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records of the Club at that period; {but as many of those 
present were strangers to the locality, it was deemed well that 
they should not miss the opportunity of a visit. Mr Lexreu, 
of Woodchester, the present possessor of the estate, conducted 
the party over the house and grounds. The barn belongs to 
the period when the Abbots of Gloucester stored therein their 
tithe corn, and it is all that now remains to tell of those times. 
The house, which has been largely altered to suit modern 
habits of life, is not older than the latter half of the 16th 
century, when the Huntley then in possession entertained 
Queen Exizaperu, as is recorded in the parish register under 
date the 10th of August, 1574, when on her way to Berkeley 
Castle. A room was shewn as that in which her Majesty 
slept, now completely modernised; but, judging by its size, 
situation, and approaches, hardly likely at any time to have 
served as a royal bed-chamber. Be that, however, as it may, 
the tradition remains, and imparts an historical interest to the 
old Manor-house. 
The carriages now proceeded to climb the steep ascent of 
Frocester Hill, in the course of which beds are successively 
passed over, from the Lias in the vale to the lower beds of the 
Inferior Oolite, at the summit of the hill. These latter beds, 
which are now much overgrown, have been always regarded as 
of importance by reason of their presenting an unusually good 
exposure of the so-called ‘Cephalopoda bed”—the “ Cynocep- 
hala stage” of Dr Lycrtr. The bed is very rich in fossils, of 
which a list is given by Dr Lycert in his “ Cotteswold Hills,” 
presenting, in this respect, at Frocester Hill, a marked con- 
trast to the beds immediately above, which are of a somewhat 
crystalline character, and besides their “false bedding,” here 
remarkably displayed, are noticeable for the entire absence of 
fossils. 
Leaving Frocester Hill, the carriages conveyed the party to 
Uley Bury, where at a barn by the roadside they found very 
comfortable shelter under which to partake of an ample 
luncheon, which, by the foresight of the Secretary, had been 
brought in a hamper from Stroud. This over, the party 
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