SEPULCHRAL REMAINS IN BATH. 57 
the street; and, if we assume that these coffins are Roman, 
some confirmation is given to this view by the frequent 
discoveries of Roman sepulchral remains in the present 
burial ground of Waleot, along the side of which passed 
the Roman road leading into “The City of the Waters of 
the Sun.” 
The above particulars relate to the stone coffins found in 
Russell Street, and to the other places which have come 
under the notice of the writer of the account which 
appeared in the Chroniele. The following is a letter from 
the Rev. J. Bond, Vicar of Weston, giving an account of 
the various instances which he has been able to collect of 
such remains being found in that part of the neighbourhood 
of Bath, where he resides. 
“ Weston Vicarage, Sept. 17, 1852. 
“ DEAR CAPTAIN CHAPMAN,— You desired me to collect 
for you what information I could respecting the stone 
coffins which at different times have been found in this 
parish. I regret that I have been so long in complying 
with your request, but I have found much difhieulty in 
ascertaining the facts, and I have been unwilling to com- 
municate them before I was able to do so on what: appeared 
to be sufficient authority. 
“] am informed that three stone coflins have been met 
with at different times, lying singly, in fields south of the 
farm house occupied by Mr. Thomas Davis, in Lansdown 
Lane; three or four, together, immediately behind Weston 
farm house, in the occupation of Mr. Powney; one in Mr. 
Saundere’s field at Foxhale, and one in Langridge common. 
But the largest number that has been discovered, were dug 
up about the year 1825, at or near the site of Partis College, 
which appeared to have been an ancient burial ground of 
considerable extent. Three were found, two at the back 
1854, PART II. H 
