AMOTHERBY a and b are two cross-heads, cemented upon a graveslab against the porch wall, inside; both of rather fine buff sandstone, roughly hacked. The face shown in a is incised, but the back is in relief; it is 18 by 11 inches, and 6 inches thick. (B.)

The face shown in b is in high relief and the back incised; this is 20 by 14 inches, and 6 inches thick; no traces of wheel. (B.)

BARNINGHAM.-A "Saxon" coffin-lid was found in 1816, mentioned by Whitaker, and engraved in Longstaffe's Darlington, p. 215, 4 feet long, bearing a thick strap interlaced with a narrow strap; not now at Barningham.

In the south-east corner of the churchyard is a cross-socket (whinstone?), rectangular, 27 by 24 by 18 inches, with hole 9 by 8 inches, set across the oblong plan, and 4 inches deep; no ornament.

BEDALE.-Longstaffe in Richmondshire describes six pre-Norman stones at Bedale. The so-called "Saxon cross in the churchyard" is a coped post-Conquest gravestone. Two pre-Norman stones only are now to be seen, both in the crypt.

The circular shaft, shown at a extended, to give the carving all round, is 26 inches tall, 47 inches circumference; deep cut, with softly rounded forms. (A 3.)

The shrine-tomb, of which one end is shown at b, is of coarse, sparkling yellow grit, 15 inches high and 17 inches broad; poor carving, deeply hacked. The stone is too heavy to move and sketch in full, but one side of the roof has a coarse plait; the other side of the roof is defaced; one vertical side has open symmetrical interlacing of a late character. The end figured seems to imitate a

Nativity at Dewsbury. (A 3 or B 1.)

BIRKBY.-The fragment was found in the nave of the church, near the west end; it is built into the west wall, inside; 13 by 8 inches; probably part of a shaft. The medial line of the snakes' bodies is finished with the chisel, but the edges of the bodies are hacked; the ground is boldly and rather deeply cut. The ends of the snakes' tails are blunt. Note the evasion of exact symmetry in the design. (B 2.)

BROMPTON (in Allertonshire) Hogbacks.-In the church, against the organ, stands the hogback represented in a, of freestone, measuring 54 by 21 by 10 inches. The other side is similar in design; on the ridge is a simple incised step-pattern. The carving is chiselled; the strapwork flat but not without 'surface,' and all the surfaces are slightly bombés, the hollows deeply cut. The lower part is roughly chiselled, and not finished like the upper part. (B 3?)