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recumbent position of a Sir John Newton, d. 1568, the father of 

 20 children (8 sons and ^12 daughters). This figure has been 

 removed from the west end of the Church and placed behind the 

 altar, shrouded by a dirty red curtain, whilst the canopy originally 

 over the tomb lies in pieces in a corner behind the pulpit. A 

 doorway with zig-zag mouldings (a sketch of which in water colours 

 Mr. Skrine has kindly presented to the Club's album) leading into 

 the vestry at the west end of the Church, was pointed out as a 

 curiosity. At a short distance from the Church are the few 

 remaining vestiges of Richmont Castle, the old fortress of the 

 Harptrees and the Goumays, garrisoned in the time of the war 

 between King Stephen and the Empress Maud by a Sir Wm. de 

 Harptree on behalf of the latter. The return home was accom- 

 plished by 6 p.m., the original programme of the day having been 

 impracticable owing to the extremely unpropitous state of the 

 weather. The Secretary is indebted to Col. St. Aubyn for the 

 above notes. 



The excursions for the season were brought to a close on Tuesday, 

 Oct. \st, by a visit to Nunney Castle and the Vallis. The G.W.R. 

 Company, with their usual consideration for the convenience of the 

 public, having discontinued the 9.25 morning ti-ain, perhaps one of 

 the most convenient on the Weymouth branch, eighteen of the 

 members started for Frome in a break with four horses. Nothing 

 of any great importance occun-ed on the way until Lullington was 

 reached, save that the spirits of the party were kept up during the 

 somewhat humid drive by the never flagging humour of one of the 

 members well known for his " short cuts " in wit. as well as in cross 

 country routes. Tt was owing, however, to his timely suggestion 

 that a halt was called opposite the park gates of Orchardleigh, and 

 a visit paid to the pretty, weU kept, and thoroughly English village 

 of Lullington, called in Domesday Loligtone, and granted by the 

 Norman conqueror to the Bishop of Coutances. Under the 

 guidance of the vicar, the Rev. A. D. Wilkins, the architectural 

 features of this extremely interesting church were pointed out. 

 Like all other objects, whether of nature or art which represent a 

 debatable ground between two distinct periods, this church, 

 showing in pillar, arch, and window tracery the peculiai'ities of one 



