The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-29 00:00:00

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which,lt Salina that an ergument from the spherical
ruts would favour the idea of the existence of some
missouregkent, depended on the equl-distance of I
reload and Logan Rock f miasma points In Wareham.
, argument from the computation ig bearings, would
-system id poi/dare by smumed streight lines, and
--re to the bop that by 'nine slight OTTOr In practice,
Roe projected from Leflat or Richborough
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to mounting such an error, seeing it I. recorded, I
ding one or our recent American boundary question.,
commencing GO =lee apert,to getting out a parable
JO In such a manner asto meet each otha, instead of
found themselve. 114 feet &pert. But, ea I have
said, before pronouncing between either of them
If any precision is desired beyond the strong pro-
of the ows, it would be well to .procure from the
ce Authorities, the neereet =proximations they can
the exact latitudes sad longtittalso of Log= Roa,
-ough Pharos, North Forelend Lighthouse, and of ems
Wareham, from which measurements could be here-
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BLaog said he was extremely obliged to his friend
he bad taken, and the skill he had evoked,
,sting this suggestion. It wad but a susses-
, he bad seen so many instants. in the please
adverted to, that he believed what he had
was the truth. He would ask the audience to
that although the different*, may seem to be
on paper, yet they were absolutely inappre-
without the finest instruments. He did not know
what point in Wareham was taken by the Roman
yore, to draw their lines from, but he believed it
thin Wareham. The lines drawn on a spherical
those aa if it were a flat aortaee to be cur-
ed, end Wareham was between those lines
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o. e • ing on Saturday last was by far the largest
IPLYI tt , for 74 assembled for the journey toßindon
‘`r *reborn, and Cods Cutts, The South
este] n railway had very kindly granted a "penal
train at a oettvenituit time, and this was hated as near
as possible to the Abbey. Mr. G. M. Hills, bon.
tresaurer, .Oreckid the party to the ruins. The abbey
. foundol in 1172 by the, Cioteroion monks, who
curing fro," the Bersodiatiass, who formerly divided
the mouse a world with the Augustinians. Among
It. Bened.otioes certain reforms originated among
those Usti:stied by/the abbot of Cluny, to whose
striaer ru,s about i3OOO monasteries submitted. An
Enjisb nt ok, struck by the laxity of the Benedictines,
.; info, te of the CUOMO', founded the Cistercians,
but more s the fashion of • republic, the Clanieos
Immo ale 4 like an empire. The Cistercians attended
t . Sudo.: , especially organised, and so did not este-
bosh ti' a selves io the neighbourhood a towns • but
belated pl,-ton adapted for their industrial estaidish•
shone en by some river, where they could have
water p, air for their mills: Thit abbey was first
goondoe • Melon near Lulworth, but the neighbour-
hood ba& . unkind, in 1172 they came to this place.
The Her diction laid out their moo ‘steries on a tier-
tido pier oCI that if you found one part, you could tell
the others ea certain as if you found • man's legs in a
heap of straw, you could tell where his bead MIL Mr.
Hills then produced • plan of the monastery, and
showed the party over the ruins, entering by the ancient
we) Into the monastery, and showing the boss of on
theient zolumn, tho place of the cloisters, also
• quiet edit for the maks to pursue their studies,
several columns, the choir, the church, bo. Tha
Cisterciau. were not allowed to build dab rate build-
' logs, and were only permitted one tower, and position of
this was pointed out. They then passed into the chancel,
and saw the tomb of Rinolos hi inners, an
abbot in abet the sth century. end the position of the
bids altar was shown, not far from which was a
frogmen % of the ancient architecture, about 1180 or
1 OA. After showing whsra the stairs descended from
ti,e donut ries for the night service by the monks.
hi Hibbs said that near here bad been found a small
Leans which was supposed to represent a boy abbots
end which tad been kindly brought over from Dilworth
Ly Sr. Wo.d. At Salisbury cathedral there was also
a small ng re, whiob had been supra to represent a
bisto; ; but Mr. Plancht and r. Hartehorno had
istY otad oot that this 000jecture was ill-founded.
POigies of that site had been found also of the laity,
and OTOS o' ladies. At Hereford • certain place was
pointed .1 to the Assooiation as in all probability
o,oeriog the remains of a heart, they came upon
an Inert otion which had not been before
deelphareo However the inscription was made out
latinctly eo read the heart of John. Bishop of
lierefaid. There is only one Bishop wanting a
memortel I i Hereford Cathedral—John Bretton, and
then ouari..ed that he had died in some other place,
and th.,t t..s bast was buried there: Lie imagined these
stove, .r-rod the heart of a prior who died abroad,
and whose heart was sent home for Interment
In mower to Mr. Wright, Mr. SWAIN said the story
of the boy bishop was corrected in the minds of all
educated people at Salisbury, but he understood the
verger persisted in repeating Its He warn sorry that
this correction should have been lost sight of in the
new edition of Hutchins.
Mr. !DLLs went on pointing out the different cham-
bers, among them the alefaotorium, the only plea
ware the monks had • Ire to oomfort themselves; in
Fountains Abbey the kitchen was in this position, and
It might be so at Biodon. Traces of the well
iof the refectory still exist, and of the pulpit used
for reading daring meals. • considerable sewer
was in the portion of the monastery near the domestic
offices, and • run of water was corded through it, for
In those times they understood sanitary science even
better than we do, and were careful about these
arrangements. The buttery must have been in this
vicinity. The fishponds were very ester:ave. The
monks got their supply of water from a small stream
on the south aide, and their domestic buildings were
therefore in that part.
Mr. BATY said an immense oven bad beim otos-
vated near at some distance from here. Probably the
buttery was there.
Mx. HILLS said the monks no doubt had many build-
ings not in the monastery at all, end this oven belong-
to some of them. At Abbotebury the immolation
were only able to inspect the merest extremities; but
hero it was quite opposite—they could on inspect
tbe building itself. There was • mill near, in which no
doubt ransoms of the monks could be found.
Inside the building near the entrance were shown a
curious comest, with four cavities for oil and tallow,
and a little wick which would burn four lights. This
Is seldom found, but at the Benedictine monastery at
Durham is one for six lights. In the some
room were 110030 'tiles with enamelled arms of
Englend, and a very beautiful needle-worked altar
frontal, which was brought from old libidos, and till
lately used at Wool churl*. lb was of velvet, and con-
tained the effigies °Mho twelve apostles, very beautifully
worked with coloured floss silk gold and silver thread,
the date would be about 1500. Roman arns with bones
and • sundial dated 1565, and the circular head of an
old arm male up • curious collection.
The stool! figure of • supposed "boy prior" was
exhibited near the entrance. It was made of Caen
stone date 1480 to 1520, and Mr. Hill said it no doubt
luelle:thed the burial of • heart.
A vote of thanks proposed by Mr. Weld having been
given to Mr. Hill', the party proceeded to Wareham.
The first object was the old church of St Martin's,
which Mr. Blaslohill explained had long been disused as
• church, and only reed for perish meeting'. There
are some columns of the Early English (about 13th
century) style; but the arches are about the 16th
century. There was • hagiosoope to the left of the
chanaL The party moved on through—over the Ladies'
Walk, to the ancient walls of Wareham, Mr. Hills
said, rather for observation than to have • description
of • plain of which there is little or no history remain-
%g? Mr. Black had proposed • new theory with
regard to the origin of Wareham but they should
wait and consider whether they should adopt it or
not
While much enjoying the suable°, the fresh air,
and the beautiful views sojoyablo from these walls,
which are In some plains 244 h. high, the party were
shown the bowling green, believed to be an ancient
enclosure. Passing round they re-entered the town,
and went to the church. Part of the nave and
aisles have been rebuilt by • modern architect; but in
the eastern part are remains of a building of the 13th
century, or earlier. A door there apparently led to •
roodloft, and behind is • small chapel of 1230 or 1240.
Toe east window of the church fillod with reticulated
tracery, belonging to the 14th century, and oontinued
into the next. This style helped to create tbe perpen-
dicular tricery. Two windows about here have tracery
resembling flamboyant tracery- Built into a wall of
the church, near an early double piacina, are two
stones from as o'der building, with inscriptions, one
was said to be "John Stones ;" but the other is con-
verted, and part of it is oonsoorat. des."—comsecrattil
to God, and there appears tote the name Cantrig. In
the little old chapel to • coffin shaped like a boat,
=pooled to have been that in which the body of
Edward the nesrtyr remained a short time, and in a
rooms is an ancient au ui bta TO of the Crucifixion. Near is
an early cope stone about 2fl. 010. by DM. or trin.,muiros-
dog hart burial. The oldest thing is supposed to be a
stone, which Mr Borneo believes boors the word "Eniel,"
and is attributable to the British period. In this chapel
lithe tomb of Hutchins, the historian of Dorset, and the
pleat II altogether of remarkable interest. Going oat of
the church, we pass the font, which is a leaden font of the
12th century, hexagonal in form, and bearing on each
of the six sides two figures, moulded in wonderful
relief, but the features shamefully battered by some
modern workmen. The lead font is rare, there Is one
at Dorchester in Cifordshire. and another it Burghill,
Herefordshire. Heim the party went to the west
wall of Wereham, and arrived at • mound, which Kr.
Penton said Is supposed to be the site of the old castle,
but DO vestige of the wall remains, except that many
years ego • well %111 being sunk, and they came auras a
plea of masonry resembling in construction the will
of Corte Castle. The moat was here shown, but Mr. Hills
believed it held no water, being high above the river,
towards which it sloped at one end. Another pert of
the wall wa" called the Bloody Bank, on =emit of
the executions there alter Monmouth's rebellion ; but
from which now you see nothing but fruitful gardens,
fields, the river, and works of pesos. Reentering the
town by the aide of the church of St. Martin's, Mr.
Pike kindly exhibited his collection of articles dis-
severed in the moat of the miter wall, in slay pits,
Here went disks of Kimnieridte 004 supposed to
be turned with flint, and • number of flint implements,
almost always diseovered with it, Romeo urns and
vine, one containing bones, ancient iron tool, and
spear heads, ivory shawl pins of the ancients, pieces of
ara7oos. also • very palest little Roman column.
Mr. Pike's conservatory was of Beat mash admired by
those who relish things of the present time. In the
parlour were shown some booms and horns of salient
doer task of the mammoth, sad kapresdon of an old-
woad palm led. At the Corn Exchange an exseUent
loothimes wee provided by Ms. Yearsley, of the Red
1.4011, at which every delicaey el the sae= was offered.
The We. easellsot, and every one was loud in
of the catering soil arrangements, while wiwiro-
liat at Bs &sapper was era:premed by Sir WM.
Mcial7thlt. ths thairmao. were warmly given
10 Mr. Foolond Miter, for his kindness in eon noting
the pert/ round the tows and also for his arrangemonts
In obtaining the Corn globa We understand Mr
Pazwr 41".°rd'ui obeetutat= ladispesition, and
that Mr Baiusett ( yor) was also lOW
we attendino
The health of Mr. Gordon am. was bearihly dawn
4 Mr. Wright, whose unwearied care that the pert!
k re
op d time has been Misaglad with ten of all
everobody in a tithe of continued m err!.
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