Third Day, Thursday, August, Will. 



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THE CONVERSAZIONE 



took place at the Town Hall, at 8 o'clock, at which Sir Charles 

 Hobtiouse ag^ain presided. The first paper was by the President, 

 entitled " Some account of Monkton Farleigh." At its conclusion 

 a vote of thanks to the author was moved by the Secretary, and 

 carried by acclamation. Then Mr. Frederick Shum, F.S.A., read 

 a paper, " On Some notes of Gainsborough and his connection with 

 Bradford/' for which the President tendered him the thanks of the 

 audience. Both of these interesting papers will appear in the 

 Magazine in due course. 



As this was the last occasion of the assembling of the Society at 

 Bradford during its present Meeting, the Rev. A. C. Smith begged 

 to express, on the part of the Society, towards the close of a most 

 happy and successful Meeting, cordial thanks, first to the town and 

 neighbourhood of Bradford for the hearty welcome given to it : then 

 to the Local Secretaries for the labour they had undergone in its 

 behalf, and the arrangements they had so happily made : and last, 

 though not least, to Sir Charles Hobhouse, who so kindly and so 

 admirably discharged the duties of President of the Meeting at 

 almost a moment's notice. Sir Charles, in reply, proposed a vote 

 of thanks to Canon Jones for the large amount of information he 

 had conveyed to them, and for the pains he had taken in pointing 

 out all that was best worth notice. 



THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11th. 



The excursionists assembled at the Town Hall, at ten o'clock, and 

 again under the able guidance of Canon Jones, first visited Holt 

 Church ; then Monkton Manor House ; then Broughton Gifford 

 Church. From hence they drove to Great Chalfield Manor House, 

 which, of all the many excellent specimens inspected during the 

 three days' meeting, was incomparably the finest domestic building 

 they had seen : and here they wandered up and down, inside and 

 outside the house, never tired of admiring this splendid specimen of 

 fifteenth century work. Then, by invitation of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Fuller, the archaeologists — by this time numbering about one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five — were most hospitably entertained at luncheon 



