DEWLISH AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. XXXI. 



Mr. W. de C. Prideaux, in the course of his description of 

 the church, said that the fabric was mainly built in the 

 middle of the fourteenth century. He directed attention to 

 the twin hagioscopes, a grotesque head carved on one of the 

 capitals, and the scratch dial* over the south porch. Mr. 

 Prideaux had made, and then exhibited, a successful rubbing 

 of the grave slab of Richard Baskett and Ureth his wife, and 

 he kindly gave to the members some photographic prints of 

 the Kete brasses on the east wall of the north aisle. The 

 Rector showed the Elizabethan chalice of 1574, and the 

 parish register dating from 1649 ; the latter contained 

 interesting entries as to collections for church briefs. 



Mr. Alfred Pope then commented on the details of the 

 preaching cross, which, like the church, was of fourteenth 

 century work. The tapering shaft was square with moulded 

 angles, and the steps of the Calvary were unusually deep. 

 Mr. Pope also referred to the ancient dole table near the cross. 

 The party subsequently adjourned to the Rectory garden, 

 where Mrs. Beale had very kindly undertaken the task of 

 providing tea. A business meeting was then held, at w^hich 

 the President announced that Colonel and Mrs. Dickson, of 

 Bournemouth, had promised to act as joint directors of the 

 Dorset photographic survey, and he also took the opportunity 

 of congratulating the Honorary Secretary on his recent 

 appointment as Vicar of St. Peter's, Portland, and of 

 expressing the Field Club's appreciation of his work. 



Finally, Mr. Richardson tendered the thanks of the 

 visitors to the Rector and Mrs. Beale for all the trouble 

 which had been taken on their behalf. 



A quick drive to the railways at Dorchester brought to a 

 close a very successful meeting. 



* For examples of this early form of sundial, see Somerset Arch, 

 and X.H. Society, vol. 59, p. 25. 



