PR0CEEDING3 



* OF THE 



SOMERSETSHIRE ARCH^OLOGICAL AND 

 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 



DURING THE YEAR 1853. 



PART I. 



THE Flfth Annual Meeting of the Somerset Archae- 

 ologlcal and Natural Hlstory Society was held at the 

 Town Hall, Y'eovil, on Tuesday, September ISth, 1853,— 

 Wm. Pinnet, Esq., m.p., in the Chair. 



The meeting commenced as usual for the transaction 

 of business, at eleveu o'clock. The President, Vice- 

 Presidents, and the District or Local Secretaries and 

 Treasurers were severally re-appointed. Wni.Pinney,Esq., 

 M.P., was elected a Vice-President ; the Rev. W. A. 

 Jones was elected one of the general Secretaries ; J. Yates, 

 Esq., and J. W. Salter, Esq., were elected Honorary 

 Members ; W. F. EUiot, Esq., W. E. Gillett, Esq., Wra. 

 Kelly, Esq., M.D., W. Metford, Esq., m.d., T. Patton, Esq., 

 W. P. Pinchard, Esq., and the Rev. T. A. Voules, were 

 re-elected, and J. Batten, junr., Esq., the Rev. W. T. 

 Redfern, and F. W. Newton, Esq., were elected Members 

 of the Committee. 



The Chairman opened the proceedings with a sliort and 



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