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the tower to be post- Conquest work, but done by Saxon workmen. 

 It is in any case an extremely interesting architectural example, 

 and is worthy of more attention and illustration than it has ever 

 yet received. At lunch, which had been arranged for here, the 

 party numbered twenty-four. 



At FITTLETON CHURCH the graceful and unusual 14th century 

 tower and spire were the chief points to dwell on, indeed there are 

 few prettier things of the kind in Wiltshire. 



ENFORD CHURCH, on the other hand, has quite a number of in- 

 teresting features — and it was a pleasure, as the President and Mr. 

 Bell remarked, to visit a Church so admirably restored as this has 

 been within the last few years under the care of Mr. C. E. Ponting. 

 Mr. Brak spear called attention to the very remarkable octagonal 

 sacristy, the Norman arcades of the nave, the curious arcading of 

 the north chancel walls, the hour-glass stand, &c, all of which were 

 duly admired before the party adjourned to the vicarage, where 

 the Rev. T. Gk and Mrs. Nash had most kindly provided tea — a 

 thing most acceptable on a hot and thirsty day. After this the 

 drive to Woodborough Station was dusty but uneventful, and there 

 the remaining members of the party separated and went on their 

 several ways, agreeing in this, that the Amesbury Meeting had 

 been in all respects, except perhaps in the numbers attending it, a 

 most pleasant and successful one. The weather was as good as it 

 could be, the excursions included a number of interesting places, 

 many of which had not before been visited by the Society, and the 

 evening meetings were decidedly lively ones. 



It is, however, much to be desired that more Members would 

 make a point of supporting the Society by being present at the 

 Annual Meetings, if they possibly can do so. The Annual Meeting 

 is not the most important part of the Society's work, but it is, 

 perhaps, the part by which the public at large are prone to judge it. 



[A good and full account of the Meeting and of the papers read 

 at it was given in the Devizes Gazette for July 13th, 20th, 27th, 

 and August 3rd, 1899.] 



