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which is supposed to have been destroyed at the dissolu- 

 tion of the monasteries. A portion of the edifice is now 

 used as a schoolroom by Miss Tabram, who welcomed 

 the party -and read some notes on the building, made by 

 her father. The piscina is now built into one of the 

 walls, with the under part of the drain separated from the 

 upper part, in order to show its use. Inside the building 

 is an Anglo-Saxon bell, made of plates of iron, ri vetted 

 together in the shape of an inverted wedge. A somewhat 

 similar bell was dug up at Gloucester a few years ago. 



On the journey towards Avening a halt was made at 

 Longfords. where various roadside sections were examined, 

 concerning which Mr C. Upton and Mr S. S. Buckman 

 gave explanations. 



At Avening the party were met by the Rev. E. Edwards 

 and Mr Erskine Pollock at the entrance to the Rectory 

 grounds, where the removed and re-erected remains of 

 some long barrows were seen — noticeable as an instance 

 of mistaken archceological zeal. 



Then the Rector conducted the party over the interest- 

 ing Norman church, and gave details concerning it. 

 Three of the original Norman windows remain, two above 

 the north and south arches of the tower, and one on the 

 north side of the chancel ; and the eastern arch of the 

 tower, the tower groining, and some groining in the 

 western bay of the chancel are also Norman. On the 

 western jamb of the north-west tower-piers are what are 

 supposed to be remains of a recluse's cell. The porch 

 and south part of the north transept are of thirteenth 

 century date, and some of the windows in the nave and 

 north transept were inserted a century later. Formerly 

 there was a chapel on the north side of the chancel, and 

 its piscina (partly formed out of a Norman window-head) 

 still exists in the outside north wall of the chancel ; and 

 the presence of ancient tiles, a piece of melted gold, and 



