l.X. POOLE AND fcROWNSEA ISLAND MEETING. 



records of the lyth century as "Paradise" Cellar. This name 

 is suggestive, as a " Paradise" was a place to which the monks, 

 after hard fasting and penance, were allowed to retire for rest, 

 refreshment, and recreation. The "Paradise" of the great 

 Benedictine house at Canterbury still remains, and the site of 

 an old building and garden adjacent to the Priory of Hatfield 

 Regis (Essex) is even now locally known as " Paradise." 



Mr. GILL said there was an utter lack of record of any 

 monastic foundation at Poole. There is no mention of a friary 

 or of any other monastic establishment at Poole in Dugdale or 

 in Tanner, or in the Taxalio Ecclesiastica of Pope Nicolas. 

 Father Gasquet has the following note in the Appendix to 

 Vol. I. of his " English Monasteries " : " Poole 'a friary.' No 

 friary, the grant 3 Ed. VI. seems to have been of guild property." 

 The property had always been and was manor property. There 

 was no record of alienation or resumption. 



Mr. BARNES remarked that, if there was no record of a 

 monastic establishment at Poole, it seemed almost conclusive 

 evidence that there had been nothing of the kind there. 



On leaving the Town Cellars, the company were courteously 

 received and welcomed by the Mayor at the Town Hall. The 

 PRESIDENT expressed the thanks of the Field Club to the Mayor 

 for the use of the Hall and his kind reception of them, and also 

 to Mr. Gill for the delightful manner in which he had acted as 

 their guide. 



The large party then mounted the vehicles, which were drawn 

 up on each side of the Hall, and were driven through Poole Park 

 to Sandbanks, at the extremity of which they were set down 

 before the Haven Hotel. Here luncheon was served, after which 

 a meeting was held on the terrace outside the hotel. The only 

 business transacted was the election of twelve persons to the 

 membership and the nomination of three candidates for member- 

 ship. Mr. ALFRED POPE then made an appeal, on behalf of the 

 Museum Council, for contributions towards defraying the cost 

 of raising and relaying on the floor of the County Museum the 

 mosaic pavement lately found in Durngate Street, Dorchester. 



