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of the eight in the Abbey windows. The Court, a villa of the 

 Abbots of Tewkesbury, was formerly the residence of Abbot Wake- 

 man, who died there iu 1549. The weathering effects of the 

 atmosphere is fast obliterating the sharpness of the outlines of this 

 noble figure, which is much to be regretted. Forthamptou Church, 

 lately restored, was the next point ; the moulding over the inner 

 doorway of the south porch appears to be of very early Norman, 

 If not pre-Norman date, and is similar to that over the round 

 headed chancel arch at Deerhurst. A pleasant walk across the 

 fields to Sarn Hill brought the party to Telford's fine bridge under 

 the Mythe Tute, across the Severn, and a goodly party sat down 

 in the evening to a dinner provided by the civil hostess of the 

 Swan. Mr. Niblett again gave the results of his researches in the 

 Abbey, after which his health, together with that of Sir W. Guise 

 and Rev. W. S. Symonds, was drunk, and the best thanks of the 

 members returned to the latter for his kind and efficient guidance 

 during the day. 



On Wednesday morning, before starting for Deerhurst, Mr. 

 AUard, of Tewkesbury, kindly placed his local information of the 

 antiquities of the town at the disposal of the members, and con- 

 ducted them to the MiU, and i-ound by the ancient walls of what 

 might have been the Abbey Grange, to the Abbey Gateway, a fine 

 structure of Perpendicular date, with a room over the entrance 

 which has lately been admirably restored. Passing through to an 

 orchard at the back, a very fine view of the southern side of the 

 Abbey was obtained. From the traces which remain on the walls 

 it is evident that a considerable range of buildings exte)ided south- 

 wards on this side, which together with the cloisters appear to 

 have been burnt down, as indications of fire are seen extending up 

 a portion of the walls. The cloisters are said to have been burnt 

 down at the Dissolution by the king's visitors on account of the 

 monks resisting them at their first coming. The Early English 

 Chapter House likewise, which was visited on the way to the 

 Tower, seems to have shared the same fate. After a short inspec- 

 tion of the interior of the Tower, where the simple Norman 

 arcading appears as fresh as if only built yesterday, the members, 

 with the addition of their amateur photographer, proceeded, under 



