VOL. XIX. (3) EXCURSION— DEEKHURST & TEWKESBURY 
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Entering the garden on the .south side, it was observed that the very 
centre of the monastic life of the community was there in view. The cloister 
(mere fragments only rema'in) was on the usual south side of the Church, and 
the positions of the Cellarer’s door, or lay-brother’s entrance, and the pro- 
cessional-door, were clearly recognized. From this point the “ herring- 
bone ” work, a feature usuall}^, but not always, of Saxon date, and derived 
from the previous Roman Opus spicatum {spica : a spike, point, or a wheat-, 
ear), is well seen. On the eastern side of the house, adjoining the Church, 
remains a line example of an oblong curvilinear window of the time of 
Edward II. Near this site, we learn from Matthew Paris, was intended to 
be built, when the Priory was sold to him by the Abbey of S. Denis, 
Richard Earl of Cornwall’s Castle. Paris [sub anno 1250) mentions the 
intention to build. The immense quantity of stone brought down for the 
intended castle is referred to in a contemporary document. 
A careful examination of the burned Apside, or eastern end, of the 
Saxon Church was then made. There is reason to attribute the early 1 5th 
century as the date of the fire. Members then entered the Church, where 
the several problems — in the President’s opinion, never likely to be settled — 
of its architecture were touched upon, and the Early hood-mould, the 
font, the Cassey brasses, the pre-Reformation chancel- rails, and the beautiful 
glass, were viewed with much interest. When returning to the boat the Saxon 
(Odda’s) Chapel (1058) was visited, and its masonry (in both cutting and 
jointing), contrasted with that of the Church ; and here the Vicar was 
warmly thanked for his kindness in receiving the Club, and for giving them 
the facilities which they had enjoyed. 
Tewkesbury was reached in time for Members to walk from Lower Lode 
ferry to the great and well cared-for Abbey, where the President again took 
much pains to present the main incidents in its history, and to point out a few 
of the most noteworthy monuments in the choir chapels. 
Canon W. Owen Jenkins, Bagendon Rectory, near Cirencester, pro- 
posed by W. R. Carles, seconded by Roland Austin ; 
Rev. H. Moxon, The Vicarage, Somerford Keynes, proposed by the 
President, seconded by Roland Austin ; 
Charles Arnold Crane, The Reddings, Cheltenham, proposed by Rev. Ja 
J. D. Cooke, seconded by J. H. Jones, 
were elected to membership of the Club. 
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