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seeing all there was to be seen, by the kind permission of the 

 tenant, Mr. John Flower; the party pursued their way to STEEPLE 

 ASHTON CHURCH, of which Mr. Ponting gave a full description. 



After the Church had been seen the MANOK HOUSE was visited 

 — a most charming old stone house, with nice gate pillars to the 

 forecourt and a splendid copper beech in front, and close beside it, 

 in the garden, the very remarkable old red ^rick granary standing 

 on high stone columns — altogether a place well worth going to see, 

 and beautifully kept by the occupier, Mr. Cary. At the VICARAGE 

 Mr. and Mrs. Knubley received the Members, and showed them 

 over the house — with its library bequeathed to the successive 

 Vicars by the Eev. Samuel Hey at the beginning of the 19th 

 century, and the portions of the old house dating back to the 

 15 th century — before the enlargements and additions were made 

 by the Eev. E. Crawley about 1830. 



Leaving Steeple Ashton the next business was luncheon at the 

 EDINGTON GARDENS, at which Mr. Medlicott took the oppor- 

 tunity of thanking the Local Committee, and more especially Mr. 

 Munday, of Trowbridge, for the great amount of trouble which he 

 had taken to make the Meeting a success. After lunch THE 

 CHURCH was visited, Mr. Ponting acting as guide to the build- 

 ing, which he so well restored. Some discussion arose as to the 

 question of replacing the large monument of Sir Edward Lewys 

 on the north side of the sanctuary. At the time of the Society's 

 visit it was lying in pieces on the floor of the chancel, having been 

 just carefully taken down to avoid the imminent danger of its 

 falling. Its removal revealed the sedilia of three bays in a 

 fragmentary condition, and piscina which had hitherto been 

 blocked and concealed behind it. In view of the interest of this 

 discovery, though some Members were in favour of replacing the 

 tomb in its original position, the general opinion was that, as it 

 was already taken down, it would be better to re-erect it against 

 the bare wall of the chancel to the westward rather than to again 

 hide the sedilia and piscina which had been revealed. This course 

 has since been adopted, and the whole tomb carefully re-erected 

 by Mr. Watson-Taylor, the lay Eector, the sheeps' (?) leg-bones 



