By Rev. Chr. Wordsworth, 31. A. 265 



A second intei'ment was found ; the remains thereof are still left 

 undisturbed beneath the pathway to the station. In the third 

 instance, the feet were slightly disturbed, and the remains still lie 

 beneath the turf of the meadow. During the work of laying the 

 water main, and also the sewers, interments were lighted on in 

 more instances than one.^ In all these cases the orientation 

 was perfect, and the conditions of interment seemed to have been 

 those of the greatest simplicity. The graves were shallow, and 

 no trace was perceived of cofhn or of cere cloth. 



The building passed into the hands of the present owner in the 

 year 1885. It was at that time let in several tenements. One of 

 these was approached by steps in a dark corner, and one of the 

 steps consisted of a single slab, which on examination was found to 

 be of Purbeck marble worn smooth by much treading. One end 

 of the slab still bore the incised outline of a foot, in pointed gear, 

 resting on an animal, not easily recognised. It cannot be doubted 

 that the slab originally bore an incised figure, but whether of an 

 ecclesiastic, a soldier, or a civilian, cannot now be determined. 

 Out of the walls of the building have been taken, in the course of 

 repairs, two fragments built into the wall as ordinary material. 

 One of these is the carved head (much mutilated) of a knight, or 

 military personage, wearing bascinet and camail. This may be 

 assigned to the fourteenth century. Apart from the evidence of 

 armour Mr. Pouting would have dated it even earlier. Its original 

 position may probably have been that of a corbel beneath a bracket, 

 and certainly in the interior of the building. The carving is still 

 sharp and well defined, and some trace of colour (probably due to 

 fire), may be detected. The other fragment is of later date, and 

 apparently formed part of a (Perpendicular) stone canopy. 



In the meadow north of the " Old Monastery " may still be 

 traced a raised ridge, which no doubt was originally the roadway 

 from the old high road to St. Margaret's farm-yard. A section 

 was made in this ridge a few years ago, when the evidences of the 

 existence of a road were rather disappointing, the layer of flints 



' A plan of these last mentioned interments is in the possession of E. LI. 

 Gwillim, Esq., Town Clerk of Marlborough. 



