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matters from early times. And then Proressor T, Rupert Jonzs 
gave an admirable address “ On the History of Sarsen Stones,” and 
in which he contrived to embody a great deal of very interesting as 
well as valuable information. 
A vote of thanks from the chair to the readers of these two 
papers, heartily responded to by the audience, terminated the pro- 
ceedings of the day. 
SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l1Irt:. 
At nine o’clock those who had signified their intention of joining 
the excursion to Liddington and Barbury Castles repaired to the 
Town Hall, where sundry brakes awaited them; and on as pleasant 
a morning as excursionists could desire the party started for Wan- 
borough, where the Church attracted great attention, from the 
singular feature of its possessing a square tower at the west end and 
a spire between the chancel and the nave. There are said to be but 
three examples of this in England, and, strange to say, another of 
the three is to be visited in to-morrow’s excursion, viz., that of 
Purton. The third example is far away from Wiltshire, viz., 
Ormskirk, in Lancashire. Here Mr. C. E. Ponting, under whose 
auspices the Church has been admirably restored, read a short paper, 
pointing out all that was most interesting ; but, as we look forward 
to printing a paper by that gentleman on this and some other 
Churches visited by the Society in this year’s excursions, we will 
not anticipate his remarks here. It was observed that Wanborough 
lies on the summit of a hill surrounded in great part by a bank and 
ditch, doubtless remains of the ramparts with which in ancient 
times it was defended, for Wanborough was once a place of no small 
importance, and enjoys the reputation of having been formerly “ the 
key of Wessex,” near to which all the great highways of Wessex 
converged, and in whose neighbourhood one of the fiercest and 
bloodiest battles recorded in our annals was fought, as pointed out 
long since by Dr. Guest. From Wanborough a short drive brought 
us to Liddington, and here, too, the pretty little Church demanded 
notice, and its curious tombs, said to be in memory of two Abbesses 
of Canterbury, one of whom tradition declares to be the founder of 
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