810 The Nineteenth General Meeting. 
his extremely pretty church, whose position too, lying snugly under 
the downs in a hollow, could not fail to attract the admiration of 
strangers to this locality. From Bratton a short drive conducted to 
the grand old church at Edington, and here the venerable Vicar, 
the Rev. S. Littlewood, received the now largely-increased party, 
and called attention to the chief points of interest, and read many 
extracts of facts which he had collected in reference to the mag- 
nificent church of which he had so long been Incumbent; not omitting 
the history of its foundation, by William of Edington, nor the 
institution of the peculiar Order of Augustine Monks, called “ Boni- 
homines” or “ Bonhommes.? The fine old tomb of Sir Edward Lewis, 
on the south side of the Chancel, attracted much attention, and also 
the famous monument to Sir Simon Taylor, by Chantrey ; but above 
all the two headless figures standing in niches, in the centre of the 
Chancel walls, one on either side, and whose exquisitely graceful 
drapery is perhaps unrivalled, attracted special admiration. 
And now the “Monks Well,” as a spring of remarkably clear 
and cold water, flowing from a grotto, with a groined roof, is styled, 
was visited; the extensive well-walled gardens and the large fish- 
ponds, all so essential to monastic comfort, were inspected; and then, 
while the bells rang out a merry peal, en route was the word given, 
and the Archzologists proceeded to the pretty little town of Steeple: 
(Staple or Market) Ashton ; and where again they were met by the 
Incumbent, the Rev. A. O. Hartley, who had very considerately 
provided a short paper on the history of his Church, which he pro- 
ceeded to read to the great satisfaction of his numerous visitors ; who 
were also much struck with the many admirable features presented 
by this really handsome church. Indeed, it was the remark of more 
than one of the excursionists, that a visit to four such churches as 
those of Westbury, Bratton, Edington and Steeple Ashton was of 
itself a feast for the Ecclesiologist. 
By no means, however, the only feast which our Archeologists 
enjoyed that day; for now they drove to Rood Ashton, quite pre- 
pared to do justice to the magnificent banquet to which the hospitable 
owner, R. P. Long, Esq., had invited them. As they passed — 
through the park, near some of the lodges, they found lofty arches 
