24 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1912 



A world of wonders in one closet shut. 



These famous Antiquarians, that had been 



Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen, 



Transplanted now themselves, sleep here, and when 



Angels shall with their trumpets waken men. 



And fire shall purge the world, these hence sliall rise 



And change this garden for a Paradise. 



In the regretted absence of the President {Rev. W. Butt, M.A.) on 

 account of a family bereavement, Dr Garrett was voted to the chair, and 

 after tea Mr Bailey gave a short account of his herbarium. A collection of 

 forty sheets of all the British water-buttercups was laid out on the tables for 

 the inspection of the Members. 



The Members were interested in an instrument on the terrace for finding 

 Greenwich mean time during sunshine for all the days of the year. 



EXCURSION TO THORNBURY AND AUST. 



Tuesday, June nth, 191 2. 



Duector<; : The Rev Canon Cornwall, the Rev. A. D. Lough, F. H. Creswell 

 and L. Richardson. 



{Report by W. Thompson). 



The Members arrived at Thornbury at 11.46 a.m., and were : — The Rev. 

 H. H. Winwood and Mr Charles Upton (\'ice-Presidents), Mr L. Richardson 

 (Hon. Secretary), Messrs O. A. Brown, F. H. Bretherton, J. M. Collett. F.C.S.. 

 J. M. Dixon, G'. Ernbrey, F.C.S., B. G. Geidt, F. Hannam-Clark, J. N. Hobbs, 

 H. H. Knight, E. Lawrence, \. S. Montgomrey, F. Pearce, J. W. Skinner. A. 

 J. Stephens, W. Thompson, etc. 



From the station a stroll through the quiet, but picturesque old town 

 brought the party to 



THE PARISH CHURCH 



where the Vicar, the Rev. Canon Cornwall, was in readiness to explain the 

 chief historical and architectural features of the building. A fine perpendicu- 

 lar tower, overlooking tall elm trees, is one of the chief landmarks of the 

 neighbourhood, and is of the same period as Gloucester Cathedral and 

 Chipping Campdon Church. The Vicar modestly disclaimed any pretensions 

 to be considered an expert archa?ologist. but it is clear from the interesting 

 paper which he contributed to the Gloucester Diocesan Magazine, that he has 

 acquired considerable knowledge of the fine church in his charge. The 

 Members of the Club listened with pleasure to the reading of this paper. The 

 church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, and is in close proximity to the 

 Castle, a lofty wall of the castle dividing the grounds from the churchyard. 

 There is no record of a church here before the Conquest, but Atkyns states 

 that a Royal Charter given at Winchester in 1106 by Henry I. granted and 

 confirmed to Tewkesbury Abbey certain churches with their lands and tithes, 

 Thornbury being one of them. It is clear, therefore, there was a church on 

 the site of the present one early in the twelfth century. Before the close of 

 the twelfth century the church may have been relauilt or enlarged, as the 

 existing font and the north and south doorways are of transition work. 

 Some colour is given to the idea by the tradition that the body of the church 

 and the tower were built by Fitzhardinge, the builder of Beikeley Castle. 

 Atkyns states that the south aisle of the fourteenth century church was built 



