The Plates are as follows:— 1. Battlefield Church as it appeared after the first restoration of 1749. From an engraving by Fras. Parry, after a drawing by Jas. Bowen, Salop. The earliest known sketch of the Church. N. View. (Faces p. 8.) 2. The Church as it appeared in 1792, after the nave had fallen in. From an engraving in the Gentleman’s Magazine, communicated by D. Parkes. The old stone wall is figured in the sketch. S. View. (Faces p. 22.) 3. The Church as it appeared shortly before the second restoration of 1861. S. View. (Faces p. 23.) 4. The Church as it now is, shewing the external alterations made by Mr. S. Pountney Smith, at the second restoration of 1861. S. View. (Faces Title-page.) 5. The wooden image of “Our Lady of Pity,” placed in the Sedilia. From an engraving in the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1792. (See p. 19.)
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