration of letters, 9
Ring, Wedding, 69
Rings, Kings hallowing, 244
Robin Hood, Legend of, 180
Rockingham, Rhyme on, 185
Roman Courts, 24
Roman festivals, 61-63
Roman sun-dials, 190
Rothwell Crypt, 52-55
Round churches, 23
Ruskin on Pulpits, 133
Sacramental money, 243
Sacrament shilling, 238
Saints, Writing lives of, 6
Sandwich, Jars found at, 38
Scarborough, Funeral customs at, 92
Scrambling bread, 222
Scriptures copied by monks, 100-101
Seats in churchyards, 265-266
Selby, Window at, 143
Self-abnegation, 6
Selling goods in churchyards, 224
Shakespeare on Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle, 112-113; on yew tree, 277
Shenstone, Sun-dial at, 192
Shrewsbury, Curious grave-stone at, 118
Shrove-tide and Lenten customs, 78-87
Silver rings, 239
Skulls of horses found in churches, 43
Skull superstition, 241
Socrates, 5
Soldier, Strange story of, 203
Solemn penance, 105
Sopley, Pulpit at, 128
284Southwark, Gargoyles at, 173
Southwell, Antiquities of, quoted, 115-116
Southwold, Jacks at, 213
Spalding, Rhyme on, 185
Stained glass, Early, 144
Stalls, Carving on, 30
Standish, Sun-dial at, 195
Staple-Fitz-Paine, 265
State and Church, 12
Strange story of penance, 101
Stocks, 265
Stockton-on-Tees, Alms-dish at, 159
Stone pulpits, 134
Stony Stratford, Gargoyle at, 170
Stool-ball, 216
Stool of Repentance, 94-110
St. Anthony and the pig, 148
St. Beuno, Alms-box at, 157
St. Columba’s box, 154
St. Cuthbert’s box, 154
St. Dunstan’s, Giants at, 204-207
St. George’s Church, London, Rhyme on, 188
St. George’s, Windsor, Alms-box at, 156, 157
St. Giles’, Edinburgh, Pulpit from, 127
St. Ives’, Sun-dial at, 195
St. Jude’s, South Exeter, Vane at, 181
St. Laurence, 176
St. Laurent-en-Caux, Jars at, 40-41
St. Neot’s, Windows at, 146
St. Paul’s, Crypt under, 57; Cross, 131, 134; Jacks at, 201-203
St. Peter’s, Cornhill, 175-176
Stratfleur Abbey, 260
St. Sepulchre’s Church, Cambridge, 23; Vanes at, 178
Sunday funerals, 251-252
Sunday, Holiday on, 68
Sunday, Paying money for not attending church, 158
Sunderland, Alms-dish at, 160
Sun-Dials, 189-199
Supernatural Interference in Church Building, 17-20
Surfleet, Rhyme on, 185
Sweden, churches in, Jars found at, 40
Tansy cakes, 66
Temple Church, 23
Temple, the Sun-dial at, 197
Theodore, 5
Thirteen, St. Paul’s clock striking, 203
Thomas à Becket buried in a crypt, 50
Thornby, Sun-dial at, 191
Thornton, John, of Coventry, 143, 145
Throwing shoes, 70
Tisbury, 262
Tombs, Games on, 227
Toothache, Charm for, 249
Topiary work, 268
Totteridge, 265
Trefnant, Sun-dial at, 196
Tristram Shandy quoted, 119-120
Triton, 175
Tullow garters, 184
Tyack, Rev. G. S., Pulpits, 121-136; Church Windows, 137-153
Udimore, 18
Ugley, Rhyme on, 183
Upton, Jars found at, 38
Vale of Clwyd, Circular churchyard in the, 231
Vanes, 175-182
Vitality of yew trees, 266-267
Waldron Church, 18
Walters, Cuming, Church History and Historians, 1-16; The Stool of Repentance, 94-110
Warrington, Parish accounts, 225-226
Wart charms, 248
Washing of feet, 87
Wassail bowl, 65
Wearing Hats in Church, 88-93
Wearmouth, 145
Wedding cake, 66
Weeping Chancels, 23
West Harton, Reredos at, 31-33
Westminster Abbey, Gargoyle at, 172, 174; Window, 150
West Monckton, 265
285West Walton, 17
Whitburn Church, 23; Whitburn, 75
Whitby, Sun-dial at, 193
White, Rev. Gilbert, 257, 262, 266, 270, 271
White sheet, Penance in, 98, 104, 107
Whithorn, Rhyme on, 184
Whitley Chapel, 71
Whooping-cough charms, 249
Wildridge, T. Tindall, Gargoyles, 168-174
William III. wearing his hat in church, 92
William of Wykeham, 140
Winchester Cathedral, Crypt at, 51
Windows, Symbolism of, 27-28, 30
Windsor, Alms-box at, 156, 157
Winwick, 19
Witchcraft, To resist, 242
Woodbury, 272
Worcester Cathedral, Crypt at, 51
Wordsworth on penance, 104
Worshipping in crypts, 44
Wrestling matches in churchyards, 222
Wrexham Church, 19
Wyclif, 12
Yates, Geo. C., Acoustic Jars, 34-43
Yews used for palms, 271-272
Yew Trees in Churchyards, 256-278
York, Windows at, 143
Youghal, Jars found at, 41-42
Youlgreave, 266
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