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cient to give the members much food for reflection on their return 
journey, which was speedily effected, after a delightful and 
instructive excursion. 
Torney’s Court and Monkswood, October id5th, 1895.—Twenty 
members of the Field Club were prepared to take part in this 
excursion. The route taken was by the Gloucester road. 
Pedestrians who are accustomed to scour the surrounding 
country know this road as being one of the most beautiful, of the 
many picturesque exits, from the city. The slope is gradual, 
and as the road is made on the side of the hill, the peeps in the 
valley below, and the distant views of Langridge, Woolley, and 
Lansdown are charming, not to mention the retrospective view of 
the vale of Bath. Unfortunately the weather being a little foggy, 
the distant view was. somewhat obscured. 
Having arrived at the top of the hill the guide was soon 
noticed, who, by the kindness of Sir R. S. Blaine, was to conduct 
the party to Torney’s court, which lies in the valley below, in the 
direction of Tadwick. The first building inspected went by the 
name of the “‘ Chapel,” but is most probably a barn, and contains 
an excellent open timbered roof, in good preservation. There 
are some doorways and windows partly built up, from their 
general style the work appears to be about 15th century. 
Here Mr. Thomas Bush was good enough to read a paper 
giving an account of the ownership of this property, from which 
it appears that it formerly belonged to the Priors of Bath, after 
the Dissolution to Sir W. Dennis, in the middle ages to John 
Gunning, Mayor of Bristol, and after several changes passed into 
the hands of the present owner, Sir R. S. Blaine. 
Mr. Bush having been duly thanked for his interesting paper, 
the members proceeded to inspect the surroundings. Outside the 
barn a piece of ground still goes by the name of the burial ground, 
and that a chapel existed hereabouts is mentioned in 1302 and as 
late as the 16th century; however, nothing could be positively 
- made out of its actual position, Torney’s court farm-house was 
