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The Forty -Fifth General Meeting. 



and lastly, the CHURCH close by. This fine building has many 

 interesting features — the tower, the fine arcades and clerestory of 

 the twelfth century nave, tombs and brasses, one of the latter 

 having on the same slab two demi-figures of the early fifteenth 

 century — and immediately below them and apparently referring 

 to them a plate recording the death of a Grarrard in 1635, which 

 has evidently been placed here by mistake. Mr. Doran Webb 

 mentioned that the font originally belonging to this Church is now 

 in a garden at Marlborough. 



Leaving Lambourne at 3.30 the breaks proceeded back past 

 Ashdown, to BISHOPSTONE CHURCH, now well restored after the 

 disastrous fire of some years ago, with its fine Norman door inserted 

 in the fifteenth century work of the north side of the chancel, 

 its fragment of a Norman font imbedded in the new one, and the 

 fragments of old glass in the east window of the north aisle. The 

 Vicar mentioned that between the Church and the down a Roman 

 tessellated pavement is believed to exist, which is awaiting proper 

 exploration. LITTLE HINTON CHURCH, with its Norman arcades 

 and its very remarkable tub font, covered with sculptures of beasts 

 and interlaced work, with arcades above, was then visited. This 

 font was once one of the most remarkable Norman fonts anywhere 

 to be seen, but a large amount of the value and interest of its 

 carvings has evaporated in the process not merely of scraping but of 

 actual re-cutting of the whole of the ornament which it underwent 

 some years ago — during which, as the late Vicar told the writer of 

 this, the workman most unfortunately altered the character of the 

 arcade round the top of it ! As there was time to spare, a short 

 halt was made at WANBOROUGH CHURCH, to refresh Members' 

 memory of the tower and spire, and the fresco on the north wall of 

 the nave. In the porch still hangs a small notice board with this 

 inscription : — 



"All females are requested to take off their pattens 

 on entering this door." 



The EVENING MEETING was held at 8.45. Mr. A. D. 

 Passmore's paper on " A Boman Villa lately Discovered at 



