William Miles Barnes, B.A. DORSET IMTQR&Ii HISTORY AND FIELD MB EDITED BY HENRY SYMONDS. VOLUME XXXVII. Dorchester : PRINTED AT THE "DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE" OFFICE 1916 in, DA £70 v.37 S84731 CONTENTS. List of Officers of the Club since the Inauguration Rules of the Club List of Officers and Committees List of Members List of New Members elected since the Publication of Vol. XXXVI. Publications of the Club ; Societies and Institutions in Corres- pondence with the Field Club THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLTJB from May, 1915, to May, 1916 FIRST WINTER MEETING SECOND WINTER MEETING ANNTJAL MEETING The Hon. Treasurer's Statement of the Club's Receipts and Expenditure . . . . The Hon. Secretary's Account Club Notes PAGE v. vi. xi. xii. xxiv. XXV. xxvi. xxyi. xxxii. xxxvii. xlii. xliii. xliv. Anniversary Address of the President . . . . . . 1 " The Man in the Wall " at Wimborne Minster, by the Rev. Canon J. M. J. Fletcher, M.A., R.D. .. .. .. 26 List of Dorset Barrows opened by Mr. E. Cunnington, or described by him, compiled by Captain John E. Acland, F.S.A. . . 40 The Stratigraphical Distribution of the Inferior-Oolite Vertebrates of the Cotteswold Hills and the Bath -Burton Bradstock district, by L. Richardson, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. .. .. 48 Sundry Folk-lore Reminiscences relating to Man and Beast in Dorset and the neighbouring Counties, by E. A. Rawlence 66 The Silk Industry in Wessex : — I. The Throwing-mills at Sherborne and their Owners 66 II. Domestic Economics in the Eighteenth Century, by Henry Symonds, F.S.A. .. .. 85 Australian Trees and Shrubs, by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc., D.C.L., F.L.S. .. .. .. 94 In Memoriam, the late Henry Colley March, M.D., F.S.A., by Nelson Moore Richardson, B.A. .. .. .. 116 In Memoriam, the late Rev. Wm. Miles Barnes, B.A., by Nelson Moore Richardson, B.A. .. .. .. 121 Ancient Memorial Brasses of Dorset, by W. de C. Prideaux, F.S.A. 124 Edge-Tools in Early Britain, by the Rev. Wm. Barnes, B.D. (Edited by Captain J. E. Acland, F.S.A.) . . . . 133 Phonological Report on first appearances of Birds, Insects, &c., and first flowering of Plants in Dorset during 1915, by W. Parkinson Curtis, F.E.S. .. .. .. 137 Notes on some Dorset Land Shells, by E. W. Swanton . . . . 194 Returns of Rainfall in Dorset in 1915, by the R^v. H. H. Tilney Bassett, R.D. .. .. .. .. 198 Pre-Saxon Civilization in Dorset, by Ellen E. Woodhouse . . 210 Old Portland, by thp Rev. Herbert Pentin, M. A. . . . . 228 Index to Volume XXXVII., by H. Pouncy .. .. 254 IV. INDEX TO PLATES AND ENGRAVINGS. PAGE OK TO FACE PAGE. Rev. William Miles Barnes, B.A. . . . . Frontispiece A Doctor's Practice, 1623 .. .. .. .. xxxiii. An*hony Ettrick's Tomb . . . . . . . . 36 Indenture securing payment for a burial plot in the Minster . . 37 Dr. Colley March, M.D., F.S.A. .. .. .. 116 THE ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET — Margaret Mohun .. . .. .. 125 Francis Mohun Maximilian Mohun FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS The Tree Creeper The Greater Spotted Woodpecker The Nightjar or Goatsucker The Kestrel Plans of Flight of Bird . . ETC. — 126 126 146 159 172 178 185 OLD PORTLAND — I. General View of Weymouth and Portland . . 229 II. Rufus Castle .. .. .. .. 230 III. The Ruins of Old S. Andrew's Church .. 233 IV. The Pre-Reformntion Chapel .. .. 238 V. The Tudor Castle ("Portland Castle") .. 240 VI. Stone-Quarrying .. .. .. 240 VII. The Old Method of drawing the stone down the hill .. .. .. .. 242 VIII. The Jacobean House ("Girt House ") .. 243 IX. The Old Lighthouses at the Bill . . . . 244 X. Easton .. .. .. .. 244 XI. The Clerk's House . . . . . . 245 XII. The Verne and Fortune's Well . . . . 246 XIII. Fortune's Well from the Verne Yeates . . 246 XIV. A Pastoral Scene at Southwell .. .. 247 XV. Pennsylvania Castle . . . . . . 248 XVI. The Snaring of the "Snalter" .. .. 251 XVII. The Common and Chesilton . . . . 252 XVIII. The Royal Portland Legion . . . . 252 V. Ube Borset Natural ibfston? anfc Hntiquarian ffielfc Club. INAUGUBATKD MARCH 26TH, 1875. Presidents : 1875-1902— J. C. Hansel- Pleydell, Esq., B.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1902-1904— The Lord Eustace Cecil, F.R.G.S. 1904 * Nelson M. Richardson, Esq., B.A. Vice -Presidents : 1875-1882— The Rev. H. H. Wood, M.A., F.G.S. 1875-1884— Professor James Buckman, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1880-1900— The Rev. Canon Sir Talbot Baker, Bart., M.A. 1880-1900— General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S. 1880-1917—* The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 1885 * The Earl of Moray, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., F.G.S. 1892-1904— Nelson M. Richardson, Esq., B.A. 1904~19°2 } * The Lord Eustace Cecil> F.R.G.S. 1900-1909— W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., Past Pres. Geol. Society. 1900-1904— Vaughan Cornish, Esq., D.Sc., F.C.S., F.R.G.S. 1900 * Captain G. R. Elwes. 1902-1916—* H. Colley March, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. 1904 * The Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A. 1904-1916—* The Rev. W. Miles Barnes, B.A. 1904 * The Rev. Canon J. C. M. Mansel- Pleydell, M.A. 1904-1908— R. Bosworth Smith, Esq., M.A. 1908-1909— Henry Storks Eaton, Esq., M.A., Past Pres. Roy. Met. Society. 1909 *The Rev. Canon C. H. Mayo, M.A., Dorset Editor of " Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries." 1909 * E. R. Sykes, Esq., B.A., F.Z.S., Past Pres. Malacological Society. 1911-1912— The Rev. C. W. H. Dicker, R.D. 1912 * Alfred Pope, Esq., F.S.A. 1913 * Henry Symonds, Esq., F.S.A. 1913 * His Honour J. S. Udal, F.S.A. 1915 * Captain John E. Acland. M.A., F.S.A. 1916 Sir Dauiel Morris, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., D.C.L., F.L.S. Hon. Secretaries : 1875-1884— Professor James Buckman, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1885-1892— The Earl of Moray, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., F.G.S. 1892-1902— Nelson M. Richardson, Esq., B.A. 1902-1904— H. Colley March, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. 1904 * The Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A. Hon. Treasurers : 1875-1882— The Rev. H. H. Wood, M.A., F.G.S. 1882-1900— The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 1901-1910— Captain G. R. Elwes. 1910-1915— The Rev. Canon J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell, M.A. 1915 * Captain John E. Acland, M.A., F.S.A. Hon. Editors: 1875-1884— Professor James Buckman, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1885-1892— The Earl of Moray, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., F.G.S. 1892-1901— Nelson M. Richardson, Esq., B.A. 1901-1906— The Rev. W. Miles Barnes, B.A. 1906-1909— The Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A. 1909-1912— The Rev. C. W. H. Dicker, R.D. 1912 * Henry Symonds, Esq., F.S.A. * The asterisk indicates the present officials of the Club. VI. THE DORSET NATURE HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB. OBJECT AND CONSTITUTION. 1. — The Club shall be called The Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, and shall have for a short title The Dorset Field Club. The object of the Club is to promote and encourage an interest in the study of the Physical Sciences and Archaeology generally, especially the Natural History of the County of Dorset and its Antiquities, Prehistoric records, and Ethnology. It shall use its influence to prevent, as far as possible, the extirpation of rare plants and animals, and to promote the preservation of the Antiquities of the County. 2. — The Club shall consist of (i.) three Officers, President, Honorary Secretary, and Honorary Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, and shall form the Executive body for its management ; (ii.) Vice -Presidents, of •whom the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer shall be two, ex officio ; (iii.) The Honorary Editor of the Annual Volume of Proceedings ; (iv.) Ordinary Members ; (v.) Honorary Members. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Editor shall form a Council to decide questions referred to them by the Executive and to elect Honorary Members. The Editor shall be nominated by one of the incoming Executive and elected at the Annual Meeting. There may also be one or more Honorary Assistant Secretaries, who shall be nominated by the Honorary Secretary, seconded by the President or Treasurer, and elected by the Members at the Annual Meeting. Members may be appointed by the remaining Officers to fill interim vacancies in the Executive Body until the following Annual Meeting. The number of the Club shall be limited to 400, power being reserved to the Council to select from the list of candidates persons, whose membership they may consider to be advantageous to the interests of the Club, to be additional Members. PBESIDENT AND VICE-PEESIDENTS. 3. — The President shall take the chair at all Meetings, and have an original and a casting vote on all questions before the Meeting. In addition to the two ex-officio Vice-Presidents, at least three others shall be nominated by the President, or, in his absence, by the Chairman, and elected at the Annual Meeting. Vll. HON. SECEETAEY. 4. — The Secretary shall perform all the usual secretarial work ; cause a programme of each Meeting to be sent to every Member seven days at least before such Meeting ; make all preparations for carrying out Meetings and, with or without the help of a paid Assistant Secretary or others, conduct all Field Meetings. On any question arising between the Secretary (or Acting Secretary) and a Member at a Field Meeting, the decision of the Secretary shall be final. The Secretary shall receive from each Member his or her share of the day's expenses, and thereout defray all incidental costs and charges of the Meeting, rendering an account of the same before the Annual Meeting to the Treasurer ; any surplus of such collection shall form part of the General Fund, and any deficit be defrayed out of that Fund. HON. TEEASTJBEB. 5. — The Treasurer shall keep an account of Subscriptions and all other moneys of the Club received and of all Disbursements, rendering at the Annual General Meeting a balance sheet of the same, as well as a general statement of the Club's finances. He shall send copies of the Annual Volume of Proceedings for each year to Ordinary Members who have paid their subscriptions for that year (as nearly as may be possible, in the order of such payment), to Honorary Members, and to such Societies and individuals as the Club may, from time to time, appoint to receive them. He shall also furnish a list at each Annual Meeting, containing the names of all Members in arrear, with the amount of their indebtedness to the Club. He shall also give notice of their election to all New Members. OEDINAET MEMBEES. 6. — Ordinary Members are entitled to be present and take part in the Club's proceedings at all Meetings, and to receive the published "Proceedings" of the Club, when issued, for the year for which their subscription has been paid. 7. — Every candidate for admission shall be nominated in writing by one Member and seconded by another, to both of whom he must be personally known. He may be proposed at any Meeting, and his name shall appear in the programme of the first following Meeting at which a Ballot is held, when he shall be elected by ballot, one black ball in sis to exclude. Twelve Members shall form a quorum for the purpose of election. A Ballot shall be held at the Annual and Winter Meetings, and may be held at any other Meeting, should the Executive so decide, notice being given in the programme. In the event of the number of vacancies being less than the number of candidates at four successive Meetings, the names of any candidates proposed at the first of such Meetings who have not been elected at one of them shall be withdrawn, and shall not be eligible to be again proposed for election for at least a year after such withdrawal. Provided that if at any Meeting there shall be no vacancies available, it shall not be counted in estimating the above named four Meetings. Vlll. 8.— The Annual Subscription shall be 10s., which shall become due and payable in advance on the 1st of January in each year. Subscriptions paid on election after September in each year shall be considered as subscriptions for the following year, unless otherwise agreed upon by such Member and the Treasurer. Every Member shall pay immediately after his election the sum of ten shillings as Entrance Fee, in addition to his first Annual Subscription. 9.— No person elected a Member shall be entitled to exercise any privilege as such until he has paid his Entrance Fee and first Subscription, and no Member shall be entitled to receive a copy of the "Proceedings" for any year until his Subscription for that year has been paid. 10. — A registered letter shall be sent by the Hon. Treasurer to any Member whose Subscription is in arrear at the date of any Annual Meeting, demanding payment within 28 days, failing which he shall cease to be a Member of the Club, but shall, nevertheless, be liable for the arrears then due. 11. — Members desiring to leave the Club shall give notice of the same in writing to the Treasurer (or Secretary), but, unless such notice is given before the end of January in any year, they shall be liable to pay the Annual Subscription due to the Club on and after January 1st in that year. HONOBABY MEMBERS. 12. — Honorary Members shall consist of persons eminent for scientific or natural history attainments, and shall be elected by the Council. They pay no subscription, and have all the privileges of Ordinary Members, except voting. MEETINGS. 13. — The Annual General Meeting shall be held as near the first week in May as may be convenient ; to receive the outgoing President's Address (if any) and the Treasurer's financial report ; to elect the Officers and Editor for the ensuing year ; to determine the number (which shall usually be three or four), dates, and places of Field Meetings during the ensuing summer, and for general purposes. 14. — Two Winter Meetings shall usually be held in or about the months of December and February for the exhibition of Objects of Interest (to which not more than one hour of the time before the reading of the Papers shall be devoted), for the reading and discussion of Papers, and for general purposes. The Dates and Places of the Winter and Annual Meetings shall be decided by the Executive. 15. — A Member may bring Friends to the Meetings subject to the following restrictions : — Xo person (except the husband, wife, or child of a Member), may attend the Meeting unaccompanied by the Member introducing him, unless such Member be prevented from attending by illness, and no Member may take with him to a Field Meeting more than one Friend, whose name and address must be submitted to the Hon. Secretary and approved by him or the Executive. The above restrictions do not apply to the Executive or to the Acting Secretary at the Meeting. IX. 16.— Members must give due notice (with, prepayment of expenses) to the Hon. Secretary of their intention to be present, with or without a Friend, at any Field Meeting, in return for which the Secretary shall send to the Member a card of admission to the Meeting, to be produced when required. Any Member who, having given such notice, fails to attend, will be liable only for any expenses actually incurred on his account, and any balance will be returned to him on application. The sum of Is., or such other amount as the Hon. Secretary may consider necessary, shall be charged to each person attending a Field Meeting, for Incidental Expenses. 17. — The Executive may at any time call a Special General Meeting of the Members upon their own initiative or upon a written requisition (signed by Eight Members) being sent to the Honorary Secretary. Any proposition to be submitted shall be stated in the Notice, which shall be sent to each Member of the Club not later than seven days before the Meeting. PAPEES. 18. — Notice shall be given to the Secretary, a convenient time before each Meeting, of any motion to be made or any Paper or communication desired to be read, with its title and a short sketch of its scope or contents. The insertion of these in the Programme is subject to the consent of the Executive. 19. — The Publications of the Club shall be in the hands of the Executive, who shall appoint annually Three or more Ordinary Members to form with them and the Editor a Publication Committee for the purpose of deciding upon the contents of the Annual Volume. These contents shall consist of original papers and communications written for the Club, and either read, or accepted as read, at a General Meeting ; also of the Secretary's Reports of Meetings, the Treasurer's Financial Statement and Balance Sheet, a list to date of all Members of the Club, and of those elected in the Current or previous year, with the names of their proposers and seconders. The Annual Volume shall be edited by the Editor subject to the direction of the Publication Committee. 20. — Twenty -five copies of his paper shall be presented to each author whose communication shall appear in the volume as a separate article, on notice being given by him to the Publisher to that effect. THE AFFILIATION OF SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES TO THE CLUB. 21. — Any Natural History or Antiquarian Society in the County may be affiliated to the Dorset Field Club on payment of an annual fee of Ten Shillings, in return for which the annual volume of the Proceedings of the Field Club shall be sent to such Society. Every affiliated Society shall send the programme of its Meetings to the Hon. Secretary of the Field Club, and shall also report any discoveries of exceptional interest. And the Field Club shall send its programme to the Hon. Secretary of each affiliated Society. X. The Members of the Field Club shall not be eligible, ipso facto, to attend any Meetings of affiliated Societies, and the Members of any affiliated Society shall not be eligible, ipso facto, to attend any Meetings of the Field Club. But any Member of an affiliated Society shall be eligible to read a paper or make an exhibit at the Winter Meetings of the Field Club at Dorchester. Any Public Library, or Club or School or College Library, in England or elsewhere, may be affiliated to the Dorset Field Club on payment of an annual fee of Ten Shillings, in return for which the annual volume of the Proceedings of the Field Club shall be sent to such Library. SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. 22. — Small Committees may be appointed at the Annual General Meeting to report to the Club any interesting facts or discoveries relating to the various sections which they represent ; and the Committee of each section may elect one of their Members as a Corresponding Secretary. NEW ETJLES. 23. — No alteration in or addition to these Rules shall be made except with the consent of a majority of three-fourths of the Members present at the Annual General Meeting, full notice of the proposed alteration or addition having been given both in the current Programme and in that of the previous Meeting. XI. Dorset IRatural HMston? ant) Hntiquarian jfielfc Club, INAUGURATED MARCH 26th, 1875. President : NELSON M. RICHARDSON, ESQ., B.A. Vice- Presidents : THE LOED EUSTACE CECIL, F.R.G.S. (Past President}. THE REV. HERBERT PENTIN, M.A. (Hon. Secretary). CAPTAIN JOHN E. ACLAND, M.A., F.S.A. (Hon. Treasurer}. HENRY SYMONDS, ESQ., F.S.A. (Hon. Editor). CAPTAIN G. R. EL WES, J.P. THE REV. CANON J. C. M. HANSEL -PLEYDELL, M.A. THE REV. CANON MAYO, M.A. (Dorset Editor of "Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries"). SIE DANIEL MORRIS, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., D.C.L., F.L.S. THE EARL OF MORAY, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., F.G.S. ALFRED POPE, ESQ., F.S.A. E. R. SYKES, Esq., B.A., F.Z.S. (Past Pres. Malacological Society). His HONOUR J. S. UDAL, F.S.A. Executive Body : NELSON M. RICHARDSON, Esq., B.A. (President}. The Rev. HERBERT PENTIN, M.A. (Hon. Secretary), St. Peter's Vicarage, Portland Captain JOHN E. ACLAND, M.A., F.S.A. (Hon. Treasurer), Wollaston House, Dorchester. Hon. Editor: HENRY SYMONDS, Esq., F.S.A., Roundham, Bridport. Publication Committee: The EXECUTIVE, The HON. EDITOR, H. B. MIDDLETON, Esq., Dr. COLLEY MARCH, aud E. R. SYKES, Esq. Sectional Committees : Dorset Photographic Survey — The MEMBERS of the EXECUTIVE BODY ex officio C. J. CORNISH BROWNE, Esq. Colonel and Mrs. W. D. DICKSON (Hon. Directors) The Rev. S. E. V. FILLEUL, M.A. Dr. E. K. LE FLEMING C. H. MATE, Esq. A. D. MOULLIN, Esq. Miss HILDA POPE The Rev. J. RIDLEY Earthworks — Captain J. E. ACLAND (Chairman) CHAS. S. PBIDEAUX, Esq. (Corres- ponding Secretary) The PRESIDENT F. E. ABBOTT, Esq. J. G. N. CLIFT. Esq. The Rev. W. O. COCKRAFT, B.A. H. LE JEUNE, Esq. Lieut. -Colonel F. G. L. MAINWARINO VERE L. OLIVER, Esq. ALFRED POPE, Esq., F.S.A. W. DE C. PRIDEAUX, Esq., F.S.A. The Rev. W. RHYDDERCH Miss E. E. WOODHOUSE Numismatic — H. SYMONDS, Esq., F.S.A. (Corres- ponding Secretary) Captain JOHN E. ACLAND, F.S.A. Captain G. R. ELWES Lieut.-Colonel F. G. L. MAINWARING Canon J. C. M. MANSEL-PLEYDELL, M.A. W. DE C. PRIDEAUX, Esq., F.S.A. H. F. RAYMOND, Esq. Restored Churches — The Rev. A. C. ALMACK, M.A. (Corresponding Secretary) J. ALLNER, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. R. BARROW, Esq. H. W. CRICKMAY, Esq. The Rev. JAMES CROSS, M.A. Rev. Canon FLETCHER, M.A., R.D. G. W. FLOYER, Esq. The Rev. H. HAWKINS R. HINE, Esq. The Rev. Canon MAYO, M.A. W. B. WIIDMAN, Esq., M.A. The Rev. A. C. WOODHOUSE Xll. of OF THE JflaturaJ Sjtstorp anfc CJutu FOB THE YEAR 1916. Honorary Members: Year of Election. (The initials " O.M." signify " Original Member.") O.M. W. CAEBUTHEES, Esq., Ph.D., F.E.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., British Museum (Nat. Hist.), South Kensington. 1889 A. M. WAILIS, Esq., 29, Mallams, Portland. 1900 A. SMITH WOODWAED, Esq., LL.D., F.E.S., F.G.S., British Museum (Nat. Hist.), South Kensington, London. 1904 Sir WM. THISELTON DYER, K.C.M.G., C.I.E., LL.D., Sc.D., Ph.D., F.E.S., The Ferns, Witcombe, Gloucester. 1904jr Sir FEEDEKICK TEEVES, Bart., G.C.V.O., C.B., LL.D., Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Kingston- on -Thames. 1908 THOMAS HAEDY, Esq., O.M., D. Litt., LL.D., Max Gate, Dorchester. Members : 1903 The Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, M.A., C.B. The Manor House, Cranborne 1903 The Most Hon. the Marchioness of Salisbury The Manor House, Cranborne O.M. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Moray, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., F.G.S. ( Vice- President) Kinfauns Castle, Perth, N.B 1911 The Eight Hon. the Earl of Ilchester Melbury, Dorchester Xlll. 1902 The Eight Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.C.V.O. 1884 The Right Hon. Lord Eustace Cecil, F.R.G.S. (Vice-President) 1903 The Right Hon. Lady Eustace Cecil 1904 The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham, D.D. 1892 The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, D.D., F.S.A. 1912 The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, D.D. 1889 The Right Hon. Lord Digby 1907 The Right Hon. Lord Wynford 1907 The Right Hon. Lady Wynford 1910 Abbott, F. E., Esq. 1893 Acland, Captain John E., M.A., F.S.A. ( Vice-President and Hon. Treasurer) 1892 Acton, Rev. Edward, B.A. 1907 Allner, Mrs. George 1908 Almack, Rev. A. C., M.A. 1906 Atkins, F. T., Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Edin. 1907 Atkinson, George T., Esq., M.A. 1902 Baker, Sir Randolf L., Bart., M.P. 1912 Baker, Rev. E. W., B.A. 1906 Bankes, Mrs. 1912 Bankes, Jerome N., Esq., F.S.A. 1902 Barkworth, Edmund, Esq. 1904 Barlow, Major C. M. 1894 Barnes, Mrs. John lies 1917 Barrett, W. E. Cowdell, Esq., M.A., LL.M. 1906 Barrow, Richard, Esq. 1895 Bartelot, Rev. R. Grosvenor, M.A. 1904 Baskett, Mrs. S. R. 1913 Bassett, Rev. H. H. Tilney, R.D. (Hon. Editor of the Dorset Rainfall Jleports) 1910 Baxter, Lieut. -Colonel W. H. St. Giles. Wimborne Lytchett Heath, Poole Lytchett Heath, Poole Auckland Castle, Bishop's Auckland Hartlebury Castle, Kidderminster The Palace, Salisbury Minterne, Dorchester Wannwell House, Dorchester Warmwell House, Dorchester Shortwood, Christchurch, Hants Wollaston House, Dorchester Wolverton Rectory, Basingstoke National Provincial Bank, Sturminster Newton The Rectory, Blandford St. Mary Cathay, Alumhurst Road , Bournemouth Durlston Court, Swanage Ranston, Blandford The Rectory, Witchampton Kingston Lacy, Wimborne 63, Redcliffe Gardens, London, S. W. Hillymead, Seaton Southcot, Charminster Blandford The Cottage, Weymouth Sorrento House, Sandecotes, Parkstone Fordington St. George Vicarage, Dorchester Evershot Whitchurch Vicarage, Blandford The Wilderness, Sherborne XIV. 1910 Baxter, Mrs. W. H. 1917 Beament, W. O., Esq., B.A. 1888 Beckford, F. J., Esq. 1908 Benett-Stanford, Major J., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. 1910 Blackett, Rev. J. C., B.A. 1917 Blathwayt, Rev. F. L., M.A., M.B.O.TJ. 1903 Bond, Gerald Denis, Esq. 1906 Bond, Nigel de M., Esq., M.A. 1903 Bond, Wm. Ralph G., Esq. 1910 Bond, F. Bligh, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. 1913 Bone, Clement G., Esq., M.A. 1889 Bower, H. Syndercombe, Esq. 1900 Bower, Rev. Charles H. S., M.A. 1898 Brandreth, Rev. F. W., M.A. 1901 Brennand, John, Esq. 1895 Brymer, Rev. J. G., M.A. 1907 Bulfin, Ignatius, Esq., B.A. 1900 Bullen, Colonel John Bullen Byrnes 1907 Bury, Mrs. Henry 1905 Busk, W. G., Esq. 1905 Busk, Mrs. W. G. 1901 Bussell, Miss Katherine 1903 Butler-Bowden, Mrs. Bruno 1911 Butlin, M. C., Esq., M.A. 1891 Carter, William, Esq. 1905 Chadwyck-Healey. Sir C. E. H., M.A., K.C., K.C.B., F.S.A. 1913 Champ, Miss Edith 1897 Chudleigh, Mrs. 1894 Church, Colonel Arthur 1904 Clapcott, Miss 1905 Clark, Mrs. E. S. The Wilderness, Sherborne Beaminster Witley, Parkstone Hatch House, Tisbury, Wilts Compton Rectory, Winchester Melbury Osmond Rectory, Dorchester Holme, Wareham Hasler House, Crowborough, Sussex Tyneham, Wareham 454, Gloucester Road, Bristol 6, Lennox Street, Weymouth Fontmell Parva, Shilhngstone, Bland- ford Childe Okeford Rectory, Shillingstone, Dorset Buckland Newton, Dorchester Innisfallen, Rossmore Avenue, Park- stone Ilsington House, Puddletown The Den, Knole Road, Bournemouth Catherston Leweston, near Charmouth Mayfield House, Farnham, Surrey Wraxall Manor, Cattistock, Dor- chester Wraxall Manor, Cattistock, Dor- chester Thorneloe School, Rodwell, Wey- mouth Upwey House, Upwey 7, Westerhall Road, Weymouth The Hermitage, Parkstone Wyphurst, Cranleigh, Surrey St. Katherine's, Bridport Downshay Manor, Langton Matravers^ Dorset St. Alban's, Rodwell, Weymouth The Cottage, Bradford Peverell, Dor- chester St. Aldhelm's, Wareham XV. 1895 Clarke, R. Stanley, Esq. 1912 Clift, J. G. Xeilson, Esq. 1883 Colfox, Miss A. L. 1878 Colfox, Colonel T. A. 1905 Collins, Sir Stephen, M.P. 1904 Collins, Win. W., Esq., R.I. 1905 Colville, H. K., Esq. 1912 Cooke, Eev. J. H., M.A., LL.D. 1903 Cornish-Browne, C. J., Esq. 1891 Cother, Rev. P. L., M.A. 1909 Crickmay, Harry W., Esq. 1884 Cross, Rev. James, M.A. 1914 Cross, Miss Florence 1885 Curme, Decimus, Esq., M.R.C.S. 1896 Curtis, C. H., Esq. 1897 Curtis, Wilfrid Parkinson, Esq., F.E.S. (Hon. Editor of the Dorset Phenological Report) 1903 Dacombe, J. M. J., Esq. 1914 Dalton, Mrs. E. E. 1907 Daniell, G. H. S., Esq., M.B. 1904 Davies, Rev. Canon S. E., M.A. 1894 Davis, Geo., Esq. 1904 Deane, Mrs. A. M. 1910 Devenish, Major J. H. C. 1907 Dicker, Miss Eleanor H. 1912 Dickson, Colonel W. D. 1912 Dickson, Mrs. W. D. 1911 Dillon -Trenchard, Miss Margaret 1908 Dominy, G. H., Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1912 Dru Drury, G., Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1904 Dugdale, J. B., Esq. 1905 Duke, Mrs. Henry 1907 Duke, Miss M. Constance Trobridge House, Crecliton, Devon 8, Prince's Street, Westminster, S.W. Westmead, Bndport Coneygar, Bridport Elm House, Tring, Hertfordshire Stoborough Croft, Wareham North Cerney House, Cirencester Shillingstone Rectory Coryton Park, Axminster 1, Clear-mount, Weymouth 49, St. Mary Street, Weymouth Baillie House, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne Stock Gaylard Rectory, Sturminster Newton Balma Howe, Terrace Mount, Bourne- mouth Blandford Aysgarth, Longfleet, Poole 27, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth Cerne Abbas, Dorchester Dale House, Blandford Wyke Regis Rectory, Weymouth West Lodge, Icen Way, Dorchester Badbury, Park Road, Bournemouth Springfield, Weymouth Brook House, Tpwey, Dorchester Southill, Dean Park, Bournemouth Southill, Dean Park, Bournemouth The Ridge, Durlston Park Road, Swanage Milton Abbas, Blandford Corfe Castle, Wareham Sandford, Wareham Manor House, Godmanstone, Chester The Limes, Dorchester Dor- XVI. 1908 Duke, Mrs. E. Barnaby 1896 Dundas, Ven. Archdeacon, M.A. 191C Eaton, Rev. A. E., M.A., F.E.S. 1913 Edwards, Aubrey, Esq. 1916 Edwards, The Rev. R. D. St. G., M.A. 1913 Ellis, Henry, Esq., F.R.A.S. .-1885 Elwes, Captain G. R. (Vice- President) 1913 Facey, C. S., Esq., M.B. -1886 Falkner, C. G., Esq., M.A. -1884 Farley, Rev. H., M.A. 1913 Farrar-Roberts, W., Esq. 1903 Farrer, Colonel Philip 1912 Ferguson, Miss E. M. 1912 Ferguson, Miss Constance 1904 Ffooks, Mrs. E. Archdall 1904 Fielding, Thos., Esq., M.D. 1892 Filleul, Rev. S. E. V., M.A. 1896 Filliter, Rev. W. D., M.A. 1910 Filliter, Mrs. W. D. 1911 Fisher, Rev. J. Martyn, M.A. 1890 Fletcher, W. H. B., Esq. 19C7 Fletcher, Rev. Canon J. M. J., M.A., R.D. 1914 Fletcher, Walter T., Esq. 1885 Floyer, G. W., Esq.. B.A. 1895 Forbes, Mrs. 1897 Forde, Henry, Esq. 1910 Forder, B. C., Esq. 1893 Forrester, Hugh Carl, Esq., B.A. 1893 Forrester, Mrs. James 1910 Freame, Major B. E. 1895 Fry, Edward Alexander, Esq. 1903 Fry, George S., Esq. 1896 George, Mrs. Maen, Dorchester Milton Abbey Vicarage, Blandford. Richmond Villa, Northam, Xorth Devon The Pinetum, Wellington Road, Park- stone Longbredy Rectory, Dorchester Boat Close, Lyme Regis Bossington, Bournemouth The Elms, Chickerell, near Wey- mouth Ireton Bank, Rusholme, Manchester Overbury Road, Parkstone Plas Lodwig, St. John's Road, Bournemouth West Binnegar Hall, Wareham Elwell Lea, Upwey, Dorchester Elwell Lea, Upwey, Dorchester Kingscote, Dorchester Halford House, West Hill Road, Bournemouth All Saints' Rectory, Dorchester East Lulworth Vicarage, Wareham East Lulworth Vicarage, Wareham St. Paul's Vicarage, Weymouth Aldwick Manor, Bognor, Sussex The Vicarage, Wimborne Minster Icen Way, Dorchester West Stafford, Dorchester Culverhayes, Shillingstone, Bland- ford Luscombe, Parkstone Whatcombe, Blandford St. John's Cottage, Shaftesbury Westport, Wareham The Chantry, Gillingham Thornhill, Kenley, Surrey Chesham, The Grove, Nether Street, Finchley, London, X. Fleet House, near Weymouth xvu. 1916 Gill, Macdonald, Esq. • 1890 Glyn, Captain Carr Stuart 1912 Glyn, Mrs. Carr O.M. Glyn, Sir R. G., Bart. 1895 Godman, F. du Cane, Esq., F.R.S. 1906 Gowring, Mrs. B. W. 1888 Greves, Hyla, Esq., M.D. 1904 Groves, Major Herbert J., 1906 Groves, Miss S. J. 1912 Groves, Miss 1906 Gundry, Joseph, Esq. 1896 Haggard, Eev. H. A., M.A. 1912 Haines, F. H., Esq., M.E.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1903 Hambro, Sir Everard, K.C.V.O. 1913 Hamilton, Miss 1893 Hankey, Rev. Canon, M.A., R.D. 1910 Harbin, Rev. Prebendary E. H. Bates, M.A. 1894 Hawkins, W., Esq., M.R.C.S. 1903 Hawkins, Miss Isabel 1908 Hawkins, Rev. H. 1893 Hayne, R., Esq. 1905 Heath, F. R., Esq. 1911 Hellins, Rev. E. W. J., M.A., LL.B. 1911 Hellins, Mrs. E. W. J. 1899 Henning, Mrs. 1916 Hewgill, Chas. W., Esq. 1912 Hichens, Mrs. T. S. 1910 Hill, Miss Pearson 1902 Hine, R., Esq. 1902 Homer, Miss E. C. Wood 1907 Homer, Mrs. G. Wood • 1888 Huntley, H. E., Esq. 1903 Jenkins, Rev. T. Leonard, M.A. 1912 Jordan, Miss 1915 Kentish, G. C. A., Esq. 1895 Lafontaine, A. C. de, Esq., F.S.A. 1876 Langford, Rev. Canon, M.A. Tonerspuddle Wood Leaze, Wimborne Wood Leaze, Wimborne Gaunts House, Wimborne Lower Beeding, Horsham 49, High West Street, Dorchester Rodney House, Bournemouth Clifton, Weymouth Thickthorne, Broadwey, Dorset Blackdown, Weymouth Red House, Queen's Avenue, Dor- chester Molash Vicarage, Canterbury Winfrith, Dorchester Milton Abbey, Dorset Affpuddle Vicarage, Dorchester Lambert House, Dorchester Newton Surmaville, Yeovil Hillfield, Broadwey, Dorchester Ryme, Elwell Street, Upwey 1, Westerhall, Weymouth Spring Bottom, Osmington The Woodlands, Weymouth Marnhull Rectory, Dorset Marnhull Rectory, Dorset Frome House, Dorchester Encombe, Dorchester Flamberts, Trent, Sherborne Rax, Bridport Beaminster Bardolf Manor, Puddletown Bardolf Manor, Puddletown Charlton House, Blandford Leigh Vicarage, Sherborne The Ridge, Durlston Park Road, Longcroft, Windsor Road, Park- stone Athelhampton, Dorchester Southbrook, Starcross, S. Devon XV111 . 1907 Lees, Rear- Admiral Edgar, R.N. 1907 Lees, Mrs. Edgar 1910 Le Fleming, E. K., Esq., B.A., M.B. 1900 Legge, Miss Jane 1902 Lewis, Eev. A., M.A. 1890 Lister, Miss Gulielma, F.L.S. 1905 Llewellin, W., Esq., M.A. 1900 Lock, Mrs. A. H. 1892 Lock, His Honour Judge B. Fossett 1911 Long, Rev. H. R., B.A. 1910 MacCormick, Rev. F., F.S.A. Scot., M.R.A.S. 1888 MacDonald, P. W., Esq., M.D. 1902 Mainwaring, Lieut. -Col. F. G. L. 1899 Mansel-Pleydell, Rev. Canon J. C. M., M.A. (Vice- President) 1883 Marriott, Sir W. Smith, Bart. 1904 Marsh, J. L., Esq. 1907 Mate, C. H., Esq. 1879 MaunseU, Rev. F. W., M.A. O.M. Mayo, Rev. Canon, M.A., ( Vice -President) 1912 McDowall, A. S., Esq., M.A. 1914 Mead, Colonel 1907 MicheU, Theo., Esq. - O.M. Middleton, H. B., Esq., M.A. 1890 Milne, Rev. Percy H., M.A. 1905 Morgan, Mrs. 1911 Morris, Sir Daniel, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., D.C.L., F.L.S. (Vice- PresidentJ 1914 Moule, Rev. A. C., B.A. 1897 Moullin, Arthur D., Esq. 1905 Nicholson, Captain Hugh 1906 Oke, A. W., Esq., B.A., LL.M., F.S.A., F.G.S. — - 1886 Okeden, Colonel U. E. Parry White Cross, Wyke Regis White Cross, Wyke Regis St. Margaret's, Wimborne Allington Villa, Bridport Chardstock Vicarage, Chard High Cliff, Lyme Regis Upton House, Poole 53, High West Street, Dorchester The Toft, Bridlington, East Yorks Tolpuddle, Dorchester Wrockwardine Wood Rectory, Wel- lington, Salop G^asmere, Spa Road, Weymouth Wabey House, Upwey 10, Clarence Terrace, Regent's Park, London, N.W. The Down House, Blandford White Cliff Mill Street, Blandford Elim, Surrey Road South, Bourne- mouth Lansdowne Villa, Weymouth Gillingham, Dorset Warmwell Mill House, Dorchester Chescombe House, near Blandford Trewirgie, 37, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth Bradford Peverell, Dorchester Hornblotton Rectory, Castle Gary The Vicarage, Yetminster 14, Crabton Close, Boscombe Brent Knoll, Somerset Fennain, Cranbourne Road, Swanage Nettlecombe, Melplash 32, Denmark Villas, Hove, Sussex Turnworth, Blandiord XIX. 1908 Oliver, Vere L., Esq. 1908 Oliver, Mrs. Vere L. 1904 Oliver, Weston, Esq., M.A. 1908 Ord, W. T., Esq., M.E.C.S., L.E.C.P., F.G.S. 1911 Ouless, W. W., Esq., E.A. 1911 Ouless, Miss Catherine 1914 Pass, Alfred Douglas, Esq. 1890 Patey, Miss 1908 Patterson, Mrs. Myles 1907 Paul, Edward Clifford, Esq., M.A. 1894 Payne, Miss Florence 0. 1906 Pearce, Mrs. Thos. A. 1909 Pearce, Edwin, Esq. 1901 Peck, Gerald E., Esq. 1894 Penny-Snook, S., Esq., M.E.C.S., L.E.C.P. 1907 Penny-Snook, Mrs. S. 1901 Pentin, Eev. Herbert, M.A. (Vice -President and Eon. Secretary) 1894 Peto, Sir Henry, Bart. 1896 Phillips, Miss 1908 Phillips, Eev. C. A., M.A. 1898 Pickard-Cambridge, A. W., Esq., M.A. 1908 Pickard-Cambridge, Miss Catherine 1903 Pike, Leonard G., Esq. 1903 Pitt-Eivers, A. L. Fox, Esq., F.S.A. 1904 Plowman, Eev. L. S. 1896 Pond, S., Esq. 1894 Ponting, Chas. E., Esq., F.S.A. O.M. Pope, Alfred, Esq., F.S.A. (Vice- President) 1906 Pope, Major Alfred Eolph, M.A. 1906 Pope, Mrs. Alfred Eolph 1909 Pope, Francis J., Esq., F.E.Hist.S. Whitmore Lodge, Sunnmghill, Berks Whitmore Lodge, Sunninghill, Berks Castle House, Weymouth Greensted, 14, Madeira Eoad, Bourne- mouth 12, Bryanston Square, London, W. 12, Bryanston Square, London, W. Wootton Fitzpaine, Charmouth 185, Oakwood Court, Kensington, London, W. Cony gar, Broadmayne, Dorchester Eastbrook House, Upwey Eydal, "Wimborne Ivythorpe, Dorchester Fore Street, Taunton Muston Manor, Puddletown Netherton House, Weymouth Netherton House, Weymouth St. Peter's Vicarage. Portland Chedington Court, Misterton, Somer- set Walton House, Bournemouth Walton House, Bournemouth St. Catherine's, Headington Hill, Ox- ford Picardy, Eodwell, Weymouth Kingbarrow, Wareham Eushmore, Salisbury Ibberton Eectory, Blandf ord Blandford Wye House, Marlborough South Court, Dorchester Culliford House, Dorchester Culliford House, Dorchester 17, Holland Eoad, London, W. XX. 1914 Powell, H. Bolland, Esq., A.M.I.C.E. 1896 Prideaux, C. S., Esq., L.D.S. 1900 Prideaux, W. de C., Esq., L.D.S. F.S.A., F.R.S.M. 1905 Pringle, Henry T., Esq., M.D. 1905 Pringle, Mrs. Henry T. 1888 Pye, William, Esq. 1905 Ramsden, Mrs. 1912 Rawlence, E. A., Esq. " 1886 Reynolds, Mrs. Arthur 1904 Rhydderch, Rev. W. ~ 1887 Richardson, N. M., Esq., B.A. (President) 1911 Robson, Colonel H. D. 1911 Robson, Mrs. - 1886 Rodd, Edward Stanhope, Esq. 1907 Roe, Miss M. M. E. 1909 Roe, Rev. Wilfrid T., M.A. 1912 Romilly, Geo., Esq., M.A. 1907 Roper, Freeman, Esq., F.L.S. 1889 Russell, Colonel C. J., R.E. 1910 Russell -Wright, Rev. T., M.A. 1905 Sanderson-Wells, T. H., Esq., M.D. 1905 Saunt, Miss 1905 Saunt, Miss B. V. 1910 Schuster, Mrs. W. P. 1904 Seaman, Rev. C. E., M.A., R.D. 1883 Searle, Alan, Esq. 1906 Shephard, Colonel C. S., D.S.O. 1903 Sheridan, Mrs. A. T. Brinsley 1884 Sherren, J. A., Esq., F.R. Hist. S. 1914 Sherring, R. Vowell, Esq., F.L.S. 1913 Shields, Rev. A. J., M.A. 1897 Simpson, Jas., Esq. 1912 Smith, Rev. A. Hippisley 1916 Smith, Rev. Edward, M.A. 1915 Smith, Mrs. Hamblin Hillsdon, Springfield Road, Parkstone Ermington, Dorchester 12, Frederick Place, Weymouth Ferndown, Wimborne Ferndown, Wimborne Dunmore, Rodwell, Weymouth The Dower House, Lew Trenchard, Devon Newlands, Salisbury Wyndcroft, Bridport Owermoigne Rectory, Dorchester Montevideo, Chickerell, near Wey- mouth St. Oswald, West Lulworth St. Oswald, West Lulworth Chardstock House, Chard Trent Rectory, Sherborne Trent Rectory, Sherborne The Grange, Marnhull Forde Abbey, Chard Clavinia, Weymouth 92, Richmond Park Road, Bourne- mouth 16, Victoria Terrace, Weymouth The Cottage, Upwey The Cottage, Upwey Lullingstone, Wimborne Stalbridge Rectory, Blandford Hawkmoor, Paignton, S. Devon Shortlake, Osmington, Weymouth Frampton Court, Dorchester Helmsley, Penn Hill Avenue, Park- stone Hallatrow, Bristol Thornford Rectory, Sherborne Mmterne Grange, Parkstone Knowlton House, Surrey Road, Bournemouth Hazelbury Bryan Rectory, Blandford Medical Officer's House, The Grove, Portland XXI. 1899 Smith, Howard Lyon, Esq., L.R.C.P. 1909 Smith, Nowell C., Esq., M.A. 1908 Smith, Mrs. Spencer -1888 Solly, Rev. H. Shaen, M.A. 1901 Sotheby, Rev. W. E. H., M.A. 1905 Stephens, J. Thompson, Esq. 1908 Stephens, A. N., Esq. 1900 Storer, Colonel, late R.E. 1895 Sturdy, Leonard, Esq. 1896 Sturdy, Philip, Esq. 1907 Sturdy, Alan, Esq. 1905 Sturdy, E. T., Esq. 1914 Sturrock, J., Esq., C.I.E. 1898 Sturt, W. Neville, Esq. 1898 Suttill, H. S., Esq. 1905 Suttill, John, Esq. 1913 Swaffield, A. Owen, Esq. 1912 Swinburne-Hanham, J. C., Esq. 1893 Sykes, E. R., Esq., B.A., F.Z.S. ( Vice -President) 1889 Symes, Colonel G. P., M.A., B.C.L., M.V.O. 1904 Symonds, Arthur G., Esq. 1904 Symonds, Henry, Esq., F.S.A. ( Vice- President and Hon. Editor) 1912 Symonds, P. G., Esq. 1913 Symonds, Wm. Pope, Esq. 1901 Telfordsmith, Telford, Esq., M.A., M.D. 1906 Thomson, Chas. Bertram, Esq., F.R.C.S. 1907 Towers, Miss 1913 Trousdale, Mrs. E. M. 1898 Troyte-Bullock, Mrs. 1905 Truell, Mrs. O.M. Udal, His Honour J. S., F.S.A. (Vice -President) Mount Pleasant, Inkberrow, Wor- cestershire School House, Sherborne Vine House, Sturminster Newton Southcote, Alexandra Road, Parkstone 92, Banbury Road, Oxford Wanderwell, Bridport Haddon House, West Bay, Bridport Keavil, Bournemouth Trigon, Wareham The Wick, Branksome, near Bourne- mouth Linden, East Lulworth Norburton, Burton Bradstock, Bridport 12, Greenhill, Weymouth 9, Lansdown Crescent, Bath Pymore, Bridport 24, West Street, Bridport Rod well Lodge, Weymouth 106, Goldhurst Terrace, N.W. Longthorns, Blandford Monksdene, Dorchester Road, Wey- mouth 10, South Street, Dorchester Roundham, Bridport The Firs, Sturminster Newton Newton House, Sturminster Newton The Knoll, Parkstone Romansleigh, Wimborne Talbot Cottage, Roslin Road, Bourne- mouth Coniston, Bridport Silton Lodge, Zeals, Bath Onslow, Wimborne 2, Marlborough Hill, London, N.W. XX11. 1908 Udal, N. R., Esq., B.A. 1890 Usherwood, Rev. Canon T. B., M.A. 1910 Vivian, S. P., Esq. 1887 Walker, Rev. S. A., M.A. 1916 Ward, The Yen. Algernon, M.A. 1905 Ward, Samuel, Esq. O.K. Warre, Rev. Canon F., M.A. 1904 Warry, Mrs. King 1904 Warry, Win., Esq. 1917 Waterson, C., Esq. 1905 Watkins, Win., Esq., F.R.G.S. 1893 Weaver, Rev. F. W., M.A., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S. 1908 Whitby, Mrs. J. 1914 Widnell, Edward, Esq. 1904 Wildman, W. B., Esq., M.A. 1903 Williams, Captain Berkeley C.W. 1884 Williams, Colonel Sir Robert, Bart., M.P. 1908 Williams, Miss Rhoda 1906 Williams, Miss Meta 1912 Williams, Mrs. Arthur S. 1906 Winwood, T. H. R., Esq., M.A. 1910 Woodd, A. B., Esq., M.A., M.R.I. 1916 Woodd, Rev. C. H. B., M.A. 1913 Woodhouse, Rev. A. C. 1913 Woodhouse, Mrs. A. C. 1898 Woodhouse, Miss 1903 Woodhouse, Miss Ellen E. 1906 Woodhouse, Frank D., Esq. 1906 Woodhouse, Mrs. Frank D. 1911 Woodhouse, Miss A. M. R. 1902 Wright, Rev. Herbert L., B.A. 1910 Yeatman, H. F., Esq., M.A., B.C.L. Gordon College, Khartoum Bagdale, Parkstone 22, Royal Avenue, Chelsea, S.W. Charlton Manor, Blandford Stunninster Newton Vicarage Ingleton, Greenhill, Weymouth Bemerton, Salisbury 39, Filey Avenue, Clapton Common, London, N. Westrow, Holwell, Sherborne Bucknowle House, Corfe Castle 62, London Wall, E.G. 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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, CAMBRIDGE. WILTSHIRE ABCH^OLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, DEVIZES. ft \)t OF THE Dorset jflatural fLjistorp ant) Antiquarian jfieifc Clutu (FROM MAY, 1915, TO MAY, 1916.) In consequence of the War no Summer Meetings were held in the Year, 1915. WINTER SESSION, 1915-16. The first meeting of the session was held at the Dorset County Museum on Tuesday, 7th December. The President, Mr. NELSON M. RICHARDSON, occupied the chair, and was sup- ported by Lord Eustace Cecil, the Rev. H. Pentin, Captain J. E. Acland, Captain G. R. Elwes, and Mr. Alfred Pope. The HON. SECRETARY announced the nomination of four candidates for election as members of the Field Club. The ballot would take place at the meeting in February then next. Sir DANIEL MORRIS had attended the meeting of the British Association at Manchester as the delegate of the Club, and had forwarded the official report of the meetings held by the Corresponding Societies, which ran as follows : — CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES AT THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The first meeting of the Conference of Delegates was held on Sept. 8th, and it was announced that the General Committee of the British Association had altered the titles of officers of the Conference from Chairman and Vice-Chairman to President and Vice -President, thereby giving them the same status as those of the Sections. Sir Thomas FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXV11. Holland delivered his opening address, entitled " The Classification of Scientific Societies," which was printed in " Nature " of September 16th. The first subject for discussion was " Local Museums," suggested by the Selborne Society, and introduced by Dr. W. E. Hoyle. He laid it down that the first and fundamental function of a museum was to preserve. Museum officials are nowadays given so much advice about the desirability of making our exhibits testhetically attractive, of compiling explanatory labels \\ hich shall at the same time instruct the specialist and interest the casual visitor, and of catering for school children, that they are, he said, in danger, perhaps, of forgetting that their paramount duty is to see that "neither moth nor rust doth corrupt " and that " thieves do not break through nor steal." He gave a definition of a local museum, the first duty of which, he maintained, was to preserve the things of interest pertaining to the locality. Then he touched upon the important and delicate question of the relations which ought to exist between the local museum and the national museum. Difficulties arose when it was required to determine in particular cases what objects were of national importance and should be preserved in a national museum. After the first function of a local museum had been adequately discharged, Dr. Hoyle thought that, if means and opportunities allowed, collections should be provided which gave the visitor a preliminary sketch of some department of knowledge. He alluded to "index" collections, though he thought the term "introductory" collections would be more appropriate. Dr. Hoyle had something to say with regard to the coming into touch of the museum with the educational system of the locality; and he saw nothing out of place in a local museum developing a special subject quite disconnected with the locality if it had the power to do so without interfering with its proper work. In the discussion which followed, Dr. Bather touched upon principles which should guide local curators in their selection of what should be considered of national and local interest. Type specimens should be placed in museums where they would be well looked after. Moreover, researchers, though they would naturally seek for local objects, such as fossils, in a local museum, ought not to have to look for, say, New Zealand fossils, through all the museums of the British Isles. Dr. Marie C. Stopes thought that there might be a balance of good in decentralising collections, even of type specimens ; for the visiting of local museums brings a stimulus to the local people, and widens and humanises the interests of specialists. It seemed evident from other remarks that if local museums are to be properly educational, in the general sense of the word, there should be special institutions or special sections of existing museums with their own organisation, so as not to burden curators unduly. XXVili. FIRST WINTER MEETING. Prof. Geddes directed attention to the survey of Greater London now being carried out by the Architects' War Committee, which deserved the co-operation of museums and natural history societies. The second meeting was held on Friday, September 10th. As a result of the importance of the presidential address, and the interest which had been taken in its suggestions, the vice-president, Mr. William Whitaker, moved a resolution in the following terms : — " That this conference invites the attention of the Corresponding Societies' Com- mittee to the President's opening address, in which suggestions are made for reforming the existing, varied, and unorganised practice of publishing original papers." An outline was given of ways in which this might be done, and the resolution was carried. The second subject for discussion was " Colour Standards," suggested by the British Mycological Society, and introduced by Mr. J. Rams- bottom. He described and illustrated a number of the schemes which had been formulated with the object of obtaining some uniformity of colour description in the many branches of natural science. Recent attempts at colour standards have each something against their general adoption, and, except for horticulturists, mycologists, and possibly ornithologists, they are much too full. It would seem best to have a well-arranged list of two hundred well-named colours for ordinary use, which colour scheme could be amplified in those branches of science where needed. In this case, also, a good discussion was aroused, and as it was pointed out that the work of preparing such a series of colour standards for scientific and commercial uses, though of interest to many of the com- mittees of the Association, was not the province of any one of them, a resolution was passed referring the matter to the Corresponding Societies' Committee. In many ways the Conference of Delegates at Manchester was the most successful that had been held in this country for a considerable time. The report of the Earthworks Committee of the Congress of Archaeological Societies was laid upon the table, but it contained nothing relative to Dorset. Copies had been circulated among the members of the Club. In this connection Captain ACLAND mentioned that reports had been made to him as to probable damage to ancient earthworks near Blandford, but he had been assured by the officer in command of the troops that the greatest care would be taken and that anything found would be preserved. FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXIX. The PRESIDENT read a letter from the Mayor of Bourne- mouth inviting the assistance of the Club on the occasion fo the visit of the British Association to that town in 1917. It was resolved to render all assistance that was possible. Mr. W. de C. PRIDEAUX had written to call attention to a pre -Reformation altar-slab which was built into the south wall of the church-yard at Broadmayne, and to suggest that the Club should give financial help towards removing the slab from its present position. Mr. C. E. PONTING, the diocesan surveyor, had also written to the same effect, saying that he had first noticed the stone about five years previously. The HON. SECRETARY observed that it was believed there were only four pre-Reformation stone altar-slabs in Dorset, namely, at Arne, Bere Regis, Gorton and Stock Gaylard, and all of them were now used for their original purpose. It was decided that the Executive should communicate with the Rector of Broadmayne and that a grant in aid should be made. The PRESIDENT then referred to the delay in the production of the volume of Proceedings which was due in July, 1915. He had been informed by the printers that the absence of many men on military service had necessarily hindered the work. A discussion followed, in which suggestions as to the future were made, but the general feeling was that under the existing circumstances the delay was unavoidable. The HON. SECRETARY mentioned that Canon C. H. Mayo had consented to act as general receiver of the reports on restored churches in Dorset. Mr. W. PARKINSON CURTIS had written to the President saying that the statutory rules and order of 1915 (No. 909) had created a protected area of considerable extent in the Trough of Poole and had made additions to the list of birds protected in the surrounding district. Mr. Curtis and other ornithologists thought that it was desirable to appoint a watcher for the newly protected area, as shooting had practically ceased : but the meeting was unable to suggest a suitable person. XXX. FIRST WINTER MEETING. EXHIBITS. By the President (1) A copy of Tyndale's New Testament, 1536, known as " the mole " edition. Three editions were published in that year, and they may be distinguished by the stone in the woodcut of St. Paul at the beginning of several Epistles. On one stone there is engraved an animal generally accepted as a mole ; on another, the surface is not engraved, this variety being known as the " blank stone " edition ; on the third, there are the letters A.B.K. in mono- gram, whence it is known as the " engraver's mark " edition. The first edition of Tyndale's New Testament was issued in 1525, and is represented in the British Museum by a fragment of 31 leaves which were printed in Cologne, but Tyndale was forced to fly before his work was finished. The second edition was probably printed by Peter Schoeffer at Worms in 1525, and is represented by a fragment at St. Paul's and by a copy at Bristol which is complete except for the title. (A facsimile of the Bristol copy was sent for exhibition by Mr. A. N. Stephens.) A title page, but nothing more, exists of the third edition in 1532, and there are copies extant of 1534 and 1535 ; indeed, it is quite possible that there were other issues before " the mole " edition. The woodcuts which illustrate " the mole " edition of 1536 are very remarkable, especially those in Revelation. The latest issue of Tyndale's translation was in 1566. (2) A finely engraved helmet of the sixteenth century, said to be of Spanish origin. By Captain Elwes — A " Venetian dog," or pistol, of the period 1650-80. By Mr. E. A. Rawlence — Objects connected with a pre- historic burial recently found in Low Hill quarry, Nether Compton, Sherborne, consisting of flint flakes, a boar's tooth, a roe -deer horn, &c. Captain Acland thought that the interment probably belonged to the Bronze Age. By Mr. Alfred Pope — A bond for £2,500 given by the fourth Marquis of Winchester, who had embarrassed his FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXXI. estate by extravagance and the lavish entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Basing House. The document pledged the farm, &c., of Portesham. By Captain Acland — A Bradshaw's railway map of 1851, showing the South Western railway with its terminus at Dorchester. At that date there was no line to Weymouth, as the Great Western railway did not extend beyond Fro me. PAPERS. Mr. RAWLENCE read a paper on Folk-lore reminiscences concerning man and beast in Dorset. Canon Fletcher told the history of " The man in the wall *' at Wimborne Minster. Captain Acland read selections Jtrom his notes on Mr. E. Cunnington's records of barrows opened in Dorset between 1879-1890. Mr. L. Richardson's paper on the stratigraphical distri- bution of inferior-oolite vertebrates was read in part by the President. The four papers are printed on later pages of this volume. XXX1J. SECOND WINTER MEETING. SECOND WINTER MEETING. Tuesday, 8th February, 1916. The President, Mr. NELSON M. RICHARDSON, took the chair, and among those present were Lord Eustace Cecil, the Rev. H. Pentin, Captain J. E. Acland, Mr. Alfred Pope, and Sir Daniel Morris. Four candidates, who had been proposed at the previous meeting, were balloted for and declared to be elected. One nomination for membership was announced. It was decided that £2 15s. should be contributed to defray the cost of the removal of the altar-slab at Broadmayne from its present position of danger. The subject had been dis- cussed at the first meeting of the M inter session, and the Rector of Broadmayne had written to say that the stone would be placed within the church porch. The President invited expressions of opinion as to whether the outdoor meetings should be resumed during the coming summer, and added that the executive were in favour of a postponement of such meetings until after the end of the war. Lord Eustace Cecil concurred in this view. Mr. E. S. Rodd hoped that when the outdoor meetings were resumed the Field Club would again visit Chardstock and the neighbourhood of Forde Abbey. At the suggestion of Mr. Alfred Pope it was agreed to defer the question of postponement until the general meeting in May. It was resolved to transfer to the library of Sherborne School four documents concerning the endowments of the school, which had been found in the collection of papers relative to the silk industry. A letter of thanks for the gift has since been received from Mr. W. B. Wildman. A Doctor's Practice, 1623. SECOND WINTER MEETING. XXX111. EXHIBITS. By Captain Acland — a manuscript by William Barnes, entitled " Edge Tools in Early Britain." which had been presented by Canon Mansel-Pleydell to the Dorset County Museum. The manuscript will be printed in full on a later page of this volume. By Mr. Henry Symonds. (1) A photograph of a carved oak panel, dated 1623, representing incidents in a doctor's prac- tice. This panel, which is reproduced in the annexed plate, was formerly owned by a medical man at Poole and had been in the possession of his family for eighty years, during which time they had lived in that town. It was bought in the " seventies " by Mr. William Fenwick, of Arlington. New Jersey, U.S.A., who sold it through an agent to an unknown purchaser. Since the foregoing note was written the editor has been informed that the original panel was acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons and is now in their house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. (2) A little booklet containing six stanzas written by William Barnes in 1872 "for the benefit of the Bridport School of Art." The lines are now reprinted as they do not appear in the collected editions of the poet's works. The exhibited copy — given to Mr. Symonds by our member, Mr. J. T. Stephens, — contaias a contemporary photograph of the ship-bnilding yard, from which the last new vessel was launched in 1879. " BRIDPORT HARBOUR." Hill-warded haven, creek well found To sailors on thy stormy shore ; When 'midst the waters' deaf 'ning roar They step on this thy peaceful ground, As blest with happy homes at hand Or strangers on a foreign land. XXXI V. SECOND WINTER MEETING. 2. As softly sinks from fear to rest The hunted stag, at last hound free, The ship that ploughs the stormy sea Here stills her billow-beaten breast And yields her welcome freight, to fill Her hold with works of Bridport skill. 3. Here, fair from ev'ry shipwright's tool, The new ship plunges from the stocks And chafes her first white foam ; and rocks On heaving waters of thy pool, Now soon to waft her crest in hope O'er longsome tracts of sea-wide scope. 4. The birds,*1 where lay Prometheus bound, Still ate with everlasting bills His growing lungs, and these two hills*2 So yield to eating waves their ground That wastes in this receding shore, But wastes, alas, to grow no more. 5. How many untold years have run Since those two now half -hills were whole, And man beheld the waters roll Where they sank, grassy to the sun, Long ere the sea had cast the sand And far -borne pebbles on this strand. * l The Eagles. See the mythoa of Prometheus. * 2 The east and west cliffs. SECOND WINTER MEETING. XXXV. 6. May ev'ry ship that commerce sends From thee, 0 peaceful little creek, Come back full-rigged, without a leak, With men to wives and friends to friends ; May Heaven speed both to and fro All ships that here may come and go. WM. BARNES. 29 July, 1872. By the Rev. E. F. Linton — (1) A small holy-water stoup of white marble, found at West worth, in the parish of Edmondsham. (2) A pipe-stopper mounted on a medallion bearing the portraits of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, found at Edmondsham. By Mr. G. S. Fry — A manuscript volume of sermons preached by Aldrich Swan between 1686 and 1694, when he was minister of Kington Magna and Wimborne Minster. The Hon. Secretary said that he had read the sermons with much appreciation, but as Greek, Latin, and the early Fathers were freely quoted he feared that the discourses were over the heads of the congregations. Aldrich Swan was one of the three ministers of Wimborne who signed the receipt for the books given by William Stone to the Minster library (cf. S. and D. N. and Q. xv., 11). By the President — Some little flowers given to him by Lieutenant Chaytor, of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand, who had picked them on Lallababa Hill, Gallipoli, in May, 1915. Sir Daniel Morris remarked that the flower looked like a hairy-leaved vetch. Two eighteenth-century deeds relating to land in Bingham's Melcombe, which had been presented to the Field Club by Mr. A. W. Marks, of Gray's Inn, W.C. PAPERS. Sir Daniel Morris read a paper on Australian trees and shrubs acclimatised on the south coast, and illustrated XXXVI. SECOND WINTER MEETING. his lecture with many specimens in flower or in fruit, some of which had been kindly sent by Lord Ilchester from his sub- tropical garden at Abbotsbury. Captain Acland read extracts from a paper by Mr. Henry Symonds on the silk industry in Wessex, more particularly in Sher borne, during the eighteenth century. The Field Club's collection of books, deeds, and papers relating to the subject was laid upon the table. The President read a portion of the paper by Mr. E. W. S wanton on Dorset land-shells in the museum at Haslemere. The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge had been unable to finish his paper on new and rare Arachnida noted in 1915, and therefore it was taken as read. Mr. W. de C. Prideaux discussed the Mohun brasses in the old church at Fleet, and illustrated his notes with a series of rubbings. The foregoing papers are printed on subsequent pages of this volume.* * At a later date Mr. Pickard-Cambridge fovind it impossible, owing to ill health, to complete his notes rn Arachnida; consequently the printing of the paper is postponed until next year. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. XXXV11. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. Tuesday, 9th May, 1916. This meeting was held as usual at the Dorset County Museum, the President, Mr. Nelson M. Richardson, being in the chair. One candidate was elected by ballot, and two additional nominations for membership were read. Mr. Richardson then delivered his presidential address, which is printed at p. 1 of the second portion of this volume. Captain Elwes moved that a hearty vote of thanks be given to the President for his excellent address, which embraced much valuable knowledge set forth in a very lucid manner. Mr. Alfred Pope seconded the proposal and it was adopted amid applause. The Hon. Secretary read the report, which ran as follows : There is less than usual to report this year, as owing to the war there were no Summer Meetings in 1915. The difficulty of obtaining motors and brakes, the uncertainty of the train-service in Dorset owing to the movement of troops, together with sentimental reasons, doubtless influenced the members in their decision to abandon summer excur- sions. The usual meetings were held in the winter, but the attendance has been unusually small. The war is, without doubt, responsible for this, as also for the fall in our membership. We now have slightly less than 350 members. As there were no receipts in the Hon. Secretary's accounts last year, owing to there being no summer meetings, there is now only a small balance in hand of 4s. 6d. The Hon. Treasurer read the audited statement of accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1915. The financial position was satisfactory — the balance in hand being £71 11s. 9d. as against £39 11s. 4d. at the end of 1914. The accounts, together with that of the Hon. Secretary, are printed on the adjoining pages. XXXviii. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. The report of the Hon. Editor as to the contents of vol. xxxvii, for 1916 was read. The members of the Field Club were indebted to Mrs. Merrick-Head for kindly providing the photographs and blocks used for reproducing the eighteen old views of Portland, and to Canon Fletcher for giving two blocks and the plates to illustrate his paper on " The man in the wall at Wimborne Minster." The photographs for the last named blocks were taken by Dr. E. K. le Fleming. Colonel and Mrs. Dickson were not able to report any progress with the Dorset Photographic Survey, as photo- graphy had ceased in consequence of the war. The Earthworks Sectional Committee and the Restored Churches Committee were unable, for similar reasons, to make any reports. The Numismatic Sectional Committee sent a short report by Mr. Henry Symonds — A few years ago a small hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins was found in the county, but the precise locality was not disclosed for certain reasons. A description of the find and a plate of the coins have been sent by me to the Dorset County Museum library, through the kindness of the author of the paper which appeared in Numismatic Chronicle, 4 Ser. Vol. xv., p. 336. None of the coins were struck in Dorset mints, so far as our present knowledge teaches us. The practice of placing the name of the town on the reverse of the coin was not adopted until later in the Saxon period than the date of this hoard. Captain Acland, as curator of the Dorset County Museum, read the following notes on the objects acquired by the Museum between May, 1915, and May, 1916 : — During the past twelve months we have had many additions to the various collections which need not be described individually. Some other acquisitions have been exhibited and reported upon at the winter meetings of the Field Club, and 1 will not therefore refer to them again. In a different category, however, is the fine collection of corals presented by Mrs. Merrick Head from Pennsylvania Castle, Portland. T am informed that they were bought by her husband about the year 1872 at a sale of the property of Mr. Wilson Saunders of Beigate. Mrs. Head has not only given this beautiful collection to the Museum, but has THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. XXXIX. defrayed the whole expense of the removal from Portland and provided the three new cases in which they are exhibited. We have also acquired by the gift of Sir George Meyrick, Bart., through the good offices of Mr. Henry Symonds, 25 British bronze coins, a portion of those found during the excavations at Hengistbury Head in 1911-1912. They are stated by Mr. Bushe-Fox in the Report of the Society of Antiquaries to be of a type of exceptional interest, as it represents the very last stage of the gold stater of Philip II. of Macedon, the head and chariot having become nothing but meaningless dots and lines. Nearly 3,000 pieces were found, and were subsequently examined by Mr. G. F. Hill, of the British Museum, who described them as being partly of the usual " South Western " struck class, and partly of the peculiar cast class, now called the " Hengistbury " class, many of which remained in mint condition. In some parts of the settlement masses of coins, numbering 600 or 700, were found together, and had evidently been deposited in bundles, possibly wrapped in basket work, and it is therefore suggested that they were minted on the spot. In view of the sad loss we have all sustained by the death of our much respected and talented friend, Dr. Colley March, I must refer at rather greater length to his last gift to the Museum. Within a very few days of his death he sent to me a collection of bone, flint, and bronze objects, and also broken pottery, which he had himself found near Portesham, and which he considered a proof that the site had been occupied by succeeding races through many centuries. I cannot do better than give, in his own words, the notes that accompanied his gift, so that they may be recorded in the Proceedings. " At a distance of exactly six furlongs due west of St. Peter's Church, Portesham, there is a deep valley hollowed by running water called ' Springs ; ' it is marked as it descends by a number of ' Vents,' through which this water, as it gradually became subterranean, used to escape. But the valley now is dry until its lower part is reached, where the water, unable to penetrate a bed of clay, is turned out, and flows on to the Fleet. In former days, when streams flowed from the Vents, this valley was a good place for sheep-folds and cattle pens, and, under a favourable light, there can be seen on its sloping sides, the lines of ancient en- closures. To the west of this valley there is a wide shelf of meadow land, 360ft. above the sea, protected from the North by the slope which rises to a height of 600ft. On this charming spot, about 15 years ago, a gamekeeper's house was built, and when the preliminary trenches lift, deep were made, I care- fully inspected them and the excavated earth. I discovered evidence that this very site had been selected for a dwelling-place all through xl. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. the ages, from early neolithic to late Romano -British times. Chert, flint, and perhaps good Portland stone chert from the Chesil-bank — bone, bronze, and iron — had all been used in the making of implements now indeed broken, while potsherds abound of every corresponding period. Many of the flakes and several of the pieces of bone show signs of use. A bone implement, a saw of chert, an iron rod or pin (that I have varnished to check the corrosion of rust), and four small implements respectively of bone, flint, horn, and bronze (but all of them broken), I have fastened to a card." The whole collection is now presented to the Museum. The President announced that the Mansel-Pleydell medal and prize had been awarded to Miss Ellen E. Woodhouse, of Chilmore, Ansty, for her essay on pre-Saxon civilisation in Dorset. Mr. Richardson then presented the medal and congratulated the successful competitor. Miss Woodhouse's essay is printed in this volume. The question of holding the summer meetings had been postponed from the 8th February to this meeting. It was now proposed by Mr. Richard Barrow, and seconded by Captain Acland, that no out-door meetings be held during 1916. This resolution was carried. The Hon. Secretary reported that the Rector of Broad- mayne had written to him saying that the stone altar-slab had been safely placed in the church porch. The Rev. A. C. Woodhouse proposed and the Rev. H. Hawkins seconded a resolution that the Club deprecated the laying flat of old tomb stones which were intended to be upright, as that practice tended to a rapid obliteration of the inscriptions. The resolution was adopted. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. Mr. F. E. Abbott proposed that the President, the Hon. Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Editor should be re-elected to their respective offices. This was seconded by Mr. R. Barrow and approved by the meeting. The Hon. Secretary again nominated Mr. H. Pouncy as Assistant Secretary. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. xli. The Sectional Committee of the Dorset Photographic Survey was re-elected. The Earthworks Committee was also re-elected, with the addition of Captain Acland and Mr. F. E. Abbott. Captain Elwes was added to the Numismatic Committee, which was re-elected. The Rev. H. Hawkins, Mr. R. Barrow, and Mr. G. W. Floyer were added to the Restored Churches Committee, which was re-elected. The President nominated, for the ensuing year, the retiring Vice -Presidents, with the addition of Sir Daniel Morris in place of the late Dr. Colley March. Mr. Alfred Pope was asked to act as the delegate of the Field Club at the meeting of the British Association at Ne wcastle -on-Ty ne . Mr. Nigel Bond arid Mr. E. A. Fry were nominated as representatives of the Club at the Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries of London, if the Congress met in 1916. 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