Show A kaecker ia the door of the north porch of dur barn cathedral Is a very ancient and grotesque mast of bronze the empty eye sockets of which are thought to have been either filled with crystal eye balla or to have bad a lamp burning behind them ibis cathedral was in mediaeval media eval days a famous sanctuary where any culprit charged with crime could find ble shelter entertainment for thirty seven days and then if still un justified or safe escort to the coast and passage oversea the only payment demanded w as a full con and a solemn oath never to return to england fron a chamber over the north porch a monk watched continually to give im mediate entrance to any fugitive and as soon as this knocker on the door was grasped the rights of sanctuary were insured the chamber was destroyed about a hundred years ago but the fa moua norman knocker still bangs in its place s weekly |