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404 duty it was to keep it in order and repair. Let Mr. Jones, who has visited the church, himself inform us whether he thinks the walls safe to rebuild on, and what are the ' beautiful details' he speaks of, the preservation of which he deems it of such moment to contend for. To our unarchitectural eye there did not appear any details deserving of the epithet 'beautiful,' and a great portion of the building is decidedly modern; built, I mean, not further back than 1626, by the Beon family. The body of the church is doubtless much older, and the doorway or entrance is somewhat striking. The main reason, however, which the dean assigns for abandoning the old building, is that (besides its being in a dangerous state) it is too far from the main population. This argument, however, would not weigh much with me, if Mr. Jones can shew me that the walls of the old church are safe."

3. A letter from Mr. James H. Dixon of Tollington Park, Middlesex, respecting a locality called Abbey Hill, on the high road between Calton and Winterburn, about eleven miles from Skipton in Craven, in the parish of Kirkby Malhamdale. Here Mr. Dixon has noticed extensive foundations of buildings, and enquires what abbey or religious edifice stood here. He does not find these remains alluded to by the local historians, and the only reasons he has for believing them to have belonged to an ecclesiastical building of consequence are their extent, and the names of the adjacent fields, which are "Friar's Head," "Kirk Syke," " Kirk Garth," "Great Church Doors," " Little Church Doors," " Chapel Maze," &c.

Mr. Wright read a letter from the Rev. Lambert B. Larking, stating that the Members of the Association residing in the neighbourhood of Maidstone had formed themselves into a Local Committee for furthering the objects of the Association, and that he, Mr. Larking, had been requested to act as Chairman to the Committee.

Dr. Bromet quoted a letter from the Rev. W. S. Hartley, to shew, in reference to a statement made by Mr. Way at a former meeting, that service is performed at St. John's, Laughton, seven times a year.

The Rev. J. H. Barham exhibited a flint celt recently found in a field at Betherden, Kent.

It has been determined that the Archæological Meeting for 1845, shall beheld at Winchester, in the first week in August.