_Sanctus Bell_ (Vol. v., p. 104.).--The _Glossary of Architecture_ is
right in its description, but not in its conclusion. There are many
instances where the _Sanctus Bell_, or its remains, still exist in the
tower or bell chamber. As _e.g._ at Addington, Bucks, the "Parson's
Bell," as it is now called there, is to be seen in a small aperture in
the wall of the bell-chamber, exposed to the outside, on the west. A
similar aperture, size, and position, but _minus_ the bell, can also be
seen in the tower of Merriott, Somerset. The recess in the wall of the
tower of Trumpington Church was clearly for the sacristan (perhaps) to
stand in to ring the bell. In the ringing chamber in the tower of
Halstock, Dorset, is a _wedge-like_ aperture in the wall next the nave;
it is about three feet square, and _splays_ from a narrow slit in the
church over the tower arch. This was evidently for the sacristan to
observe the proper times for ringing the bell. The top of the tower,
bell-chamber, &c., had been rebuilt about a hundred years since, which
may account for no loop-hole now to be seen. No doubt there are many
others.