PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SOMERSETSHIRE ARCH^OLOGICAL AND 

 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 



1852, PART II. 



PAPERS, &c 



(ßti tlie ^npttiMnilar §\i\\t, an n\\Mü 



PART II. 



BT EDWARD A. FREEMAN, M.A. 



IN the paper wliicli I had tlie honour of reading before 

 this Society at its last annual meeting, I endeavoured 

 to point out the cliief general characteristics of the local 

 Perpendiciüar style of Somersetshire ; and I ftirther ex- 

 aiuined in detail the most magnificent of its features, its 

 stately and elaborate western towers. On the present 

 occasion, I propose, with yoiu' indulgence, to continue the 

 suhjeet with regard to the othcr portions of the churches. 

 But before I directly enter on these questions, I will make 

 a few desidtory remarks eupplementary to my fonner dis- 

 coiu'se, as, since its delivery, I have niade a vcry exten- 

 sive tour through various parts of the county. I have seen 



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