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tvedmgs of the morning were accordingly unduly hurried, and it 

 was impossible to stay. HANNINGTON CHURCH was the next 

 Stopping place. Here attention was drawn to what was once a fine 

 female recumbent effigy — which, after having been used as part of 

 the base of the pulpit, has now for some years been lying exposed 

 in the churchyard. The opinion was generally expressed that this 

 figure should be brought into the Church again for preservation, 

 and this the Vicar, the Rev. J. B. Smeaton, kindly promised 

 that lie would do. Unfortunately time pressed so much that the 

 visit to the picturesque Hall, which it was hoped might have been 

 included, could not be carried out, and the party had to proceed at 

 once to CASTLE EATON CHURCH, where the curious " Bone Hole," 

 the fifteenth century wooden shafts of the north aisle, the font, 

 and the sanctus turret, as well as other points, are interesting. 

 From here the route lay back through Hannington to HIGH WORTH, 

 where the party arrived about three-quarters of an hour after time, 

 and set to work heartily upon an unusually excellent lunch awaiting 

 them in the British Schools. After lunch the CHURCH was visited 

 — a spacious building with several points about it — the most notable 

 object here, however, is the silver-gilt chalice of 1534, which is still 

 in use, with its paten. This magnificent piece of plate is of the 

 latest and most ornate Pre- Reformation type. (See Nightingale's 

 Church Plate of Wiltshire, p. 180), and is one of five of similar date 

 and type at present known to exist in England — one of the others 

 being that of "Wylye, in the south of the county. It was only 

 possible to glance at the picturesque old mullioned house at the 

 bottom of the High Street — a very picturesque street in itself, by 

 the way — and at the fine old barn just below, before the breaks 

 were off for COLESHILL, just over the Berkshire border, where the 

 party were received in the kindest way by The Honble, Buncombe 

 and Mrs. Bouverte, the house being thrown open to their inspection 

 and refreshments most hospitably provided. The house itself is 

 a singularly complete and unaltered example of the work of Tnigo 

 Jones, dating from the year 1650, as stated on a most interesting 

 copper plate affixed to the wall near the door of Mr. Bouverie's 

 study. The plate contains the following inscription : — 



