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PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 
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The Clypeus Grit and the Upper and Lower Freestones are exposed in the 
quarry. 
On the west side of the road at Wagborough Bush there is a well-preserved 
Round Barrow with a diameter of 48 feet and a height of 6 feet. The road 
known as Buggilde Street is probably of Roman origin, and extends from 
the Ryknield Street near Bidford in Warwickshire to the Foss Way near 
Bourton-on-the-Water, where there was a fine Roman villa. 
A visit was then made to Manor Farm (Colonel Brassey’s model farm), 
which was much enjoyed. Members then returned to Bourton-on-the-Water 
for tea, when the following Candidates were elected : — 
Miss Mary Hutton, The Manor, Dursley, proposed by W. St. Clair 
Baddeley, seconded by L. Richardson. 
Edward William Tunbridge, B.Sc., F.G.S., Castel Froma, Leamington 
Spa, proposed by L. Richardson, seconded by Douglas E. Finlay. 
ASHLEWORTH MEETING. 
September 29TH, 1920. 
The fifth Field Meeting of the year 1920 was held in Ashleworth district 
on Wednesday, September 29th. 
The members proceeded by boat from Westgate- Bridge, Gloucester, to 
Ashleworth Quay. During the journey Dr. Ellis described the Island of 
Alney and illustrated many points in the natural history of rivers, especially 
the relation between river-islands, river windings, and " mortlakes.” On 
arrival at Ashleworth Quay the members visited Ashleworth Church, noting 
particularly the herring-bone masonry of Saxon or Norman date, and the 
High Cross in the churchyard, also the Court House and Tithe Barn by kind 
permission of the owner, Mr. Jackson. 
After tea at the old inn on the bank of the Severn at the Ferry, the member 
were conducted across the alluvial flat that lies between the river and the high 
ground on the west. Attention was directed to the numerous Drift pebbles 
and flints on the clayey surface soil of the meadows and on the sides and 
summit of the Woolridge (or " Woldridge ”). Mr. J. W. Gray, F.G.S., 
in making a few remarks, at the request of the Hon. Secretary, said that the 
Drift of this part of the Severn Valley consists mainly of smooth and well- 
rounded pebbles of quartz, quartzite, and other rocks, the origin of which 
may be traced to the Permian and Triassic conglomerates of Worcestershire 
and Staffordshire. The few flints that form a part of this Drift may be the 
remnants of Cretaceous strata that are said to have extended over the district, 
or they may have been carried down the Severn and Avon from more remote 
sources at various periods. Flints from both sources are probably represented 
in the Drift. The occurrence of similar deposits on the summits of Wainlode 
and Norton and other low hills, up to a height of about 265 feet O.D., on the 
opposite side of the Severn, indicates transport of the Drift materials, mainly 
