232 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1881 



Feb. 28. A heavy fall of snow, and very hard frost at night. 



March 8. A. G. More came, and left on the 11th. 



March 31. Funeral of W. H. Bateson, Master of St. John's 

 College. 



April 12. To Ventnor, to visit Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., at 

 Ashleigh. 



April 13. He took us to see the Eoman villa at Brading, 

 recently discovered, of which he has written an account. 



April 20. We left Ventnor and visited Carisbrook Castle, and 

 the Roman villa there. 



April 21. To Winchester. Visited St. Cross and the Cathedral. 



April 22. Home. 



Mne 1. Was present at the laying of the first stone of Selwyn 

 College. 



July 25. Finished printing eighth edition of my " Manual " at 

 this time. 



July 30. We left for Ludlow, to stay with R. K. Penson, Esq., 

 at Dinham House. Cambrian Archaeological Meeting at Church 

 Stretton. 



Aug. 1. I went from Ludlow, where we had been since Saturday, 

 July 30th, to Church Stretton, to attend as President of the Meeting 

 of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. Lodgings with Barn- 

 well and Gore. 



Aug. 2. All day at Shrewsbury. 



Aug. 3. The same at Stokesay Castle and Ludlow. A party of 

 us remained behind and dined with the Pensons, returning to 

 Church Stretton in the evening. 



Aug. 4. To Much Wenlock and Buildwas Abbeys. 



Aug. 5. A visit to Haughmond Abbey and Uriconium, and con- 

 cluded the meeting, which was excellent. 



Aug. 6. I went to Ludlow, and we went on to Wellington to 

 visit Dr. and Mrs. Cranage at the Old Hall. 



Aug. 9. Drove to Coalbrookdale, Iron Bridge, and Bentall 

 Hall, called on both the Messrs. Maw, and also their father ; much 

 interested in Mr. G. Maw's drawings for his work on Crocus ; and 

 the plants in his garden. 



Aug. 10. A drive by the foot of the Wrekin, and returned by 

 Wrockwardine, where the church was under repair. It is interest- 

 ing, from the various styles of architecture in it : very earliest 

 Norman, to very late Perpendicular. 



Aug. 12. Drove to Lilleshall Abbey, which is chiefly Norman 

 and Early English. 



