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some old tapestry has just been discovered. In the wall of. the 

 Abbey orchard is an ancient chimney, of the same character as 

 those in the Vicars' Close at Wells. Among the remains of the 

 monastery is an ancient fire-place of considerable magnitude, 

 which may have belonged to the Abbot's kitchen. 



After visiting the precincts of the Abbey the Club were kindly 

 conducted through the town, which aboimds in examples of old 

 timbered houses, all of which, if free from the modern yellow wash, 

 plaster, and rough-cast, and the timber work brought into daylight, 

 would be veiy picturesque. About a mile to the west of the town 

 is the site of the battle of Evesham, and the ridge upon which 

 Simon de Montfort drew up his forces to await the attack of Prince 

 Edward and the Duke of Gloucester ; and within the grounds of 

 Mr. Rudge is the obelisk, placed upon the spot where Montfort was 

 slain together with his son. On one panel of the base is inscribed 

 the account of the battle, and the number of those that fell ; on 

 the opposite panel a quotation from Drayton's Polyolbion, giving 

 the names of the families of distinction, the heads or chief members 

 of which fell in the fight. In the gi-ounds are a variety of remains 

 from the old Abbey Church, which are there carefully preserved ; 

 some of the columns have been reproduced from their fragments, 

 and one window preserved, and the inscription, 



ORATE PRO ANIMA CLEMENTIS ABBAT, 



over a monument, which corresponds to that set up over the porch 

 of the Free School in the town of Evesham, and which seems to 

 have been taken from the tomb of Abbot Lichfield. 



The party having inspected the site of the battle, and followed 

 the road down to the river side, where the chief slaughter took 

 place after the rout of Montfort's army, returned to the inn to 

 lunch, after which a short paper was read by the Rev. Preb. Scarth 

 containing an account of the battle, collected from the Chronicle of 

 William de Rishanger, edited by Mr. HalUwell, 1840, for the 

 Camden Society. 



The party afterwards returned by rail to Gloucester, where they 

 spent nearly three hours in visiting the Cathedral and attended 

 evening service. The choir is now under repair, and also the south 

 porch, but the other portions were examined with much care, ample 



