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interesting maps of Dorset of those dates, show 

 Grimstone with a chapel and Stratton with a church 

 with a tower. 



I think therefore it may be fairly inferred (not- 

 withstanding the absence of any references to an 

 ecclesiastical building at Grimstone in the returns 

 of Church property in 1552 and 1650) (1) That there 

 was formerly a Free Chapel at Grimstone ; (2) That 

 it was pulled down or allowed to go into decay in or 

 about the year 1547, when the chancel of the church 

 at Stratton was removed ; (3) That many of the 

 stones from the old chapel were used in the building 

 of the house demolished in 1904, and the barn above 

 referred to. It will be noticed that the stoup and 

 the cross (Nos. 1 and 3) are of local stone, probably 

 Ridgway, the statue and the mouldings being of Ham 

 Hill, with the mediaeval colouring still on them ; 

 the remains of the small basin are of Petworth or 

 Purbeck stone. 



PAPERS. 



Captain Acland described the position of the ancient 

 walls of Dorchester, as disclosed by excavations made for 

 drainage purposes in 1911 and 1912. 



Canon Fletcher read a biography of William Stone, a 

 Wimborne divine of the 17th century. 



Mr. E. A. Rawlence described the games and amusements 

 of the villagers in the Blackmore Vale. 



The Rev. H. S. Solly dealt with the earliest traces of man 

 in Dorset. 



The four papers will be found in the later pages of this 

 volume. 



