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THE BATH ROAD 



in the fact of the man not sleeping the night in the 

 village. At any rate, he would not perform the 

 ceremony until the Bishop (of Gloucester) compelled 

 him to do so. 



At Box we are well within the stone district whose 

 quarries have rendered building-stone from the times 



ENTRANCE TO BOX QUARRIES. 



of the Roman occupation until the present day. The 

 oolite which comes from here and from the Corsham 

 quarries is a fine grained stone, easily worked, and of 

 a rich cream colour when freshly wrought. As " Bath 

 stone " it is famous, and has made Bath exclusively a 

 city of stone-built houses. In addition, it is sent to 

 all parts of the country, and even exported. The 

 quarries of Corsham and Box are, therefore, the centres 



