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turret erected partly on corbels projecting from the wall of the gable, and partly on the wall itself, has been ably illustrated by Mr. Petit in a previous number of this Journal, but there are several other classes, which cannot with propriety be called turrets, and to some of these it is rather difficult 'to affix an appropriate name, but generally that of hell-cofs seems to apply tolerably well, and it has the advantage of being com- monly understood and frecpiently used of late ; they are some- times caUed beU-f/ahles, but as the cot often stands up above the gable, and frequently over the chancel-arch, this name does not seem so generally applicable. %. 1. Gorhampton Cburch, Hampshire. The earliest instance of the hano-ino- of bells without a tower, which has been observed in England, occm's in the supposed Saxon church of Corhampton, (1) in Hampshire. Here there are two bells, and they are hung in oblong square- headed openings left in the wall of the gable, in the part cor- responding to the tympanum of a pediment in classical archi- tecture; these openings have "long and short work" in the jambs, and have every appearance of being contemporary with the building. The next example that we have observed in point of date is in the early Norman church of Littleton, (2) in Hampshire. These are in nearly the same situation as at Corhampton, but more in the upper part of the gable, and the openings are round- headed, they are now plastered up, and a w^ooden bell-cot erected on the gable. The next in order of this class is Ashley,(3) also in Hampshire,