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marble portrait busts over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, of 

 Henry VIII, Edward VI., and Elizabeth. 



At 5.20 the carriages left for Warminster, and at 8 o'clock the 

 EVENING MEETING began with a paper 1 by MR. R. U. POWELL, 

 on "THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY IN WESSEX," 

 dealing chiefly with the life and work of Birinus. This was 

 followed by one by the REV. C. E. B. BARNWELL, 2 on the same 

 subject, with St. Aldhelm's life and times as its central motive. 

 Mr. Barnwell touched on the question of the derivation of the 

 name " Malmesbury," and characterised the Bishop of Bristol's 

 proposed derivation from Aldhelm as one which he could be hardly 

 serious in suggesting. 



The REV. R. G. PENNY came next with a paper on "THE 

 SUPPOSED INFLUENCES OF THE EASTERN CHURCH ON 

 ENGLISH ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE, WITH SPECIAL 

 REFERENCE TO THE SOLID SCREEN IN STOCKTON CHURCH," 

 in the course of which he demolished Dr. Baron's theory that the 

 Stockton screen was a survival of the " Iconostasis " of the Eastern 

 Church. After this Natural History was again to the fore in a 

 dissertation by MR. J. LUCAS on " THE FLOWERS OF THE 

 DISTRICT," in which he dealt at some length on the fertilization 

 of orchids, illustrating his remarks with carefully drawn diagrams. 



The last paper to be read 3 was by the REV. T. J. LAWRENCE, 

 LL.D., on "KING ALFRED AND HIS CONNECTION WITH THE 

 DISTRICT." It was an eloquent survey of the wars of Alfred, in 

 which he summed up the evidence in favour of the Wiltshire 

 Ethandune as an orthodox Wiltshireman should. He followed Mr. 

 Stevenson in locating EcbrightVStane at Penselwood, and in 

 identifying Iglea with Ilegh, a portion of Southleigh Wood, on 

 the borders of Warminster and Heytesbury. 



The Town Hall was again quite filled, as it had been the previous 



1 Reprinted in full, Warminster and Westbury Journal, July 30th, 1904. 



2 Printed in full, Warminster and Westbury Journal, August 13th, 1904. 



3 This paper is printed in full in Warminster and Westbury Journal, July 

 23rd, 1904 



