XXXIV. THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



The Yeomanry map of Dorset, issued in 1801 in anticipation of the French 

 invasion, is most interesting. Its title runs—" A Plan of the County of Dorset 

 showing the Divisions along the Coast allotted for the Troops of Yeomanry, 

 &c., for removing the Live and Dead Stock, &c., and the Depots to be removed 

 to." 



This was followed in 1803 by a no less interesting and curious map under the 

 title of — " The County of Dorset divided into divisions shewing the Beacons fixed 

 on, Signal2Msts erected hy Government, Depots, and places of assembly of Volun- 

 teer Corps," byW. Jennings, of Evershot, scale two miles to one inch. However, 

 the French never landed, and the maps survive. 



G. and J. Greenwood's very excellent map of Dorset, scale one mile to the inch, 

 with a view of Melcombe Eegis, was published September, 1826. One on a 

 smaller scale (three miles to the inch), with view of St. Mary's Church, 

 Sherborne, was published July 4th, 1829. 



Thomas Etcher, J. Ellis, Alex. Hogg, W. Tunnicliff, E. W. Brayley, R. Rowe, 

 J. Gary, J. Archer, J. Gibson, C. Smith, and others also published maps of 

 Dorsetshire in the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth centuries. 



I hope that some of the more interesting of these ancient maps of our county 

 may be reproduced in the next volume of the " Proceedings" of our Club, so 

 that those who are unable to procure originals may have copies. 



Many more modern maps of the county have been published, the Government 

 Ordnance Survey being the last, and probably the most correct and compre- 

 hensive ; but these do not come within my province to describe as ancient maps 

 of the county. 



There are also many ancient and interesting plans of the boroughs and towns 

 in the county. Most of these may be found in the last edition of Hutchins', 

 but I fear time may be wanting for me to give a separate reference to each 

 one, 



I now propose to follow the Honorary Secretary's instructions and show you 

 some of the places which have been recently visited by the Club. 



Mr. Pope exhibited a very interesting collection of old 

 engravings, aqua-tints, and prints relating to Cranborne, Wim- 

 borne, the neighbourhood of Weymouth and the Isle of 

 Portland. 



2. By Mr. Cunnington, on " Maiden Castle." 



The paper was mainly in support of his contention —that 

 Maiden Castle was originally constructed by the Romans, not 

 by natives. 



Mr. Cunnington's views on this subject have been fully stated 

 in papers contributed by him to former volumes. In the course 



