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Crudwell a short journey brought the party to EASTCOURT HOUSE, 

 in the same parish, where MRS. RANDOLPH received them and 

 took the greatest pains to shew them everything of interest tliat 

 the house contains, whilst liglit refreshments fortified the Members 

 for the further labours of the morning. Ttie most notable features 

 of the house are the very fine staircase, reaching from the cellars 

 to the attics, with royal and other arms amongst its decoration ; 

 the room at the foot of the stairs, now used as a smoking room, 

 with good coeval panelling; two or three rooms upstairs with 

 plainer panelling of various dates; and in one of the bedrooms an 

 elaborate mantelpiece with the arms of Earle, the builders of the 

 house {fJu^ee escallops), a figure of "G E" with his hand upon the 

 head of his eldest son, and three smaller children on one side, 

 whilst his wife with a baby in arms stands on the other. There 

 is also a sliip (the Earles were l>ristol mercliants), and a model of 

 the house, dated 1662. 



The next item on the programme was OAKSEY CHURCH,' and 

 then KEMBLE CHURCH," after which the party, numbering 

 now fifty-one, were quite ready to sit down in the very 

 commodious village hall, kindly placed at their disposal by 

 LORD BIDDULRH, to the excellent luncheon provided by the 

 Kemble Co-operative Association. Leaving Kemble at 1.15 

 SHORNCOTE^ was reached at 1.40, and the charming little 

 Church, so unspoiled by restoration, was visited and admired 

 whilst the motor busses and private motors spent the interval in 

 extricating themselves from the tangle in which they were wound 

 up in the narrow lane leading to the i)lace. SOMlMIFOin) 

 KEYNES CHURCH,^ with its remarkable Saxon doorway, was 

 then visited. Less than half-an-hour's drive from this i)()int 

 brought the party to ASHTON KEYNES CHURCH, wIumv the 

 most notable, fealurc is the rereilos of ihi; alLar. which once stood 

 ill th(^ rood loft over the iioith aish'. Ml^■l■:'^^ ( 'lit ■ KCIl,' with 

 its Jacobean seats and pulpit, and lil'teeiitli century ticrcens and 



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