EXCURSION— BRIMPSFIELD AND 
ELKSTONE 97 
Total length 
6| inches 
Width of blade 
2t ,, 
Width at spring of blade 
I 
Length of stop-ridge 
2i- ,, 
Width of stop-ridge 
. 7 . 
Thickness at middle 
i-V ,, 
Slight spinal-projections at sides and also 
along centres of blade. 
[St. 
Clair Baddkley.] 
REFERENCES. 
The President’s notes, supra. 
Brimpsfield Castle and its Owners. By Rev. William Bazeley. Trans. 
Bristol S' Clones. Arch. Soc. (1898), x.x., 233-240. Proceedings of the Society 
at Brimpsfield. Id., 319-322, illustrated. 
Notes on Elkstone Church. Trans. Bristol S Clones. Arch. Soc. (1880) 
iv., 36-41, with illustration of Tympanum. 
-\rchitectural Notes. From the Glynne MSS. Elkstone. St. John. 
Trans. Bristol S' Clones. Arch. Soc. (1898), xx., 241-244. 
Elkstone. Church of St. John the Evangelist. By H. A. Prothero. 
Cloncester Diocesan Magazine (1906), i., 127-129, with plates. 
EXCURSION TO FLAXLEY AND WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN. 
Thursd.w, September 14th, 1916. 
{Directors : Sir F. H. Crawley-Boevey, Bart. ; the President ; 
AND George Embrey.) 
The fourth and last of the Field Meetings for the year was favoured by 
a typical autumn day, for, though a keen air prevailed, the sun shone con- 
tinuously and the picturesque scenery surrounding the district visited was 
seen to the best advantage. Members gathered at the G.W.R. Station at 
Gloucester, the brakes leaving at 10,45. 
Those attending the Meeting were : — The President, M. W. Colchester- 
Wemyss, Roland Austin (Acting Hon. Secretary), William Bellows, F. H. 
Bretherton, H. T. Bruton, H. W. Bruton, F. J. Cullis, Lieut. -Col. J. C. Duke, 
T, S, Ellis, G. Embrey, J. C. Frith, E. W. Fyffe, Ernest Hartland, J, N. Hobbs, 
A. E, Hurry, J. H. Jones, W. Thompson, E. Lawrence, A. S. Montgomrey, 
J, A. Smithin, E. P. Little, with G. McN. Rushforth, F.S.A., Col. Jeune, and 
Mr Lucas, visitors. 
Shortly after 12 o’clock the Members arrived at Flaxley Abbey, being 
received by Sir Francis and Lady Crawley-Boevey. The former conducted 
them to the “Abbot’s Room,’’ and there expressed the gratification he felt 
by the visit of the Club, and the desire of the Members to learn something 
concerning a religious house which in its day was of some importance. His 
pleasure was enhanced by the fact that their President has been such a suc- 
cessful contributor to their knowledge on that particular subject. Flaxley 
is one of three Cistercian Abbeys in Gloucestershire, the others being Kings- 
wood and Hailes. It was founded c. 1148-1154 by Roger, 2nd Earl of Here- 
ford, in memory of his father, the famous Milo of Gloucester (first Earl), 
who was accidentally killed near the site when hunting on December 24th, 
1143. Like another famous Gloucestershire house — Berkeley Castle — 
Flaxley has remained in continuous use since its foundation, though the 
