Society's work, and give all the assistance he could to his 

 successor. 



Some discussion took place concerning the work at Brough, 

 and the proposals to destroy the ancient buildings of the 

 Ashbourne Grammar School. 



Six meetings of the Council have been held since the last 

 general meeting. The arrangements for carrying further the 

 excavations at Brough have been under discussion, but owing 

 to unexpected legal difficulties in connection with the occupation 

 of the land, the Council have been most reluctantly compelled 

 to abandon the work for the present. 



In consequence of information received that under a scheme 

 of enlargement the front of the ancient Grammar School at 

 Ashbourne was likely to be destroyed, a communication was 

 sent to the Governors of the school expressing the wishes of 

 this Society that the old buildings might be preserved. At the 

 request of the Education Committee of the Derbyshire County 

 Council, Mr. C. E. B. Bowles, Mr. W. R. Holland, and the 

 Hon. Secretarj', met Mr. Alderman Waite and Mr. G. H. 

 Widdows, and the Trustees of the Grammar School at Ashbourne 

 on July 31st, 1905. Your representatives were satisfied that 

 the destruction of the old building would be both unnecessary 

 and undesirable, and that from a practical point of view the 

 building when altered would, on account of the difficulties of the 

 site, be unsuitable for a school to meet modern requirements. 

 Your Council are now assured that there is every reason to 

 hope that the destruction of the old building, which forms such 

 a picturesque feature of the town, will not take place, and the 

 thanks of our members, and of all lovers of Derbyshire, should 

 be given to the Trustees of the School and to the Education 

 Committee for their courtesy in receiving and considering our 

 representations. 



Your Council is pleased to report that the old Winster 

 Market House has been repaired in a most satisfactory manner, 

 and is now safely vested in the " National Trust." Towards the 

 cost of repair the Council has contributed the sum of £,t 6s. 

 from the Society's funds. 



