POPPY HEADS  , a term, in architecture, given to the finials or other ornaments which terminate the tops of bench ends, either to pews or stalls . They are sometimes small human heads, sometimes richly carved images, knots of foliages or finials, and sometimes fleurs-de-lis simply cut out of the thickness of the bench end and chamfered . The term is probably derived from the French poupee, doll, puppet, used also in this sense, or from the flower, from a resemblance in shape .