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148 ANGLO-SAXON IJEMAINS IN IVER CHURCH, BUCKS. the discovery on the nortlierii side of the nave, of remains of clearly earlier date than the oldest parts mentioned above [the Norman arches on this side]. In repairing a crack Avhich appeared in the wide Norman pillar, on that side, it ■was found to be caused by the jamb of a doorway being- built up in the mass of the pillar, and on removing the plastering over one of the Norman arches, a portion of a Avindow was discovered, which had evidently been partly cut away for the purpose of admitting of the insertion of these arches. The mouldings which surround this window are of a very curious form, diifering very much from those usual in Norman work, and the reddened surface of the stone seems to evince the effects of fire. It is clear, from these remains, that the original church had no northern aisle, but on that side had an ordinary wall with doorway and win- dows ; but that at a later period, and probably after the building had sufi'ered from fire, an aisle was added, and the present Norman arches inserted." Arches of the North Aisle, Iver Church. The extent of the Anglo-Saxon work in this church appears however to be more considerable than we might at first siofit be led to apprehend from the above extract. Of the door- way alluded to by Mr. Scott I could find no traces ; no sign appears through the present plastering, though of course this does not prove that the jamb, &c., may not still exist in the actual masonry. But besides the window, of which I shall presently speak moi'e in detail, another remarkable vestige of the earliest church is vet to be traced. Beneath the win-