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chapels, &c. Mr. Adj^e, of Bradford, member of the Club, was 

 present, and with his professional knowledge greatly assisted the 

 party in obtaining an accurate knowledge of this church, so rich 

 in historical associations, and so full of architectural beauty 

 and interest. (N.B. — The Secretary is indebted to Mr. Shum 

 for these notes). 



Bye-Excursions. — The break up of the long continued severe 

 weather ushered in the 22nd of March on which the Club began 

 its Excursions. On that morning 22 members met at the G.W.R. 

 Station and proceeded to Bristol to continue the explorations of 

 the antiquities of that ancient city. They were met at the 

 Bristol Station by Mr. Harold Lewis and his friend, Mr. W. E. 

 Jones, assistant city surveyor, and these gentlemen conducted them 

 at once to S. John's Church adjoining the north gateway of the 

 city, following generally the old line of road and crossing the 

 site of the High Cross. The two figures on either hand of the 

 gateway looked grimly down as one by one the party passed in 

 through the south door, and mounting a flight of steps found 

 themselves in the long parallelogram of a church lighted by nine 

 Perpendicular windows. Mr. Jones at once proceeded to give 

 the history of the building. The original church, he said, was 

 founded in 1174, and in spite of tradition to the contrary the 

 present structure could not have been erected on the walls, as 

 those were of 15th century date, but followed the line of the old 

 wall. The stone shafts, with their capitals now supporting a 

 horizontal beam, originally carried a stone vault. The present 

 wooden roof of late 16th century is poor in construction and 

 carpentry, as are most of the roofs of that date. The records of 

 S. John's were numerous and interesting, and from them it 

 appears to have been most favoured by the ancient guilds. The 

 hour glass in frame of hammered iron, which once existed on right 

 side of pulpit, is now placed in the vestry. Attention was called to 

 the Jacobean woodwork, in which Bristol was very rich, and the 

 prevalent form of bracket, which for want of a better name, 



