Architect, T. H. Wyatt, Esq. The tower arch of Portland stone and the 

 west widow are of different date from the rest of the building. The 

 porch on the south side is of Tudor date, with a groined roof of Ham Hill 

 stone. The roses in this are in harmony with the decoration of the fine old 

 octagonal font. The oak l>ench ends and some of the old carved 

 panelling in the nave have, as far as possible, been retained. At the 

 restoration in 1878 traces were discovered of the foundations of an earlier 

 church in the north-west part of the nave. The chancel was restored in 

 1869 and the nave and aisles in 1878, The exterior of the church early 

 in this century was covered with stucco to protect the walls of chalk 

 rubble from the driving weather to which they are exposed. [For the 

 alxjve particulars, which will be found to supplement those given in 

 Hatching, I am indebted to the Rev. H. E. Ravenhill. ED.] 



The party broke up at 7.30 p.m., and it was nine o'clock l>efore 

 Dorchester was reached. The day, which began so unpropitiously, 

 proved to be one of the longest and pleasantest in the records of the 

 Field Club. 



A MEETING was held on Wednesday, July 25th, at Wimborne. The 

 weather was extremely wet and windy, and matters did not look at all 

 hopeful for the carrying out of a successful meeting ; however, a party of 

 about 50 were present during the larger part of the day, and, as much of 

 the programme had by a fortunate coincidence l>een arranged to be 

 carried out under cover, the rain did not cause so much inconvenience as 

 it would on other occasions. The party assembled in a tent, which had 

 been erected in the garden of Mr. W. J. Fletcher, where the 

 President, after formally opening the meeting, proceeded to the 

 description of a cranium of Bos primigenitis, which was exhibited 

 by the owner, Mr. W. J. Fletcher. This fine specimen had 

 been discovered some three years previously during the erection 

 of a new bridge across the river Stour, in the parish of West 

 Stour, in the Vale of Blackmoor. Whilst digging for the purpose 

 of laying the foundations for the pier of the bridge the workmen came to 

 a hole in the river lied, which was filled with trunks and branches of 

 trees, waterlogged and apparently of great age. Amongst these, and 

 particularly at the bottom, were numbers of bones, most of which had 

 been destroyed previous to examination, but Mr. Fletcher had succeeded in 

 rescuing the cranium at present under discussion. The President's paper, 

 together with a woodcut of the cranium, is printed in full at p. 81 of this 

 volume. Subsequently Mr. Fletcher most generously presented the 

 spcimen to the County Museum at Dorchester, where it is now preserved. 



