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A Churchyard Ghost.
A CHURCHYARD GHOST .
MINSTER CHURCH .
BY SAVARICUS .
AS a fitting introduction to this story , I think the reader will appreciate the following description of the old Abbey Church , and , aided by the above excellent ancl faithful sketch , will fully understand , the locality where the event now chronicled happened . " This fine old Gothic structure , which undoubtedl y forms the antiquarian gem of the islandis situated at the top of the hill around which Minster
, village clusters , and is about three miles from Sheerness . It dates back to 670 , is dedicated to St . Mary and St . Sexburga , and consists of a nave , aisles , and a double chancel . The square tower of the church was , some years ago , repaired and improved in very questionable taste , by the addition of a wooden turret to contain the clock and a peal of bells . There are in the church several interesting relics of bygone times . In the north chancel is the tomb
of Sir Thomas Cheyney , K . G . This worthy gentleman was ori ginally interred in a chapel near , wbich was pulled clown in the time of Elizabeth . On the north side is the monument of a man in a full suit of armour , beneath an archway . Local gossip says this represents a certain Spanish Ambassador who died en route for home off the island , and was brought ashore and buried here . The date of the monument has been fixed as that of the thirteenth century
, but whether the local report be true as to the gentleman there buried or no , is somewhat doubtful . The tomb of Sir Robert de Shurland , also of the ' thirteenth century , is noteworthy for the sake of a Sheppey legend associated with Sir Robert in question . Readers of " Ingoldsb y" will remember the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Churchyard Ghost.
A CHURCHYARD GHOST .
MINSTER CHURCH .
BY SAVARICUS .
AS a fitting introduction to this story , I think the reader will appreciate the following description of the old Abbey Church , and , aided by the above excellent ancl faithful sketch , will fully understand , the locality where the event now chronicled happened . " This fine old Gothic structure , which undoubtedl y forms the antiquarian gem of the islandis situated at the top of the hill around which Minster
, village clusters , and is about three miles from Sheerness . It dates back to 670 , is dedicated to St . Mary and St . Sexburga , and consists of a nave , aisles , and a double chancel . The square tower of the church was , some years ago , repaired and improved in very questionable taste , by the addition of a wooden turret to contain the clock and a peal of bells . There are in the church several interesting relics of bygone times . In the north chancel is the tomb
of Sir Thomas Cheyney , K . G . This worthy gentleman was ori ginally interred in a chapel near , wbich was pulled clown in the time of Elizabeth . On the north side is the monument of a man in a full suit of armour , beneath an archway . Local gossip says this represents a certain Spanish Ambassador who died en route for home off the island , and was brought ashore and buried here . The date of the monument has been fixed as that of the thirteenth century
, but whether the local report be true as to the gentleman there buried or no , is somewhat doubtful . The tomb of Sir Robert de Shurland , also of the ' thirteenth century , is noteworthy for the sake of a Sheppey legend associated with Sir Robert in question . Readers of " Ingoldsb y" will remember the