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to the origin of the name of Stall Street. He believed it was 

 ancient, and gave its name to the church, and that S. Mary ad 

 Stabula was only the mediaeval translation of the Old English 

 name. He believed that Stall was the burgh-stall — the same 

 place as the piazza of an Italian city, La Place of a French one. 



Mr. Moore regretted that he was unable to read his promised 

 report on the excavations at Bathampton. 



The second afternoon meeting of the session was held in the 

 Committee-room of the Royal Institution on Wednesday, January 

 15th, 1879, when there was a large attendance of members, 

 Mr. Skrine in the chair. Mr. E. Green read a paper on the 

 questions — "Did Queen Elizabeth visit Bath in the years 1574 

 and 1592 1" (Published in full, p. 105.) The Chairman having 

 expressed the thanks of the Club to Mr, Green for liis important 

 contribution, the Rev. Preb. Earle remarked that there was no 

 tradition of two visits, and it appeared that Mr. Green had 

 shown them that the date they previously believed in was 

 wrong. He added that it would be interesting to trace the 

 tradition higher than Collinson. 



Mr. Green expressed liis regret that he could not find any 

 record of where the Queen stayed, either in Bath or Bristol. 



The Rev. Preb. Scarth then read a paper on " Further 

 Gleanings in the Mendip." (Fide page 120.) 



The third afternoon meeting was held at the Institution 

 on Wednesday, February 12, when there was also a good 

 attendance. Mr. Chas. Moore presided, and the Rev. J. AVright 

 read an interesting paper entitled "An Enquiry concerning 

 Fortified Hills near Bath." (Vide p. 129.) The Chairman said 

 that Waller's Pits on Lansdown were only the rubbish heaps 

 of quarrymen who had worked there. The Rev. W. S. Shaw 

 then described the crest over Fielding's house at Twerton, and 

 exhibited a photograph of the house and a drawing of the crest 

 — a Phoenix rising out of a mural crown — and asked if anyone 

 could account for it, so as to test the accuracy of Colliuson's story 



