Welsh Journals

150 THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS stones of Cheshire and Lancashire of all the different varieties of ornament that characterise the Hiberno- Saxon works of art of the pre-Norman period, namely, interlaced work, key patterns, spirals, zoomorphic designs, and foliageous scroll work. The best specimens of inter¬ laced work are to be seen on the crosses at Winwick, SMsles Cross By permission ot Mr. Earwaker, from "East Cheshire" West Kirkby, Neston, and Disley (now at Lyme Hall); of key patterns at Winwick, St. John's Chester, and Disley; of spirals at Winwick ; of zoomorphic designs at Lancaster (now in the British Musenm) and Sandbach ; and of foliageous scrollwork at Heysham, Halton, and Sandbach. The following is an analysis of the various patterns, with the localities where they occur :— Interlaced Work PATTERN No. i. Looped band—Chester, Grosvenor Museum ,, 2. Twisted bands—Bolton „ 3. Ditto, with angular bends—Bolton, Whalley