supplied their over-lord, the Abbot of Milton, with fresh water 

 fish. 



III. The Liscombe monastic barn is about 100 feet long and 

 30 feet broad. It is also built of flint, stone, and large blocks 

 of rock chalk. There is a stone with the letters L. S. and the 

 date 1638 rudely cut thereon ; but the main portion of the 

 barn is of considerably earlier date than the iyth century. 

 There is a modified Queen-post roof and some fine old oak 

 beams. The north end of the barn has been partly pulled 

 down ; and the south end, which is partly bulging, has now three 

 buttresses to support it. 



It may be added that the hamlet of Liscombe is built on the 

 site of a Roman Villa, and sundry Roman remains have been 

 turned up at various times ( Warne's "Ancient Dorset"}. 



And another interesting point about Liscombe is that the 

 Farm pays los. a year to the parish of Melcombe Bingham, to 

 provide bread and wine for the Holy Communion. There is a 

 tradition that a lady to whom Liscombe belonged was going in 

 her coach, one Sunday, in the winter, to receive the Sacrament 

 at the Abbey Church at Milton ; but, on account of a deep 

 snow, she could get no further than Melcombe Bingham. So 

 she made her Communion there ; and this was the occasion of 

 the gift. 



