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FIEST FIELD MEETING, MAY 23rd, 1889, ETWOOD, 

 KNILL, PEESTEIGN. 



The programme drawn out for the first Field Meeting this year, on Thursday, 

 May 23rd, attracted a large attendance of members. The railway station at 

 Titley Junction was the first rendezvous. The majority travelled by the Great 

 Western Railway ; they were joined at Titley Junction by a contingent who had 

 arrived by the Midland Railway, from the Eardisley Junction, and a small party 

 from Kington completed the roll, which on being mustered,' was found to be 

 composed as follows : — Mr. H. Southall, President ; Dr. T. A. Chapman, Vice- 

 president ; The Mayor of Hereford, Mr. H. C. Beddoe ; the Revs. J. O. Bevan, 

 W. Bowell, J. Dunn, E. J. Holloway, A. W. Horton, A. G. Jones, W. H. 

 Lambert, H. B. D. Marshall, F. S. Stooke Vaughan, and R. W. Warner ; Sir 

 Herbert Croft (Bart)., Dr. J. H. Wood, Messrs. J. A. Bradney, T. D. Burlton, 

 J. Carless, Luther Davis, Charles Fortey, G. H. Hadfield, T. Hutchinson, J. 

 Lambe, P. Levason, J. W. Lloyd, C. G. Martin, T. Meadows, T. C. Paris, W. 

 Pilley, Mr. H. C. Moore, Hon. Secretary, and Mr. James B. Pilley, Assistant 

 Secretary, and the following visitors — Rev. Thomas Westmoreland, Colonel E, 

 Temple, Messrs. W. H. Cariss, J. Cockcroft, W. Davis, J. Hereford, P. Horton, 

 G. P. Jenkins, — Lloyd, junior, A. Middleton, C. Phillimore, W. Sharland, 

 and A. Temple. 



The business of the day was transacted without delay upon the railway 

 platform. Mr. W. H. Bank.s, Mr. W. P. J. Le Brocq, the Rev. T. Beville 

 Paynter, Captain C. Dansey Oldham, and Dr. Alfred J. H. Crespi were elected 

 members, and five names were proposed to be balloted for at the next meeting. 

 Dr. T. A Chapman was elected as corresponding member to the British Association 

 for the advancement of Science ; the Rev. J. O. Bevan was chosen as a delegate 

 to their next meeting, on September 11th, at Newoastle-on-Tyne, and also as a 

 representative of the Woolhope Club at the meeting of the International 

 Geological Congress in Paris on August 18th. 



From the western or Kington end of the j)latform at Titley junction, Offa's 

 Dyke was seen, at a distance of about 200 yards, taking its usual northerly 

 direction. In Salop Antiq. it is stated that " Offa's Dyke traverses a plain in its 

 course from Lyonshall, and makes an angle without any apparent reason." The 

 fact is that had the northerly direction been continued, its course would have 

 been obstructed by various pools, of which the largest are Flinsham Pool, Titley 

 Pool, and the pretty Garden Pool in the grounds of Eywood, and some smaller 



