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body of arclireologists, l)ut also as it society which was protmitinj,
the very best national and public sentiment.

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,l he proceedings closed with a vote of tlurnks to the l)e-an tor
pres.iding.

TI1es,(l:i_y, -luly .1~1«th. The members nnule mi excursion by
inotor-cars to Dover, stopping on mule at Ptttrixbourne, Bridge and
l§:1rf1-cstoii. :\t.Pz1tri.\'bourne Church the visitors were welcomed
by the Rector (Rev. ll. Knight), and Mr. Keyser described the
chief t'e:1tures of the church, driuving e..~*pcciztl :tttention to the
he:tutii'ul south :loorw:Ly of late Norman work, with its elztborutely
curved lylllpfllllllll and richly wrought moultlings.

The next stopping-pl:Lc(3 was Bridge Church, which, although
rebuilt in 1855), still retains some relics of the earlier church,
not:tbl_\' the two Nornnln doorways, now insertetl respectively at the
west end and on the cast side of the Vestry.

\Vithin the chancel and on the north well there is it very
renmrkable series of figure subjects curved in stone. These are
airimiged in two tiers, :l.11d2l.ppCZn‘ to represent Our Lord in Ma_jesty,
with the symbols of the Evzmgelists in the upper row, while below
are the following scenes from Old Testznnent history, vi’/.., the
temptation of Adam and Eve, in which the serpent is shown
with :1. hunntn head, the expulsion from P{t1‘ZUllS0, the s:1.erilices
of Cain and Abel, and Cain killing Abel. There is an inscribed
lzibel l)811(‘t'lttl10£tt‘l1 subject‘, but in the defective light these could
not be reml except in the ease of the subject represe11t;ing the
Sttcrilices, D0707‘ Ornw. \"estiges of colour renutin, and the whole
series ol‘ can'vings arc SllI'lll0l1l1l.U(l by -.1 semi-circul:u' nloultling,
which gives the :Lppe:t1'a.nce of :1 tympunnm to the cu1'vcLl work
within. lt is, however, perlutps more likely that the figures once
tormctl part of an :tltar-piece, :lll(l tlmt in the (lays of the
l{ct'ornmtion they were relnoved from their original position, but
on account of their liiblicztl elutraicter were saved from destrilction.
They (lo not :nit.e<l:ite the fifteenth century.

The motors then conveyed the party to .B:n't'reston Cliurch,
wlicre the Rector (Rev. A. \V. l)o\'se), after brielly (l(,‘sUI'll)i1]}_{ the
chief :1rchit.eetu1'al tezttures. made way for l\Ir. Keyser, who gave u
tlctnilctl account of the cztrviiigs of the inugliilieeiit south doorway,
which he L'lltt1‘flCt€l‘lSL‘(l us one of the finest specimens ol’ lute
.\'ornu1n worlc in the country. Mr. Koyser sttltetl that when the
church was restored in l.S40 some very rztrly niurul paintings were

 

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discovered in the ehtmeel; these had since disappeared, but
drztwings of them were preserved in the libr2u'_v of the Society of
Antiquztries at Burlington House.

l’ro§_=;1-ess was then mzule to Dover, where, .-1t'te1-:1 very brief inspec-
tion of the Maison Dieu, the party proeeerlecl to Dover College,
where the Rev. F. de VV. Lushington, the l1c:ulI11uste.r,tleseribetl the
reinains of the Benedictine l’rior_V of Ht-. l\l:\l‘l'lll, now forining part.
of the school liiiiltliiigs.

After luncheon the castle, mnl church of St. .\l:L1'y-ill-C:istro
were visited, the latter under the gllltl:1ll(.‘(‘ of (}e11er:Ll Sir (,'l12u'les
Werren, (’ir.C.l\[.('}., l!‘.R.S., who tlescribetl it as .1 .\‘:ix(m lmildiiig,
with utltlitions made in Normztii times. ltlroni the c:1.<tle the motors
conveyed the p:Lrty to the church of St’. M2u'g_§;11'el :it tllilfe, wliicln
was described by Colonel l{:1\':n1zxg_§li. The church is of lute Nornian
date. Tl‘fl.&.'(!S,l10\\’()\’(!l',()f an earlier church were revculetl in the
course of excavations (‘{Ll'1'lO(l out in 1913, when l:ir_«_:e blocks of
1nusonry——possibly of Su.\‘on dztte-—~—were l'oun<l below the wall
of the stluctnnry. Tlun, :1. church was in existence here in the
eleventh century is t€‘Stlll('tl to by the lloniostluy Survey, wllich
mentions the church t5'rz)zclu rllr/r_//are/uy. The line western door-
wzty, with its thirteen sculptured li_<_§ure.< :1ri':1iig_{otl in eroup.- of
three and two, representing Uur Lord tllltl the twelve Apostles, was
described by Mr. Keyser.

After p:1rlal<in_-.3 of ten in thc vic,:u‘:1«_:e gzmlen by lginnl invitation
of the Rev. R. I3. and _\[r._<. Snrvllic, the party l'(‘llll'll(,’(l to
tlatnterhnry vial Moiigelnnn, Stuplc znnl \Vin;_:h:nn.

\Vetlnes<l:1v, July l5th. Iticlnborough tunl .\‘:1n«l\\'icli\\‘cre the
objectives on this <l21v,:L hult beint; nuulc r'II mu/e:1t the church ol‘
St. Nicl1ol:1.sut Ash, wllerc Mr. K. ll. (lootl.<:1ll rcznl the following
paper :—r—

Mr. (ieodsztll Sttltl: The parish church ol’ St. L\'icl1olu.<. :\>‘lI
next Szunlwich, is of ~_{cncrons proportion. .-\s will be seen, it con-
sists of :1. nave, choir, with it l:ir}_;c sitlc chupcl on the north,
northern and southern tr:nis0|)t..~z. illltl :1 lol't\' toner ovcr the
crossing.

lieliore consitlerin}_; the ;trcliitcctur:\l tlctzuls ol the linllxlnr-_v'

it/1n:l»yl)e wcll to ;;i\'c :L bricl‘ liistoricul ll|l,l't\llllt'll\lll. The church

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doubtless occupied :1 site usctl lor tll\’llH'. wor.<lnp :11 4| \( I'\ mu l_\ tl.|lt.

Locally there is at tradition that on the site ori}_(iu: ll} ;<too«l an

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