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 CLEVELAND NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT, 1902-3. 



I have pleasure in submittiDg my Report on the operations 

 of the Club during the past year, and before entering into details 

 I may be allowed to state that on the ■whole the year has been a 

 satisfactory one, the work accomplished by the Societj' being well 

 up to the average ; Summer and AVinter Meetings being held with 

 a fair amount of success, and a further part of our Proceedings 

 being published during the year. 



Summer Meetings. — Seren meetings were arranged to take 

 place during the Summer months, exclusive of the Y. N. L^. 

 Meetings, none of which were held in our district during the past 

 year. The attendance at these meetings (except when the weather 

 was very unfavourable) was very good. 



The opening excursion was held at Potto on May 3rd, when, 

 although the day was a little threatening and cold, there was an 

 attendance of about 30, including members from Middleslirough, 

 Stockton, Redcar, Ingleby Greenhow, Guisborough, and AVhorlton. 

 Six or seven members cycled over. 



The party arriving by train at Potto, walked by way of the 

 old mineral line (along the banks of which some interesting finds 

 were made by the botanists) to AVhorlton Castle, where they were 

 met by the Rev. J. C. Fowler, B.A., F.G.S., the Alcar of 

 AVhorlton, Avho described the various features of interest about 

 the Castle remains. He showed an interesting drawing of 

 the Castle as it existed many years ago, copied from a drawing in 

 the A\^arburton Collection at the Briti.sh Museum. He also 

 exhibited a coin that had been dug up in the neighbourhood of 

 the time of Edward II. ( ?) After inspecting the Castle the party 

 walked over to the old Church, Avhere Mr. Fowler also acted as 

 guide, describing the various features of interest in what is one of 

 the most interesting Churches in Cleveland — a Church which has 

 examples of all periods of work from Early Norman to Late 

 Perpendicular. In the interior of the chancel (now used as a 

 Cemetery Chapel) is a very tine recumbent figure (in oak) of a 

 Knight, Sir Nicholas de Meynell. There are also a number of 

 interesting sculptured heads, and early grave covers built into 

 the walls in various portions of the Church. Two or three of the 



