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TRANSACTIONS OF THE WOOLHOPE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB HEREFORDSHIRE "HOPE ON" "HOPE EVER" ESTABLISHED 1851 VOLUME XLVI 1990 PART HI TRANSACTIONS OF THE WOOLHOPE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB HEREFORDSHIRE "HOPE ON" "HOPE EVER" ESTABLISHED 1851 VOLUME XLVI 1990 PART III TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Proceedings, 1988 1 1989 149 1990 367 Obituaries H. J. Powell, F.R.I.B.A., 1911-1990 - 378 Mrs. Marjorie M. Voss, B.A., -1990 - 379 Ancient Bridges and a Hereford Bridge Brotherhood, by George Charnock 12 The Leech Pool, Clifford: A Five-Year Survey, by the late J. D. P. Graham 27 Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club 1990 Chaplains, Chantries and Chapels of North-West Herefordshire c.1400, by P. E. H. Hair 31 All contributions to The Woolhope Transactions are COPYRIGHT. None of them may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- Nos.57 to 59 High Street, Bromyard, by Vera and Roy Perry - 65 copying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the writers. Application to reproduce contributions, in whole or in part, should be addressed in the first instance, to the editor whose address is given in the LIST OF OFFICERS. Kington Orders an Organ, by J. B. Sinclair and R. W. D. Fenn - 69 Alfred Watkins and The Old Straight Track, by L. V. Grinsell - 76 A flint axe-head from near Bredenbury, by J. D. Hurst 82 A Bronze Age Vessel from near Leintwardine, by J. D. Hurst - 83 Identification of a Domesday Manor, by Elizabeth Taylor 84 A 'Lost' Domesday Manor, by J. W. Tonkin 86 The Fonts at Ledbury, by the late S. F. Gavin Robinson 87 The Lodge at the Park Gate, by Roy Perry - 160 Salvage Excavations of a Beaker Burial from Aymestrey (HWCM 7060), by Simon Woodiwiss - 169 The Mortimers of Wigmore 1086-1214, by Charles Hopkinson 177 Partial Excavation of the Chapel of Corras, Kentchurch, by Mary Thomas and Elizabeth Taylor - 194 `The House of Houses': The Cistercians of Dore and the Origins of the Polygonal Chapter House, by Joe Hillaby 209 Chaplains, Chantries and Chapels of North-West Herefordshire c.1400 (Second Herefordshire Field-Names, 1988, by G. Sprackling 100 Part), by P. E. H. Hair 246 1989, by G. Sprackling 340 1990, by G. Sprackling 525 The Croft Affair, by John Ross 289 Industrial Archaeology, 1988, by J. van Laun _ - 107 Medical Naturalists of Victorian Herefordshire, by B. E. Miles 298 1989, by J. van Laun - - 350 1990, by J. van Laun 534 William Greenleaf, by J. C. Eisel - 308 Mammals, 1988, by W. H. D. Wince 119 Farington's Wye Tour, by John Van Laun - 318 1989, by W. H. D. Wince 353 1990, by W. H. D. Wince 535 Churchyard Memorials of South-east Herefordshire, by E. H. Ward - 380 Ornithology, 1988, by Beryl Harding 121 The Romano-British Settlement at Blackwardine, by D. L. Brown - 390 1989, by Beryl Harding 354 536 Kingstone, the Manor, its open fields and way of life, by Delphine J. Coleman 407 1990, by Beryl Harding Wigmore Castle - A resistivity survey of the outer bailey, by Norman Redhead 423 City of Hereford, Conservation Area Advisory Committee, 1988, by Joe Hillaby 124 The Hereford Jewry, 1179-1290 (third and final part). Aaron le Blund and the 1989, by Joe Hillaby 357 539 last decades of the Hereford Jewry, 1253-90, by Joe Hillaby - - 432 1990, by Joe Hillaby Traders, Turncoats and Tearaways: the Ace family of medieval Ludlow, Archaeological Research Section, 1988, by M. T. Hemming 130 by M. A. Faraday - _ - - - 488 1989, by M. T. Hemming 361 1990, by M. T. Hemming 543 John Venn and the Hereford Society for Aiding the Industrious, by Jean O'Donnell 498 Natural History Section, 1988, by Beryl Harding 132 1989, by Beryl Harding 362 REPORTS OF SECTIONAL RECORDERS 1990, by Beryl Harding 545 Archaeology, 1988, by R. Shoesmith 89 Weather Statistics, 1988, by E. H. Ward - 137 1989, by R. Shoesmith 319 1989, by E. H. Ward - 366 1990, by R. Shoesmith 517 1990, by E. H. Ward - 550 Botany, 1988, by P. Thomson using Herefordshire Botanical Society Records 94 Rules of the Club 551 1989, by P. Thomson using Herefordshire Botanical Society Records 326 1990, by P. Thomson using Herefordshire Botanical Society Records 519 List of Presidents - - 553 Buildings, 1988, by J. W. Tonkin - 96 List of Members - 555 1989, by J. W. Tonkin - 329 1990, by J. W. Tonkin - 521 Entomology, 1989, by Anthea Brian 333 Geology, 1988, by P. Cross - 99 1989, `Murchison Year,' by P. Cross 339 1990, by P. Cross - 524 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XIII The lodge to Garnstone Castle, by Nash in the 1830s. Page XIV Pembroke Lodge, Colwall; one of five of similar style, c.1863 The Leech Pool, Clifford XV Italianate style of the lodge to Foxley, Mansell Lacy, mid- Map 28 19th century Sugwas Court Lodge. Red brick with stone quoins and Table 1 27 XVI elaborate carpentry, mid-19th century XVII Goodrich Court, village lodge. Shaped tiles above stone base, Chaplains, Chantries and Chapels late 19th century Map Churches and Chapels c. 1400 - 36 XVIII Brockhampton by Ross. Cheshire style of timber framing, 1893 Nos. 57 to 59 High Street, Bromyard Pl. 1 Hall open truss - lower part Salvage Excavation of a Beaker Burial from Aymestrey II Hall open truss - upper part Fig. 1 Location of site - 170 III Only remaining wind-braces 2 The burial with capping stones removed 171 IV Edge-halved and bridle-butted joint on wall-plate 3 The beaker (A) - 174 V Cusped raking-braces above solar 4 The flint knife (1:1) 174 VI Front post with principal and brace jointed to it VII Principal rafter re-used as purlin Partial Excavation of the Chapel of Corras, Kentchurch Fig. 1 Plan and sections 67 Pl. XIX View of site looking E. to Great Corras Farm and Garway A flint axe-head from near Bredenbury Hill Fig. 1 Neolithic axe-head (3) - 82 XX N. wall of nave looking W. XXI Foundations of apse below N. face of N. wall A Bronze Age Vessel from near Leintwardine XXII East end of chapel showing plinth of buttress Fig. 1 Bronze Age pottery (Y3) - 83 XXIII N.E. corner of chapel looking W. XXIV E. wall of chapel looking S. The Fonts at Ledbury XXV Narrow Phase 3 wall of nave with strongly built N.W. corner and tower abutting Pl. VIII 17th-century font discovered under floor in Ledbury Church Sketch plan of Barn Orchard, Great Corras showing position Fig. 1 of chapel 195 The Lodge at the Park Gate 2 Construction. Phases 1 to 4, and section of N. wall - 198 Pl. IX Goodrich Court, Monmouth Road Lodge, c.1832 3 Plan of chapel showing four building phases 200 X Pudleston Court Lodge, Two coloured stone and twin 4 East-west section 202 turrets, c.1847 5 North-south section 202 XI Harewood Park, a Neo-classical lodge. Early 19th Century 6 Coffin slabs 205 XII Stoke Edith, Hereford Road Lodge. Copper dome and octagonal plan, 1792 7 Details of masonry 205 `The House of Houses' Churchyard Memorials of South-east Herefordshire Pl. XXVI Thomas Blashill (1850-1905) Ashperton, Lord, 1652. Wall tablet Pl. XXXI Fig 1 Plan of Dore Abbey by Blashill, 1883 211 XXXII St. Weonards, Phillpots, 1771. Pedestal tomb 2 Plan of Abbey Dore Chapter house, vestibule etc. by Paul, XXXII' Welsh Newton, Donn, 1623. Chest tomb 1893 - 212 XXXIV Whitchurch, Glinn, 1685 3 Bases of central shafts of chapter houses at Abbey Dore and Whitchurch, Betham, 1700 Margam by Paul, 1893 - 215 XXXV 4 Sketch of vaulting shaft on south wall of chapter house XXXVI Whitchurch, Betham, 1700. Lower half of headstone shown in PL.XXXV vestibule, Abbey Dore by Paul, 1893 215 5 Ground plan of the Church and Monastery by Paul, 1931 216/217 XXXVII Welsh Newton, Don, 1723 Much Dewchurch, Chamberlayne 1727/1733. Floor slab 6 Abbey Dore Church by Paul, 1931 XXXVIII Hope Mansell, Lluwellen, 1741 i plinth at the north end of west wall of nave- 219 XXXIX Lea, Yearsley, 1742. Chest tomb ii west respond of north arcade of nave 219 XL 7 Drawing of lancets of Margam chapter house by W. de G. XLI Bridstow, Price, 1786 Birch, 1897 - 223 XLII Llanrothal, Barry, 1789. Floor slab 8 Engraving of Margam Abbey chapter house before the vault XLIII Hope Mansell, Miles, c. 1800. Sarcophagu collapsed by W. de G. Birch, 1897 - 223 XLIV Upton Bishop, c. 1800. Chest tomb 9 Margam Abbey: plan of chapter house etc. by Paul, 1895 213 XLV St. Weonards, undated. Altar tombs 10 Margam Abbey: plan by E. A. Evans, 1929 - 225 XLVI Yarkhill, Pennell, 1829 11 Hereford Cathedral: de Vere's retrochoir, original design XLVII Bridstow, Cooke, 1831 compared with the plan at Wells and Glastonbury by Bilson, XLVIII Garway, Goode, 1831 1928 - 235 Upton Bishop, 1839. Coped stone 12 Worcester Cathedral: Ground plan of the chapter house XLIX showing interior and exterior as modified in 2nd quarter of L Upton Bishop, 1838? 13th century by Willis, 1893 236 LI Peterstow, Mannings, 1838 LII Much Birch, Edwards, 1845. Chest tomb Medical Naturalists of Victorian Herefordshire LIII Welsh Newton, Neat, 1834 Pl. XXVII Menu. Fungus Banquet, 4 October 1877 LIV Llanrothal, Barnes, 1845 William Greenleaf The Romano-British Settlement at Blackwardine Pl. XXVIII The frame at Marden installed by William Greenleaf Fig. 1 The Location of Blackwardine Roman Settlement 391 XXIX Sarnesfield Church, 1904. William Greenleaf and T. Payne, 2 Aerial photographs and located features 393 carpenter 3 Roman Pottery: Severn Valley Ware 397 Fig.