Ixiv PROCEEDINGS, 



On leaving the park a copse was passed through, and a field- 

 path was taken to Tewin Church. Here the chief object of 

 attraction is the singular tomb of Lady Anne Grimston {ol. 1710). 

 From beneath it grow seven ash-trees, apparently springing from 

 one root, and three sycamores, which also seem to be similarly 

 connected. These trees have lifted and broken the stonework 

 of the tomb, and the iron railings which enclose it, pressing 

 against the stems of the trees, are in some places so completely 

 embedded in the wood that they could not possibly be severed 

 from it. In fact the trees have grown around the iron. These 

 old railings are now enclosed within a fence of new ones. There is 

 a popular legend connected with this tomb, as with all similar 

 tombs, but it is so absurd, and in this case so completely without 

 foundation, that it would not be worth notice were it not that 

 thousands of people visit the tomb every year in the firm con- 

 viction that Lady Anne Grimston was an unbeliever, and thus, in 

 substituting a supernatural for an evident natural cause of the 

 destruction of her tomb, they do injustice to the memory of a 

 pious lady. 



The Church (St. Peter's) was entered, but it presents very little 

 of interest. The interior was partly restored in the year 1864. 



Arrangements had been made for tea at Lower Green, but they 

 were not carried out, and the party walked on across the meadows 

 and over Mardcn Hill, through the beautiful lime-tree avenue, 

 to the E,iver Mimram again. Panshanger Park was then entered, 

 and the walk thi'ough this beautifully-undulating and richly- wooded 

 park to the Cole Green Lodge was much enjoyed. Some of the 

 trees near this lodge are very old and quite hollow, but still leafing 

 freely. 



Tea was partaken of at the Cowper Arms, near the station, and 

 it was so promptly and well provided without previous notice 

 that the falling through of the arrangements at Tewin was by 

 no means regretted. 



Field Meeting, 8th June, 1895. 



GREAT GADDESDEN, NETTLEDEN, AND FRITHSDEN. 



It had been intended to hold a Field Meeting once a fortnight 

 during May and June, and this one was first arranged for the 25th 

 of May. Special arrangements having to be made for reduced 

 railway fare, carriages, and tea, members were requested in the 

 circular announcing the meeting to intimate their intention of 

 taking part in it, but so few responded to this request that it was 

 thought advisable to postpone the meeting, and the result was 

 that instead of the party being only six. as it would have been on 

 the earlier date, it was twenty-six. This was a larger number 

 than had been expected, for several who came had not written, 

 and on arriving at Berkhamsted Station at about three o'clock 

 it was found that there was not sufficient carriage accommodation, 



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