Ayot St. Lawrence Church

Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts, is another deserted church, like that of Landwade,—in fact a ruin, with its monuments disgracefully exposed. I was so astonished at seeing it in 1850, that I would now ask the reason of its having been allowed to fall into such distress, and how any one could have had the power to build the present Greek one, instead of restoring its early Decorated neighbour. I did not observe the 2 ft. 3 in. effigy alluded to in *Arch. Journ.* iii. 239., but particularly noted the elegant sculpture on the chancel arch capital. I would suggest to Mr. Kelke, that the incumbents of par…