Church Treasury of History, Custom and Folklore 1898

A collection of essays by various authors on curious subjects peripheral to the history of the Church. Contents: Stave-kirks; Curious Churches in Cornwall; Holy Wells; Hermits and hermit-cells; Church wakes; Fortified Church towers; Knights Templars - their Churches and their privileges; English Mediaeval pilgrimages; Pilgrims' signs; Human skin on Church doors; Animals of the church, in wood, stone, and bronze; Queries in stones; Pictures in Churches; Flowers and the rites of the Church; Ghost-layers and ghost-laying; Church walks; Westminster waxworks; Illustrated.