PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB IO7 



that a body had been cremated, the bones and dust placed 

 in the cist, and then the huge mound built over it. 



Returning to the village of Ablington, a short visit was 

 paid to the Manor House, where Mrs Gibbs kindly invited 

 the party to afternoon tea. The house is a good speci- 

 men of sixteenth century architecture. 



Appended is a short report on the Society's Library : — 

 It will be within the recollection of the members that an 

 arrangement was authorised at the last General Meeting, 

 under which a large and very suitable and convenient 

 room on the premises of Mr J. Bellows in Eastgate street, 

 Gloucester, was rented jointly by the Cotteswold Club 

 and the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 

 for the purposes of a library, reading room, and meeting 

 room for committees. 



The tenancy commenced in June, 1896, and a bookcase 

 was then placed in the room for the reception of the 

 " literature " of the Club. This, which consists chiefly 

 of periodicals and reports sent by other societies and 

 institutions in exchange for copies of the Proceedings of 

 the Club, had hitherto been very kindly kept by Mr Lucy 

 at his office in the Docks. The whole of it, including a 

 large number of surplus copies of the " Proceedings," has 

 been transferred to the new bookcase, and a careful 

 inventory has been made of it. About 30 copies of each 

 of the first three volumes of the " Proceedings " have 

 been collected from the loose sheets and stitched in paper 

 covers, ready for issue to any members who desire to 

 have them or other back volumes. 



A few articles of furniture, the cost of which has been 

 shared by the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological 

 Society, have been purchased for the room, which has, 

 since September last, been open every Tuesday afternoon 

 for the convenience of members, very few of whom, how- 

 ever, have availed themselves of it. 



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