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Conquest. The walls are 4^£t. thick, faced on each side and filled with 

 rubble. The present Perpendicular windows (16th century) are 

 supposed to have replaced the five small original semicircular windows 

 resting externally on a plain string course. A corbel table remains on 

 north and south walls. Eemaius of an arcade can be traced round the 

 interior walls. The porch, next in order of date, is a very beautiful 

 specimen of Transition ; and the outer doorway, showing the 

 characteristic Norman mouldings and deep splay on an arch of Early 

 English form, is of great interest. The large and lofty nave is built 

 upon the Norman foundations. On the outside, rising from the 

 eastern end of the ridge of the roof in the usual position of the 

 sancte bell, is a beautiful statue of the Virgin and Child. The fine 

 oak roof was exposed during the restoration, as a!sj was the rood loft 

 door over the chancel arch. The tower is quadrangular, and there are 

 six bells. The church plate has been re-cast. The churchwardens 

 accounts commence in 1499 ; the register in 1569. 



After this a short walk of about 2 miles was taken to the 

 picturesque village of Potterne ; the fine early English church, 

 containing a tub shaped font, and the old 14th century house, 

 bought by Richmond, the artist, were inspected, and Devizes 

 left at 6.24 for Bath. 



Brockley Combe. Twenty members and their friends started by 

 the 10 a.m. train for Nailsea, on May 19th. After a pleasant 

 walk of about 2 miles to the southern and lower end of Brockley 

 Combe, Mr. Duckworth writes — 



Here the path wound for a mile through a picturesque valley between 

 steep limestone rocks ; but the fern {polypodium calcareum) of which 

 the members were in search was not found there. At the 

 top of the Combe they emerged on an open down, along the 

 sides of which they observed near the top several small clusters 

 of circular pits, like those near Pen Selwood and Weston-super- 

 Mare. After reconnoitring to the left, they made a straight tack 

 of a mile to the right, which, they afterwards discovered, would 

 have led them directly to the head of the Goblin valley. From 

 the highest point of the down they obtained a good view of "Weston- 

 super-Mare, and of the Welsh Coast. At an isolated house with 



