CUNDALL. The figures E, N, W, S represent four sides, east, north, west, south, of a shaft which stands in the churchyard, south of the church, set loosely in the turf. The piece taken out of one arris. shows that it has been used as a lintel; in fact, it is illustrated in position as a lintel by Whitaker (Richmond, vol. ii., p. 195). It is of hard brown stone, 55 inches tall, and in section, 13 by 11 inches, tapering to 10 by 9 inches. The carving is beautifully done, somewhat like that of the Kirkby Hill impost. Even S, which is much weathered, retains the fine character of the work. Like the Croft Anglian fragment, it was drawn in freehand on the stone and not ruled out, as may be seen from the irregularity of the lines. (A 2.)

EASBY.-Built into the south wall of the church, outside, but protected by the niche in which it is placed, is the mutilated figure represented opposite from a pencil sketch. I have drawn it a little too broad for its height; the size is 27 inches long by 8 inches or a trifle less in breadth. It has been a full statue, in high relief, delicately carved in a light and fine yellow sandstone. Locally it is said to represent St. Agatha, the patron saint of the place; and as the whole upper part of the figure has been cruelly defaced, it is impossible to say more than that it is a female seated in a chair, with the feet-rather large in proportion-upon a footstool, and the drapery treated in a style which recalls pre-Norman work. That there was a good figuresculptor at work here in pre-Norman times the figures a and g on the next plate show. (A 2?)

cross.

The little bust (a) is built in near the figure of "St. Agatha," and though much broken, has been well chiselled and fully modelled in high relief, with the eyes and mouth carefully shaped. It appears to be part of a cross-head from what was once an extremely noble The fragment is built in, high on the west wall of the church, outside; c is another fragment, built into the church inside; in this the moulding of the arris is like Wycliffe h; otherwise it fits the pattern of b, and may perhaps be part of a sister, cross. The last figured is a stone in possession of Mr. Jaques, of Easby, of which d, e, f, g are the four sides. Without taking the two stones out of the wall it would be difficult to tell whether a, b, and this are all parts of the same cross; but they are all of the same style and period, and there is no finer work in decorative animalcarving than the eagle and beast in a scroll of berries in e, or the Christ enthroned with the orb and two angels in g. This has some of the rich roundness and filled composition of a Roman sarcophagus panel, and is but poorly represented in the figure. The placing of the folds of drapery, however, shows that it is no ordinary stonecarver's work. (A 2.)

ELLERBURN.-The cross-head (a) is built into the church, outside the south wall of the nave. It is of a close-grained cream-coloured freestone, 29 inches long and 18 inches wide. As the centre of the head is flat, this seems to be the reverse, and an inscription might have been on the neck of the other side, where, on this side, is the gagged dragon. The want of symmetry is remarkable, and the free use of pellets, even filling up the usual four holes of the wheel. The work is hacked with the hammer, and rather deeply cut. (B 2.)

Near it is a little stone, built in, with the much-weathered design of two heads (b), perhaps of priests, rudely hacked. (B.)

On the north wall, outside, is built in a stone measuring 13 by 12 inches, with double-strap dragonesque interlacing (not figured). This is said by the Rev. J. Thornton, vicar of Ellerburn, to have no carving on the other sides, but seems to be part of a cross-shaft. (B.)

EASINGTON.-The pre-Norman fragments, discovered at restoration, 1888, are kept in the belfry. Some stones from Easington are said to be in the Galilee chapel at Durham.

The late bit of hacked work (a), with angular, flat strap, may be part of a shaft; it is of brownish sandstone, 11 by 6 inches, and 10 inches thick. (C 1?)

The cross-head (b) is of reddish sandstone, hacked, 21 by 9 inches across arms, and 5 inches thick; the back has the same design, and the ends of the arms are marked out with a single hacked line. The boss is low, and deeply outlined. (A 3.)

The cross-head (c) is of brownish sandstone, hacked, with flat strap ; 20 inches across arms, and 8 inches thick. The back is defaced; on the ends of the arms are little triangles, sunk. (B 1.)

The shaft-fragment (d, e, f) is of brown sandstone; the sides d and f measuring 16 by 10 inches, and the edge e 6 inches broad. The sided is chiselled, with flat surfaces, but f is merely hacked out. The other edge is cut away. Note the key-pattern running into a

plait, and the hoofs and legs on d. (B 2.)

The fragment (g) is of red sandstone, 31 by 12 inches, and 10 inches high. The other side is similar in design; all rudely hacked. The sides are parallel, not bombés. (B 1?)

The fragment() is one of two pieces of a hogback. This piece is 37 inches long, 16 inches high in the highest part, and 11 inches thick. The other piece is 29 inches long, with similar pattern; the reverse is also similar in design. The heads are dragonesque, with small nostrils, teeth and ears, all done rudely but cleverly with hacking. (B 2.)