The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884Various
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The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884
Various
Archaeology -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
Canon Scott-Robertson and Mr. Loftus Brock--Eynesford Church,
Lullingstone Castle and Church, and Shoreham Church.
SURREY ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--An excursion of this Society was recently
made to Leatherhead, Mickleham, Effingham, and Fetcham. The first
meeting was at Leatherhead Church, where a paper, written by Mr. R. H.
Carpenter, was, in the absence of the author, read by Mr. Thomas
Milbourn. Mr. Carpenter, in his paper, said there was evidence that the
English church had originally a central tower at the intersection of the
arms of the cross. In 1344 Queen Isabella obtained the living of
Leatherhead for the convent of Leeds about the time when the tower
collapsed. The church had recently been restored, yet there was much to
be done. The plinth of the church could now be seen, and gave evidence
of what the rest was before it was covered with plaster in 1766. The
company then proceeded to Mickleham, where Mr. Ralph Nevill, F.S.A.,
read a paper, in which he stated that in 1823 the church was restored by
Mr. Robinson, who showed unusual enlightenment as a restorer,
considering the period. The church was erected in the reign of Edward I.
on the site of an old one. The font was very ancient. At Effingham, the
next place visited, Major Heales, F.S.A., read a paper on the church and
its history. He said this was one of the few old churches of Surrey not
mentioned in Domesday. The oldest document he could find mentioned the
oldest parts of the church as being of the twelfth century. Mr.
Granville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A., next read a paper on the “Howards of
Effingham,” after which the excursionists proceeded to Fetcham Church,
the architecture of which was described by Mr. Chas. Forster Hayward,
F.S.A. Mr. Hayward said the church was of very early date; there were
Roman bricks used in the walls, and the columns were good examples of
Norman work. The original form of the church was, like that of most
Norman churches, cruciform. Another paper was afterwards read by the
Rev. W. H. F. Edge, M.A., on the “Parochial Records.” The company was
next invited to inspect the mansion of Mr. Hankey, J.P., and here some
paintings, particularly one in the centre of the drawing-room ceiling by
Sir James Thornhill, were much admired.--The annual general meeting of
the Society took place on July 23. Major Heales, F.S.A., presided, and
the report of the council and balance-sheet were adopted. The retiring
members of the council were re-elected, as also were the auditors,
Messrs. J. T. Lacey and W. F. Potter, and the hon. secretary, Mr. T.
Milbourn.
Antiquarian News & Notes. A CHAMBERED mound, containing four skeletons,
has been lately unearthed near the Bridge of Waith, Kirkwall.
THE _Athenæum_ states that the Earl of Ducie is collecting materials for
a history of the Spanish Armada of 1588.
LORD SYDNEY has been elected President of the Kent Archæological Society
in the place of Lord Amherst, resigned.
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