xl REPORT. 
August, to Youlgreave and Arbor Low. The party left Derby at 
10.23 a.m. in special saloon carriages attached to the train for 
Rowsley. Brakes were waiting at the station, and the party was 
driven to Youlgreave Church. The Vicar of Youlgreave was 
unavoidably prevented from receiving the party, and his place 
was supplied by the Rev. J. Charles Cox, who pointed out the 
various features of interest in the church, calling special attention 
to the unique font, beautiful monuments, and general careful 
restoration of the fabric. ; 
Luncheon was taken at the George Hotel, after which the party 
drove to the stone circle of Arbor Low. Here the Rey. J. Charles 
Cox read a paper upon ‘“‘ Stone Circles,” generally, with special 
reference to that of Arbor Low; this paper appears in another 
part of the volume. The return journey was made, via Middleton, 
to Rowsley Station, in time for the 5.11 p.m. train to Derby. 
Early in the past year your Council was informed of the 
probable demolition of the 17th century brick-house in S. Peter’s 
Churchyard, and at once communicated with the Mayor and 
Corporation, asking if nothing could be done to preserve so 
interesting a specimen of domestic architecture. The answer (if 
such it can be called) was a newspaper slip announcing the date 
of the sale by auction of the site upon which the old house was 
standing ! 
This circumstance is mentioned to you in order to show how 
little sympathy is to be looked for from utilitarian bodies, and to 
impress upon each individual member of our Society the impor- 
tance of keeping a look out upon, and doing all they can to 
preserve from destruction, the interesting relics of the past, which 
are so rapidly disappearing from amongst us. Your Council is 
thankful to be able to add that the site in S. Peter’s Churchyard 
was purchased by a member of our Society, and as a happy result 
the old house, minus only a chimney stack, is still an ornament to 
the town. 
Your Council has also been instrumental in causing the 
erection, in the grounds of the Free Library, of portions of the old 
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