wall of the south aisle, and a five-sided erection on the outside 
wall of the south aisle, attracted attention. The latter seems to 
have served as the staircase to the rood loft. Passing round the 
north side of the Church, and under a square, ivy-mantled tower, 
remains of a Benedictine monastery, the members followed the 
course of the Trym through Combe dingle to Shirehampton, 
turning aside on to King’s Weston down for the fine view of the 
Severn and the intervening rich alluvial flats, and to Pen Pole 
Point for its well-known prospect. After lunching in the village 
below, the train was taken to Sea Mills, by some supposed to 
have been the post of the Roman Abone, whence the Romans 
crossed over to Caerwent, on the opposite coast of the Severn. 
Leaving the train here and turning aside to Sneyd Park, a 
pleasant lounge through the gardens and grounds of that 
picturesque place having been kindly permitted by Mr. Tagart, 
the owner, a rapid traverse of the downs brought some (though 
not all) of the party to the station. The perfect autumn, almost 
summer’s day, added much to the enjoyment of the excursion. 
Barrow Gournay.—Fine weather ard the report of recent 
archeological discoveries induced the Club to make an excursion 
on Tuesday, Jan. 15th, 1884, to Barrow Gournay. Some twenty 
members, with their friends, were deposited by the G.W.R. at 
the little station of Flax Bourton by the 1.8 p.m. train, and 
under the guidance of Mr. O’Donoghue, wended their way across 
pleasant meadows, already putting on vernal freshness, to the 
Elizabethan mansion at Barrow Gurnay known as Barrow Court, 
recently purchased by Mr. Gibbs, of Charlton Park, and now 
under process of renovation.* Their Vice-president, the Rev. 
Prebendary Scarth, had preceded them, and having collected his 
audience under a cedar of Lebanon, opposite the fine facade of 
* After the suppression of the Priory King Henry VIII. granted the 
house and demesne lands to John Drew, of Bristol. He converted the 
old building into a dwelling-house. (See Collinson, Vol. ii., p. 311 ; also 
for an account of the succession of the property.) 
