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ST. MARY'S, BARTON unusual in such a chapel, sedilia. The aisles are wide and out of proportion to the building in both churches. The east window is white, with one little bit of old glass in it, and on the floor is a full-sized brass of Simon Seman Sheriff of London, in Alderman's gown. Some Parliamentarian soldiers' armour is in the vestry of St. Peter's. There are also two fine oak chests, one hollowed out of a section of a large tree with the outer slab of the tree several inches thick as a lid. A similar, but smaller, chest is in Blawith church vestry, near Coniston Lake, Lancashire.[1]

St. Mary's, Barton-on-Humber.

  1. At Mellor in Derbyshire is a pulpit of very early date, hollowed out of the trunk of a tree and carved in panels.