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It was commenced in 1511 by Edward Stafford, Duke of 
Buckingham, and was left by him in an unfinished state at the 
time of his execution in 1522. 
Rickman, in his work on Gothic Architecture, says :—“ It 
“is a fine specimen of the baronial mansions of that age, built 
“for magnificent display rather than for defence.” 
An interesting account of this Castle is given in the 
Presidential Address of Sir Wm. Guise in Vol. VI. page 7, of 
the Proceedings, where he refers to the visit of the Club to 
Thornbury in 1871. 
The second meeting was on June the 27th, the members 
assembling at Bourton-on-the-Water Station, where convey- 
ances were in waiting to convey them to the Hyford Quarries 
in the Stonesfield Slate, and on the way there Mr George 
Witts pointed out the “ Buggilde Street ’—a British road— 
which runs from Ryknield Street, near Bidford, in Warwick- 
shire, ascends the Cotteswolds near Saintbridge and Willersey 
Camps, and joins the Roman Foss Way close to Bourton-on- 
the-Water. He stated that the first mention of this road is in 
a Saxon Charter, printed in Kemble’s Codex Diplomaticus, 
dated 709. 
Mr Witts called attention to several mounds in the fields 
passed, which he considered to be Barrows—probably British 
burying places—and that flint implements were often found 
when the land was ploughed. 
At Eyford the quarries were described by Professor 
Harker and Mr Wethered, who were both agreed that the bed 
of clay at the base may safely be regarded as the upper stratum 
of the Fuller’s Earth, upon which rests the Stonesfield Slate. 
I am indebted to our Vice-President, the Rev. Dr coal: 
for the following list of the fossils found :— 
Amongst others are— 
Teleosaurus. T. cadomensis (scutes and teeth) 
Megalosaurus (vertebre and teeth) 
Palatal teeth of fish, viz. :— 
Gyrodus trigonus. Aq. 
Pycnodus rugulosus. Ag. 
