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The Twenty -Eighth General Meeting. 



was built at a very early date, as could be seen from the Norman 

 piers. The east window, he believed, dated from the end of the 

 thirteenth century. No doubt the transept was the chapel of some 

 great family ; the window of it, which was a fine one, was of the 

 same type as those of Salisbury Cathedral. In the chapel is a tomb, 

 evidently to a great benefactor of the parish. The south aisle was 

 of much later date. The Church, he was persuaded, was originally 

 cruciform, with nave, aisle, and two transepts. The arches of the nave 

 were extremely beautiful. The tower had at some time been entirely 

 re-built, execepting the lower part, which struck him as being 

 much older than the upper. The existing tower dates from the 

 fifteenth century. Alderton was the next place visited ; but the 

 Church did not occupy much time, being in great measure a 

 modern building, though containing a fine rood screen, and a 

 north door which comprise nearly all the portions which remain of 

 the older edifice. Grittleton was reached by a pretty drive, and 

 here the Society was welcomed by Sir John and Lady Neeld, with 

 their accustomed liberality and hospitality ; the many beautiful 

 objects of art being pointed out by the courteous owner and several 

 members of his family, and refreshments being provided, after the 

 manner of Grittleton, as the Society has experienced on several pre- 

 vious occasions. After a hearty vote of thanks from the Secretary, 

 and a brief inspection of the church close by, the whistle was 

 sounded, and the visitors drove to Hullavington, whose Church, 

 though last in the day's programme, was by no means one of the 

 least interesting of those inspected during the day. It shows various 

 styles of architecture, including Norman and early English. The 

 most interesting feature is a portion of a fine old rood screen, 

 between the north aisle and the chapel formerly belonging to 

 Bradfield Abbey — which once existed in the parish. The lower part 

 of this unique screen is in the Decorated and the upper in the Per- 

 pendicular style ; being of fourteenth and fifteenth century dates. 

 There is also a fine chancel screen of a later period. In the chapel 

 of Bradfield is a quaint memorial to the memory of Simon James, 

 who died 1616 ; and also the upper portion of the old Norman font. 

 A very interesting relic still preserved in the Church, and which 



