FOOTNOTES:
[9] "Quæ urbs propter parvitatem Remigio displicebat."—John of Brompton.
[10] It consisted of the present nave, exclusive of the south aisle, and extended some distance beyond the chancel arch, including the north aisle as far as the present door. The cloister extended northward, covering the small meadow which separates the manor-house grounds from the church. The latter were probably the gardens of the abbey.
[11] This true story is the foundation of The Victor's Laurel, a tale of school life in Italy, by the same author.
[12] Leland thus marks their site—three in all besides the abbey church—one a little by south from the abbey, near the bridge; one more south above it (nearer the Dyke); and "there was the 3 Paroch Chirch by south-west" (towards Wittenham).