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Jones, who conducted them over the little church, remarkable for its 

 beautiful tower, and above all, for its painted windows of very early 

 date, and in unusually good preservation. Next they visited the old 

 Manor-house hard by, the property of Mr. Tugwell, and over this, 

 above stairs and below, they were very kindly taken by the tenant, 

 Mr. Doel ; and a great treat, and to most of the archaeologists an 

 unexpected treat, it was to see so excellent a specimen of mediaeval 

 domestic architecture in so good a state of preservation, and so little 

 injured by the hand of the restorer. Before leaving this charming 

 old house, the President begged to propose a vote of thanks to the 

 hospitable owner (Mr. Tugwell), who had most considerately sent 

 up from Bath a cart laden with hampers intended for the refreshment 

 of the whole party; but of which the early hour of arrival, caused 

 by a change of route which had been decided on the previous evening, 

 forbade them to make use : the vote of thanks was seconded by 

 Prebendary Jones, and carried by acclamation, and the Secretary 

 was requested to convey it to Mr. Tugwell. 



Bradford-on-Avon was the next halting-place, and here indeed our 

 excursionists remained for a long time, so many and so interesting 

 to them were the objects selected for inspection. First, by kind 

 permission of Mr. Moulton, they rambled over Kingston House, or 

 the Duke's House, a well-known mansion of Jacobean architecture. 

 Then to the fine old parish church, over which the Vicar, Rev. 

 Prebendary Jones, conducted them, expatiating on the history of the 

 building, and its restorations, and pointing out all that was most 

 deserving of notice. Thence the Vicar conducted them to the now 

 famous little Anglo-Saxon Chapel, lately opened out in great measure 

 from the rubbish which surrounded it, and rescued, as we sincerely 

 hope, from destruction ; an unique specimen of very early architecture 

 the ' e ecclesiola 33 of St. Lawrence, as William of Malmesbury calls 

 it, and probably not much short of a thousand years old. This little 

 building, rudely and quaintly constructed, has of late attracted the 

 attention of antiquarians of all places, and thanks to the prolonged 

 exertions of the Vicar of Bradford and the Rev. E. L. Barnwell of 

 Melksham, it is hoped that contributions will be collected, enough 

 to ensure its preservation. To this desirable end the Wiltshire 



