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architectural details, especially the small turret at the North-East 
-corner of the Chancel aisle and the porches. The visages of the 
gurgoyles are terrific, and the preaching in this Church must have 
been exceedingly powerful if the evil spirits on evacuating the 
interior retained such tortured expressions on their faces, 
The old rectory on the North-East of this Church is a most 
interesting stone building, with mullioned windows and pointed 
arches over the entrances. 
The village of Yatton is a good mile in length, and with many 
good houses. At the western end lies a good hotel and the 
railway station. The saloon carriage placed by the Great Western 
Company at the disposal of the Field Club was soon affixed to the 
5.43 p.m. train and brought the 40 excursionists back to their 
homes and dinners at 6.45, after a memorable day’s outing. 
Malmesbury and Charlton Park.—An interesting and instructive 
Excursion of the Field Club took place on Tuesday, June 6th, 
which was attended by no less than 33 members and seven 
visitors. Leaving the Great Western Station in a. saloon 
carriage, placed at the disposition of the members by the 
Company, at 9.4 am., the large party were deposited at 
Malmesbury at 10.25 punctually, and a start was made first for 
the Abbey Church. There seem to be several origins assigned 
to the name of this ancient Borough. An Old Book called the 
“* Modern Universal Traveller,” printed in London for J. Cooke, 
at Shakespeare’s Head, Paternoster Row, No. 17, MDCCLXXIX., 
states that it was built by a British Prince, and was of great 
repute in the time of the Saxons, under the name of Ingelburne. 
Early in the 7th century a Hebridean Scot, named Maildulphus, 
settled in the place as a Hermit, and obtained great reputation 
for his sanctity, and set up a college for scholars, and from him 
the town obtained the name Maildulfesbury, or Malmesbury by 
contraction. Among his scholars was a scion of the royal stock 
of Wessex, named Aldhelm, who in 680 founded the Monastery 
of great renown. He died in 709, and from his extraordinary 
