Xlvi. SECOND WINTER MEETING. 



It was generally thought that the county was the natural area for the 

 preservation of such documents, and that there should be in every county 

 an associalion for that purpose. Opinion was divided as to whether these 

 should be the local archaeological societies, or whether the County Councils 

 would be the better custodians, (d) Mr. O. G. S. Crawford (Ordnance 

 Survey) opened a discussion upon " The necessity for the more systematic 

 survey of British Antiquities." The Ordnance Survey Authorities were 

 willing to insert such upon their maps, if the necessary materials were 

 supplied to them by the proper local authorities; and a new officer had 

 been appointed to see to this. For this purpose large scale maps are 

 being issued to local Archaeological Societies; and the results, when 

 completed, will be published in the ordinary survey maps, and possibly 

 also in special archaeological maps. 



SYMONDSBURY CHURCH. Mr. Alfred Pope, F.S.A., had been 

 asked to lay before the Society the Report made by Mr. C. E. 

 Winmill to the Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries (Mr. 

 A. R. Powys) relative to the proposed alterations to Symonds- 

 bury Church, one of the few churches remaining in an 

 eighteenth century condition, and which formed an excellent 

 illustration of scenes in Thomas Hardy's Books. The 

 PRESIDENT, CAPT. ACLAND, MR. W. DE C. PRIDEAUX, REV. H. 

 PENTIN and CANON FLETCHER all commented upon the Report, 

 the latter pointing out strongly that, while he yielded to no 

 one in his interest in antiquities and in his desire that there 

 should be no unnecessary tampering with ancient features, yet 

 it must be remembered that the object of a Church was 

 the worship of God and the edification of the worshipper. 

 He knew from experience what Symondsbury church was like. 

 Twice he had, in the dead of winter, conducted " Call of the 

 War Missions " there. The central tower was the only old 

 feature of the Church, and the ground had gradually been raised 

 within and without the Church, so that the arches had become 

 very low. Nearly half the seats had their backs to the altar. 

 There were high pews. The Church was lighted by means of 

 one candle stuck between each pair of pews. There was no 

 means of heating. Stone tracery had been removed from the 

 windows and replaced by iron. The whole place was 



