196 The Fifty-Sixth General Meeting. 



At DITTERIDGE CHURCH,' the next stopping place, THE REV. 

 E. H. GODDARD pointed out the principal points of interest. 

 Mr. E. W. Godwin, who described the building in 1857, regarded 

 the south door as being Early Norman work of the end of the 

 11th century, perhaps dr. 1197, but it was stated that the Bishop 

 of Bristol, during a recent visit to the Church, had inclined to the 

 belief that it might be work of the days immediately preceding 

 the Conquest, and that the heads on the side of the imposts might 

 be those of Edward Confessor and Edith, his Queen. 

 . From this point the party walked to the neighbouring CHENEY 

 COURT, where tea had been most kindly provided for them by 

 MR. AND MRS. GEORGE NORTHEY, the former of whom spoke 

 shortly on the history of the house. The house, which commands 

 a lovely view over the valley, is believed to have been built by the 

 Speke family, who settled at Haselbury House in 1613, and were 

 lords of the manor of Box. The Speke arms are on a chimney 

 / piece on the ground floor, and those of Speke impaling Luttrell in 

 a room above. The house until recently was divided between a 

 residence and a farmhouse. It has now been again thrown into 

 one. The old staircase has a " dog gate," and there is a good late 

 17th century chimneypiece in a room upstairs. 



On the way back to Bradford the journey was broken at 

 WOOLLEY GRANGE, where, by the kindness of MR. AND MRS. 

 P. K. STOTHERT, the picturesque front of the house and charming 

 gardens filled with lovely roses and many other choice things to 

 rouse a gardener's envy and admiration, were inspected and en- 

 joyed. So ended one of the most delightful days ever spent on 

 the Society's excursions. 



At the Evening Meeting when there was again a good attendance, 

 some sixty-two being present, THE REV. E. H. GODDARD 

 spoke shortly on " THE BRONZE IMPLEMENTS OF WILTSHIRE," 

 and was followed by H. ST. GEORGE GRAY, who read a paper on 

 "THE AVEBURY EXCAVATIONS, 1908-9," illustrated by a large 

 series of excellent lantern slides, showing every stage of the work 



1 For full account see Wilts Arch. Mag., iv., 146. 





