90 The Forty-Fitth General Meeting. 
and lastly, the CHURCH close by. This fine building has many ~ 
interesting features—the tower, the fine arcades and clerestory of — 
the twelfth century nave, tombs and brasses, one of the latter 
having on the same slab two demi-figures of the early fifteenth 
century—and immediately below them and apparently referring 
to them a plate recording the death of a Garrard in 1635, which 
has evidently been placed here by mistake. Mr. Doran Wes - 
mentioned that the font originally belonging to this Church is now 
in a garden at Marlborough. 
Leaving Lambourne at 3.30 the breaks proceeded back past 
Ashdown, to BISHOPSTONE CHURCH, now well restored after the 
disastrous fire of some years ago, with its fine Norman door inserted 
in the fifteenth century work of the north side of the chancel, 
its fragment of a Norman font imbedded in the new one, and the 
fragments of old glass in the east window of the north aisle. THE 
Vicar mentioned that between the Church and the down a Roman 
tessellated pavement is believed to exist, which is awaiting proper 
exploration. LITTLE HINTON CHURCH, with its Norman arcades 
and its very remarkable tub font, covered with sculptures of beasts 
and interlaced work, with arcades above, was then visited. This 
font was once one of the most remarkable Norman fonts anywhere 
to be seen, but a large amount of the value and interest of its 
carvings has evaporated in the process not merely of scraping but of © 
actual ve-cutting of the whole of the ornament which it underwent 
some years ago—during which, as the late Vicar told the writer of 
this, the workman most unfortunately altered the character of the 
arcade round the top of it! As there was time to spare, a short 
halt was made at WANBOROUGH CHURCH, to refresh Members’ 
memory of the tower and spire, and the fresco on the north wall of 
the nave. In the porch still hangs a small notice board with this 
inscription :— 
“All females are requested to take off their pattens 
on entering this door.” 
The EVENING MEETING was held at 8.45. Mr. A. D. 
Passmore’s paper on “A Roman ViLLA LATELY DiscovERED AT 
