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precinct of the said Church." The carved stones built into the 

 Close wall are part of the material then removed. The only con- 

 dition attached to the grant was that the Dean and Chapter must 

 maintain and keep in order the Chapel of Our Lady at Old Sarum, 

 and in the Liberate Rolls of 1246 there is an entry for its repair. 

 It was still standing in Leland's time. 



Leaving Old Sarum at 4.50 the motors made for Amesbury, and 

 after tea there left for Devizes, which was reached exactly at 7 

 o'clock, in accordance with the programme. 



In the evening at 8.45 the Cambrian Association held their 

 annual business meeting in the Town Hall whilst the general meet- 

 ing of the Wilts Society took place in the Council Chamber, Mrs. 

 Cunnington being in the chair. At the former a formal vote of 

 thanks to the local secretary, Mr. B. H. Cunnington, " for the ad- 

 mirable arrangements he had so successfully carried out " was 

 passed. A similar vote of thanks was passed at the Wiltshire 

 meeting. The officers of the Society were re-elected. The annual 

 report was read by theHon.Secretary,and other business transacted. 

 Dr. Waylen brought forward the question of the proposed re-casting 

 of the entire peal of bells at S. Mary's, Devizes. He wished to 

 support the action of the committee of the Society in the protest 

 which they had already made against the proposed destruction of 

 the bells. He therefore proposed the following resolution 1 : — "That 

 this meeting of the Members of the Wilts Archaeological Society 

 desires to endorse the action of their Committee in protesting against 

 the melting of the old Wiltshire-cast bells in the-Parish Church of 

 S. Mary, Devizes, and the proposed substitution of a new peal." The 

 Rev. E. H. Coddard seconded the resolution. He read a letter 

 from Mr, J. Llewellin, one of the churchwardens, in which he said 

 " my committee say, we will not continue the use of our tower as 

 a museum for impossible bells." Mr. Goddard said that this was 

 precisely the argument which was used fifty years ago as warrant- 

 ing the destruction of all sorts of Church furniture which did not 

 happen to fall in with the tastes of the moment. Such destruction 



1 A full report of what was said at the meeting on this matter appeared 

 in the Wiltshire Gazette, August 31st, 1913. 



