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the Northgate. That on her first visit she drove down the Weston 
Lane (which might even now be called the Queen’s Road, on 
account of its primitive condition), can be accounted for by the 
desire of the Corporation to show her the wonders* of “ Hide 
Park,” This had ceased to exist in 1742. We often see similar 
detours taken in the present day by Royal or State Processions 
for the sake of sight seeing. 
We heart of 7 cart loads of slain and of wounded, twenty in one 
house, after the battle, but it cannot be known whether any 
were buried in Langridge Churchyard, as the registers are lost, 
but the twelve skeletons dug up at the Chapel may have been 
those of the twelve men referred to in the letter of the Mayor of 
Bristol, July 8, 1648. 
One resident in Langridge, I think, took part in the battle on 
the King’s side—George Chapman—as that name appears in a 
deed of sequestrationt of the Rectory in the time of John Powe, 
Rector, 1639, and a pardon was granted, 1646, apparently to the 
same man, who, “convinced§ of the error of bearing arms against 
the Parliament,” laid them down in 1643 and begged for his 
discharge, not having real worth of £10 a year. This would 
agree with his tithe rating. 
From this sequestration it would also appear that Arthur 
Sherston was then living at the Chapel Farm, as he is rated for 
an amount somewhat similar to that now paid for the part of 
Chapel Farm in Langridge Parish. 
Though the bloodshed was over, a legal contest for Lansdown 
still continued till 1646, and the lawsuit|| is mentioned at least 
fifteen times in the State papers. 
* Wood’s History of Bath, pp. 439, 440. 
+ King’s Pamphlets. 
{ Exch: Sp: Com: 5,622, Som. 15, Charles I. 
§ Cal. State Papers (Green), p. 1370. 
|| Cal. State Papers Com. for compounding, p. 3,302, &c. 
