assembled at Ashbourne Station, and under the able guidance 

 of Mr. W. R. Holland, proceeded to visit the grand old church, 

 the Grammar School (where the beautiful original charter of 

 Queen Elizabeth was shown), and Dr. Sadler's house, a fine 

 eighteenth century building with memories of Dr. Johnson. 

 The party subsequently drove to Okeover, where, by the kind 

 permission of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Okeover, they were 

 privileged to inspect the hall, with its fine collection of pictures, 

 charters, and manuscripts, and the beautiful garden, and where 

 they were most hospitably entertained. 



After the business meeting in the evening, an interesting 

 lecture on the principal pre-Norman cross-shafts and Norman 

 fonts of Derbyshire was given by the Rev. R. L. Farmer, 

 illustrated by Mr. le Blanc Smith's beautiful photographic slides. 



On Saturday, June 24th, a party of thirty drove to Fenny 

 Bentley, and, conducted by the Rev. T. K. Bolton, visited the 

 church, which contains some interesting woodwork, and the 

 ancient house known as the Cherry Orchard, the former home 

 of the Beresford family. Tissington Hall was next visited, by 

 kind permission of the late Rev. Sir Richard FitzHerbert, both 

 the house and its contents proving of great interest. The Rev. 

 James FitzHerbert conducted the members round the church, and 

 the party returned to Ashbourne by way of Thorpe, where lunch 

 was obtained at the Peverel Hotel. Beautiful weather favoured 

 the proceedings throughout. 



On Wednesday, September 30th, an excursion was made to 

 Mugginton Church, and, by kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. 

 W. Bemrose, to South Sitch, Idridgehay. A party of thirty-two 

 met at Mugginton, and were conducted round the church by the 

 Rev. R. Feilden, who kindly produced the church plate 

 (Restoration period) for their inspection. The fabric of the 

 church proved of great interest, and a considerable time was 

 spent in its inspection. Arriving at South Sitch^ the members, 

 after enjoying the kind hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Bemrose, 

 spent a delightful hour in inspecting the old house and garden, 

 a short account of which will be found in the current issue of 

 the Journal. 



