250 The Lhirty-Seventh Annual Meeting. 
is now, the remains of contemporary glass in the heads of the 
easternmost windows, and many other points of interest—is, in some 
respects, unique in Wiltshire. After thoroughly enjoying this 
Church, under Mr. Pontine’s direction, the party, at the invitation 
of the Vicar, visited the picturesque garden of the vicarage, with 
its curious deep ravine; aud then assembled at the school, where an 
excellent lunch,provided by Mr. Reynolds, of the Bear Hotel, Devizes, 
awaited them. Mr. Penruppockg, who took the chair in the 
‘absence of the Chairman, thanked the Local Secretaries of the 
Meeting for the excellent way in which all the arrangements were 
made; whilst Mr. Men icorrt said they must not allow the Meeting 
to terminate without expressing their thanks also to the Mayor of 
Devizes (Mr. Gillman) for his very kind provision of refreshments 
on the two previous evenings. 
Chirton was soon reached after lunch, and the very interesting 
little Church, with its splendid font, south door, nave arcade, and 
roof, all of the twelfth century, were commented on by Mr. 
Pontine, who, after a mile’s further drive, also did the honours of 
Marden Church, pointing out the fine twelfth century south door 
and chancel arch, with fifteenth century tower—the latter showing 
now to the uninitiated, few if any traces of the fact that under 
Mr. Ponting’s careful hands it was taken completely down, its 
condition rendering this imperatively necessary, and was built up 
again, stone by stone, upon new foundations, only a few years ago. 
It is to be hoped that Mr. Ponting may soon be enabled to do as 
good a work for the nave, which sadly needs it, as he has already 
done for the tower. 
Charlton was the next place on the programme, and here again 
the Church seemed the only object of interest—indeed, through the 
whole of this part of the Pewsey Vale, through which the route of 
this day’s excursion lay, there is not a single specimen of domestic 
architecture or other object of interest to vary the succession of 
Churches. These latter, however, were, on the whole, a very 
interesting series, giving examples of an unusually wide range of 
date and style. Of Charlton Church itself, which presents a very 
picturesque interior, the nave is entirely modern. The chapel on 
