Ix. BRIDPORT AND LYME REGIS MEETING. 



is supported by carved pillars, said to be the posts of the bed 

 in which Charles slept at the George Inn, Broad winsor. Driving 

 on through Chideock, and passing on the way Pillesdon Pen 

 and Lewesdon, the carriages drew up at the old Queen's Arms 

 Inn, 



CHARMOUTH, 



now a private house, occupied by the Rev. J. and Mrs. Ogle, 

 who showed the members the room which the King occupied 

 when waiting in vain for Joseph Limbry and his boat. The 

 room shown as the Royal apartment certainly existed at the 

 date, though it has since been divided by a partition ; in 

 the house adjoining formerly a part of the Inn King Charles' 

 hiding-place is shown. As there was no occasion for the 

 King to hide when at Charmouth, for there was no pursuit, 

 and as the so-called hiding-place is a space obtained by 

 building a wall across the front of an old Dorset chimney 

 corner and setting a modern grate in it, it may be confidently 

 affirmed that it was an open chimney corner in the days of 

 King Charles, and that there was no space in which the King 

 could have hidden, if for any obscure reason he wished to do 

 so. At Charmouth the Club was most kindly entertained by 

 the Rector, the Rev. S. E. and Mrs. Simms. Members versed in 

 architecture found little to interest them in Charmouth Church, 

 and the same may be said of Symondsbury Church, excepting 

 the arches supporting the central tower. 

 The next halting-place was 



ELLESDON'S FARM 



at Monkton Wyld. It seems strange that there should have 

 been difficulty in identifying "the house in the hills," as 

 Ellesdon's Farm seems to be indicated in various passages. 

 The following extracts bearing on the subject have been kindly 

 sent to the Editor by the Rev. J. H. Ward : 



