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Cattle Markets," and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Curley. Some 

 time was then spent in walking about the beautiful grounds and the chief rooms 

 in the castle, which were kindly thrown open to the members and their friends. 



The return journey was made through Oakley Park {the seat of Lord 

 Windsor) to Lullow, where a meat tea was provided at the Feathers Hotel. The 

 museum at Ludlow was visited by some of the membei-s, who expressed them- 

 selves highly gratified by the excellent taste displayed in the arrangement of the 

 valuable collection by Mr. Charles Fortey. 



The following is a list of the members and their friends who attended the 

 meeting:— Mr. A. Armitage (President), Mr. J. A. Braduey, Miss Bradney, 

 Miss Jones, Mr. T. Davies Burlton, Rev. G. H. Clay, Mr. Devis, Mr. Charles 

 Fortey, Mr. J. G. Fortey, Rev. E. J. Grasett, Mrs. E. Grasett, Miss Percival 

 Smith, Mrs. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hadfield, Mdlle. Suter, Rev. F. T. 

 Havergal, Dr. T. S. Hawksford Hincks, Mrs. Hincks, Rev. E. J. Holloway, 

 Miss Holloway, Miss Wenthe, Rev. A. W. and Mrs. Horton, Miss Bailey, Mrs. 

 Norton, Miss M. E. Wood, Mr. R. M. Lingwood, Mr. J. Edward Lee, Rev. H. 

 B. D. Marshall, Mr. C. G. Martin, Mr. T. C. Paris, Mr. W. A. Swinburne, Mrs. 

 Swinburne, Miss Swinburne, Mr. H. Symonds, Rev, J. and Mrs. Tedman, Miss 

 Plumer, Rev. S. Thackwell, Rev. D. C. Delfosse, Rev. H. W. Tweed, Miss Tweed, 

 Mr. H. Vevers, Miss May Vevers, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Colt Williams, Miss 

 Timberlake, Mr. Theophilus Lane (Secretary). 



MONASTIC REM.^INS DISCOVERED AT LUDLOW IN 



1861. 

 [By Mr. T. Curley, C.E., F.G.S.] 



In excavating the soil for the Ludlow new cattle market in October, 1861, I 

 discovered the foundations of an old monastery, which foundations I traced, and 

 delineated on my published plan of Ludlow (see Archaeologia, Vol. xxxix, 1863, 

 article by Mr. Beriah Botfield, M.P,, Ludlow, " Remains of the Priory of Austin 

 Friars at Ludlow," 



The stone used in the tracery, mouldings, door jambs, was a sandstone 

 from the millstone grit series of the Clee Hill, The plinths, bases, and a portion 

 of the large windows, with ball flower ornament, were of the Old Red Sandstone 

 of the neighbourhood, very little of the Whitcliffe or Ludlow rock being used, 

 except in the foundations. 



The masonry above ground was in thin bedded flaggy Old Red Sandstone, 

 the thickness of the courses being about three or four inches, and built with very 

 bad mortar. 



