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(which in its present broken condition measures 12 by 8| inches) 

 has been a shield of arms of the Blacksmiths Company of 

 London. Only a little of this remains. Below it, in cursive 

 lettering, is the legend : — 



Here lyeth ye body of Tho Pressick, 

 Blacksmith who departed this life 

 March ye 24th, Anno Dom' 1710 

 Aged 74 years 



Wrong him not when he is gone 

 For whilst he liv'd he wronged none 

 Mors mea vita mini. 



The remaining trace of a brass is in the chancel of the old 

 Church of Skelton, where, on the floor, is a slab with the indent 

 of a brass of a man and wife and several children, and with 

 scrolls for legends. It looks as if it may have held a brass of 

 the latter part of the fifteenth century. Whom it commemorated 

 is unknown. 



A GRAVEL DEPOSIT IN LONSDALE. 

 By Frank Elgee. 



In September, 1904, I discovered a gravel deposit in Lonsdale, 

 which I think is of sufficient interest to be placed on record, as 

 it has some bearing upon the origin of that curious gap in the 

 Cleveland Hills at Gribdalegate. 



The deposit in question I found exposed in the side of Lons- 

 dale Beck about half way between Lonsdale Farm and Lonsdale 

 Cottages. The section was as follows : — 



1. Soil and sub-soil. 



2. Stiffish bluish clay with small stones. 



3. Bedded gravel with shale and sandstone pebbles. 



4. Thin band of blue clay. 



5. Coarser gravel consisting almost entirely of local sand- 

 stone and shale, with quartz pebbles, and a small boulder of 

 Shap Granite. 



