Hi. BRADFORD-ON-AVON AND BATH MEETING. 



roof off; and when they examined the wall they found that it 

 was a double wall, with a space between. This they filled in 

 with cement grouting, thus making a solid wall such as to last 

 for all time. A problem was how to light the church. They had 

 had four copies made of a Roman chandelier with five sconces 

 in the British Museum ; but the 20 candles were quite insufficient 

 to light the interior. 



The PRESIDENT thanked the Vicar for kindly showing the 

 Club his two churches, and remarked that the Saxon church was 

 of especial interest in the year of the celebration of the 

 i,2ooth anniversary of St. Aldhelm as Bishop of Sherborne. 



The Club then visited "The Priory." The house, Mr. BOND 

 stated, dated from the reign of Henry VI., and on the upper 

 side of it was a barn of the same period. The house is a 

 curious medley of styles from Henry VI. onward ; though 

 called "The Priory" the house never had any connection with 

 any ecclesiastical establishment. At " The Chantry," the next 

 house visited, the Members were received by Dr. and Mrs. 

 Beddoe. The main portion of the house dates from Henry VIII. 

 to this. Inigo Jones added two rooms. 



From the Chantry the party walked to the hall, a beautiful 

 house built in the later years of Queen Elizabeth's reign here 

 by the hospitality of the owner, Mr. J. Moulton, tea and fruit 

 were served. 



By the 6.26 train the Members departed for Bath. 



At 7.30 dinner was served at the Pulteney Hotel, after which 

 two candidates were proposed for membership. 



At nine o'clock the Club visited the Municipal Buildings. 

 Here the Rev. C. W. Shickle, Master of St. John's Hospital and 

 ex-President of the Bath Field Club, and the Town Clerk 

 received them. In the Mayor's parlour the municipal regalia, 

 with the chain and seal, and maces, the two-handled sword 

 and loving cup were laid out for inspection. In the archives of 

 the Corporation are the whole of the city accounts from the 8th 

 3 - ear of Queen Elizabeth. A series of early and very interesting 

 charters was shown. 



