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to the memory of a man and his wife (but the names were unfor- 

 tunately illegible), and was as follows : — 



" HIC JACENT CATERINA UXOR EJUS, * * * CUJUS 

 ANIMIS PEOPITIETUR DEUS." 



The device was that of an angel, with expanded wings, holding 

 a book with the letters I.H.S. on it ; a double cross ran down the 

 centre of tlie slab Avhich was of a very hard and close textured 

 Oolite. Several others may be seen cut up and used for coping 

 stones and steps of the new house, which a builder has erected 

 on the site. 



The name of a chapel of St. Anne in the Wood constantly 

 occurs — are there any traces of this chapel existing 1 Amongst 

 other beautiful and choice remains was a stone book, with four 

 lines on each page, a quotation, probably from the Vulgate, of 

 the 15th century; and a finely cut draped figure of our Saviour 

 riding on an ass ; and several other delicately sculptured portions 

 of finials, capitals, &c., of Norman, Early English, Decorated, 

 and Perpendicular periods. 



Several of the slabs had been used twice over, the under side 

 when removed being seen to have an inscription on it. The 

 capital of an Early English column has been kindly presented ta 

 the Institution by Mr. Cox, of Keynsham, and is now in the 

 Portico. 



Beneath a large blue Purbeck marble slab, on whose upper 

 surface was the indentation of a fine brass, the skull and 

 bones of an aged man were found four feet beneath the surface 

 in a walled grave, his lower jaw containing two molars much 

 worn, the bones were very brittle and discoloured with time. 

 Report states that some Bladudian bad appropriated the skull for 

 his tobacco box. 



It is to be much regretted that some competent person does- 

 not watch these interesting remains which are from time to time 

 discovered, and which the requirements of a needy speciUative 

 builder are turning into practical use for building purposes. 



