THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL

AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

109th ANNUAL REPORT, 1963-1964

Six general meetings of the Society were held, at which five papers were read:

1963 17 May F. S. Cheney, Esq.: "King's Lynn and its environs". A talk with

27 September

29 November

1964 31 January 20 March

24 April

colour slides, arranged at very short notice due to the indisposition of Dr. Pantin whose paper was delivered at the September meeting. Annual General Meeting. W. A. Pantin, Esq., D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A.: "Medieval English Merchants' Houses".

R. M. Robbins, Esq., B.A., F.S.A.: "Nineteenth-century Church Restorers".

Paul L. Taylor, Esq., B.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.: "Bells".

H. M. Taylor, Esq., C.B.E., T.D., M .A., Ph.D., F.S.A.: "Mercian Sculpture". Professor J. D. Chambers, B.A., Ph.D. : "Archreology as an aid to Economic History" (Illustrations drawn from the history of the textile industry of the East Midlands).

Attendances at lectures showed a welcome improvement.

The construction of the M.1 motorway, the largest civil engineering project in the county for over half a century, has been carefully watched, but few archreological remains have been brought to light. Similar observation during the laying of the gas pipeline across the eastern portion of the county brought in a little information. In the city of Leicester full advantage has been taken by the Museums of the opportunity to excavate ahead of the ring road and redevelopment in the older parts of the town with very interesting results.

The threat of redevelopment to buildings of special interest has continued. Protests have been submitted to applications to demolish a crock house at Quorn, yeomen's houses at Shearsby and Desford, a cottage at Birstall, The Firs at Stoneygate in Leicester and the Manse of Evington Baptist Chapel. So far, only the latter has suffered demolition. The Firs became subject to a Building Preservation Order and the Shearsby and Desford houses have now been purchased for restoration, in the case of Desford only after protracted negotiations by the Society to remove a long standing threat of demolition. Last minute attempts were made to secure the retention of No. 38 Southgate Street, Leicester, but this medieval house and shop were pulled down in January. Proposals to rebuild the Wyggeston Hospital in Leicester have been noted; it is expected that the monuments and furnishings of St. Ursula's chapel there will be transferred to the new chapel.

Representations to the local authority have resulted in an agreement to save at least 150 of the fine series of tombstones at St. Mary-in-Arden, Market Harborough and the appropriate stones have been selected.

The President of the Society was instrumental in raising funds towards the restoration of the eighteenth-century butter market at Mountsorrel which the Parish Council wished to demolish. The work has now been carried out.

The Society has made grants towards the saving of the Royal Coat-of-Arms in sculptured brick from the Magazine Drill Hall in Leicester and towards the re-siting of a carved pre-Conquest stone in Birstall church. A further grant has been promised towards the repair of the tablet in the cairn a>t King Dick's Well on Bosworth Field;

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A donation was made towards an appeal for a memorial in Woodhouse church to the late Sir Robert Martin, former President of the Society.

The plight of Ulverscroft continues to cause concern. After representations to the Ancient Monuments Branch of the Ministry of Public Building and Works, the late thirteenth-century Manor Farm house at Donington-le-Heath was Scheduled. Nevertheless, its current use to house pigs is most disconcerting.

The Society has co-operated with the Leicester County Council in the inaugura­tion of its scheme for the preservation of outstanding buildings and sites under the provisions of the Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962 and has submitted an initial list of some 170 buildings and sites for consideration. Reports on several buildings have been submitted for the guidance of the appropriate Committee of the County Council. This is an aspect of the scheme which must be expected to grow and will involve the officers and Committee of the Society in a considerable volume of work, but the opportunity to participate in the scheme is welcomed.

The Fieldwork and Research Sub-Committee has reported and suggested a scheme for the co-ordination of research and excavation throughout the county. It is also hoped that a pilot excavation may soon be organised in conjunction with one or two other local societies.

Volume XXXVII of Transactions was published in December 1963. Possibly as the result of a note in the autumn newsletter, much greater use has

been made of the library. This has been welcomed by the Committee. The binding of some series of journals which was in arrears has been commenced but the absence of volumes from the library for up to six months for binding can be an embarrass­ment and it is hoped that improved arrangements can be negotiated. The Committee were most grateful to Mrs. Muriel Duncan, a former member of the So:::iety, for the munificent gift of a set of eight volumes of John Nichols's History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester and a set of Ordnance Survey I-inch maps covering Leicestershire and Rutland revised to about 1850.

In addition to journals obtained by subscription and exchange agreement, the following books were purchased for the library during the year:

A. J. Allaway: Bristol Archreological

Research Group, ed. : F. Burgess: J. G. Cooke: L. Cottrell : J. C. Davies: B. Elliott: W. G. Hoskins:

E. M. Jope: I. D. Margary: K. P. Oakley: N. Pevsner:

J. Throsby: J. West:

Vaughan College, Leicester 1862-1962, (1962);

The Preparation of Archceological Reports, (1963); English Churchyard Memorials, (1963); The Lost Village of Knaptoft, (1958); The Lion Gate, (1963); Bowden to Harborough, (1964); A History of Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School, (1957); Local History in England, (1960); The Making of the English Landscape, (1963); Leicestershire: History of the Landscape, (1957); The Midland Peasant, (1957); Provincial England, (1963); Studies in Building History, (1961); Roman Roads in Britain, Volumes I and 11, (1955-1957); Man the Toolmaker, (1963); The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland,

(1960); Le_icestershire Excursions and Select Views, (1789-1790); Village Records, (1962);

In January Dr. G. H. Martin resigned as Honorary Librarian due to pressure of work. He had held the office since 1953 and the Society is indebted to him for this period of service. He remains a member of the Committtee. At the end of the Society's year the office of Librarian remained unfilled.

Miss R. E. Ludlam who had served the So:::iety faithfully as Library Assistant for some sixteen years was obliged to resign through ill health. The Committee has

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been fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. R. Dalby who has settled to her duties extremely well. Although ostensibly a Library Assistant much help is also afforded to the Honorary Secretary and the Honorary Excursions Secretary.

Mrs. E. M. Dickson was appointed to represent the Society on the County Records Committee for the ensuing three years.

With the growth in membership of the Society the administrative work at the Guildhall of necessity increases, e.g. it is now necessary to . send out approximately 520 copies of each notice. To ease the burden, a semi-automatic addressing machine was purchased and has resulted in a considerable saving of time over the simpler machine formerly used. A typewriter has also been acquired.

The issue of a new brochure was without doubt responsible for the considerable increase in new members elected during the year. The total membership at 30 Aptil was:

Ordinary members Honorary member Associate members Associated Societies Student memb~rs Libraries and Museums

430 I

47 6

25 36

545

During the year, 97 new members were elected and 22 resigned or died. Those who died included the following members of over thirty-years' standing: Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Everard of Bardon, Mr. A. T. Shorthose-Smith of Syston, Mr. H. 0. Wilshere of Kirby Muxloe and Mr. Albert Herbert. A tribute to Mr. Herbert appears elsewhere in this volume.

Excursions 1963

Six excursions were arranged from Leicester. The first, on Saturday 25 May, led by Mr. F . S. Cheney was to follow the routes of the county's first railway and the Ticknall tramway. Thirty-five members and friends joined in. Contact was first made with the Leicester and Swannington Railway at the Soar Lane lifting bridge, presumably the oldest railway lifting bridge in the world. Following out the route detailed in C. R. Clinker's paper iri Transactions Volume XXX, the party visited Glenfield where the tunnel, station buildings and crossing house were noted, Ratby crossing, Ben's Hut and Desford road crossings with the view of a character­istic stretch of single track, Desford station, Merry Lees and the Thornton deviation. By courtesy of Mr. Shepphard the party was able to walk up the site of the Bagworth incline where the original house still stands at the top. Rejoining the coach near Bagworth colliery, the route crossed the Battleflat cutting, cause of so much delay in the opening of the line to its extent but now an insignificant work compared with the preparations for the M.r motorway passed earlier in the afternoon. Coalville's railway features were noted en passant and, on the outskirts, the party left the coach to walk along the line of the former track to the site of the engine house at the top of the Swannington incline. From the bridge lower down the incline the branch to the Calcutta pumping station and the termination of the railway were seen.

The route of the Ticknall tramway as described by C. R. Clinker and C. Hadfield in Transactions Volume XXXIV was picked up in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. A portion of embankment in a field on the outskirts of the town and the site of a crossing on the Calke road and the line of a later branch to Caike were noted. By courtesy of Mr. Harpur-Crewe the amenity tunnel in Calke Park and a number of limestone sleeper blocks in situ nearby were inspected.

·Tea was taken at Melbourne Hall before proceeding to Diseworth where the party was welcomed to Lilly's Cottage by Mr. and Mrs. Benison Spurrier. An interesting half-timbered house, quite well restored by the previous owner, it was

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originally of cruck construction and is noted for its connection with William Lilly a seventeenth-century astrologer. The coach returned to Leicester via Shepshed and the Forest.

The first evening excursion was on Thursday, 6 June to Medbourne, Welham and Thorpe Langton. Fifty-six members met at Medbourne Manor where they ·were welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Johnson. The house had recently been restored and Mr. Johnson described ,the state of the house as he found it and the various archi­tectural features which had been discovered during the work. The thirteenth-century doorways of the original screens passage had been opened up and now · provide an interesting architectural feature. At St. Andrew's church, Welham, the party was met by Mrs. Coleman, a churchwarden. Mr. F. S. Cheney described the church and the main feature of interest, the Edwards monument. He also read Nichols's descrip­tion of the village in the late eighteenth century and of the former great houses which had stood in the grounds to the west of the church. At St. Leonard's church, Thorpe Langton, members found much of architectural interest. A building of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, it was last visited by the Society in 1863 just prior to the commencement of extensive restoration. On that occasion hope was expressed that the restoration would be carried out in a careful manner: now, a century later, , it could be confirmed that the work had been done in a restrained and satisfactory manner.

The whole-day excursion on Saturday, 6 July, was attended by thirty-five mem­bers. Reaching Market Deeping via Uppingham and Stamford, a short halt was made before continuing to the nearby village of Peakirk where St. Pega's church was visited by courtesy of the Revd. K. Sear, rector. Mr. F. S. Cheney explained the curious dedication-St. Pega was the sister of St. Guthlac of Croyland-and described the church which contains architectural features from Norman to perpendicular. The main feature of interest was the fourteenth-century wall-painting which had been very well preserved by Mr. Clive Rouse some twelve years previously. The paintings include a Cycle of the Passion and a St. Christopher on the north wall of the nave and, in the north aisle, the Three Living and the Three Dead most realistically por­trayed, together with a warning to gossips. The coach then left for King's Lynn, the main object of the day's outing, where the party arrived in time for lunch. Afterwards members assembled in The Walks where they were met by Miss D. Bullock, guide for the major part of the afternoon. She indicated the lay-out of medieval Lynn and pointed out the remains of the town walls and the Red Mount chapel, a fifteenth­century pilgrims' chapel which has double spiral staircases linking its various rooms. The coach was brought into use to tour the older parts of the town and the market places with Miss Bullock briefly describing the wealth of historic and architecturally interesting buildings. A closer look was taken at the Customs House Wld then Clifton House was visited where the fourteenth-century vaulted cellar was inspected and a recently discovered thirteenth-century tiled floor was uncovered for members to see. Thoresby College was visited and the fact that it had been given to the Civic Trust and is to be restored was welcomed. The Guildhall was next visited and here the Treasure, including King John's Cup, was on display. The Hanseatic Warehouse was inspected from the exterior and the party was taken to Hampton Court where Miss Bullock explained how, originally, it had been a merchant's house and warehouse, though subsequently undergoing considerable alteration. It, ,too, is in the care of the Civic Trust and its restoration which had recently been completed has provided several convenient flats and maisonettes.

At St. Margaret's church the party was welcomed by the Revd. H. A. R. Edgell, assistant priest, who also outlined the development of the church, the disaster which befell it in the eighteenth century and its subsequent rebuilding. Tea was then taken at the Regent Restaurant and afterwards the party visited St. Nicholas chapel at the other end of the town. Here Mr. Cheney described the building which, apart from the early thirteenth-century tower, had been rebuilt early in the fifteenth century. He pointed out the finely carved stalls in the chancel, some of the more interesting monu0

ments and the fuJely carved south porch and doors.

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Rain which commenced before tea, had set in for the day and accompanied the party back to Leicester. However, on the outskirts of Wisbech a halt was made and Mr. Cheney indicated a possible site of the loss of King John's treasure on 12 October 1216 in the Wellstream river (Nene).

On the evening of Thursday, II July, forty-five members and friends visited Kirkby Mallory and Cadeby. At Kirkby Mallory the party was welcomed by the Revd. F . W. Brown, rector. Mr. F. S. Cheney described the church and indicated the subsequent blocking of the early fourteenth-century north arcade and the insertion of round-headed nave windows in the eighteenth century, several of which were sub­sequently replaced by Victorian-gothic. The choir stalls are Jacobean, the wrought-iron Communion rail is early eighteenth century and the nave pews are also eighteenth century. Two incised alabaster slabs remain near the tower and are fully described in F . A. Greenhill: The Incised Slabs of Leicestershire and Rutland. There is also an interesting series of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century monuments relating to the Noel family. A gothic monument to Ada Augusta, daughter of Lord Byron, stands in the churchyard.

At Cadeby, the Revd. E. R. Boston, rector, welcomed the party and described the church. Though contravening all generally accepted rules of good restoration­walls stripped of plaster, pitch pine pews, etc.-the church has quite a happy atmo­sphere. The timber structure of the tower came in for detailed inspection, as did the registers and plate which the rector had kindly displayed. He also played the organ, a remarkably pleasant-toned instrument made at Barwell in the nineteenth century. The rector then turned his hand to other matters : his ex-County Council Aveling road roller was in full steam and he proceeded to give rides around the village to members. His Bagnall 0-4-0 S .T . engine "Pbcie" formerly at Cranford Quarries near Kettering was also in steam and, with the help of other steam enthusiasts, rides were given around the rectory grounds. Further diversions were fay-outs of miniature rail­ways. The rector kindly provided refreshments and then showed two colour films, one relating the story of the bringing of "Pixie" from Cranford Quarry to Cadeby, the other being of the miniature railway around Bicton Gardens in south Devon. Before the party left he gave a demonstration on the virginals.

The last half-day excursion of the year was to east Rutland on Saturday 14 Sep­tember. This was attended by fifty-seven members and friends in perfect autumn weather. At Ketton which takes its name from the River Chater, one of Rutland's two rivers, the main interest was centred on the exterior of the church, a cruciform building of the late twelfth century with a fine tower heightened in the following century and a broach spire added in the fourteenth. The interior of the church was heavily restored in 1860 and in 1950 the chancel roof was decorated in rather a startling manner. It was interesting to learn from Mr. Albert Herbert that the tower of Ketton church had been the inspiration for the nineteenth-century tower of St. Martin's in Leicester. The churchyard contains many fine tombstones including one to Hibbins, a local stonemason who died in 1785.

From Ketton the party proceeded to Empingham, crossing Rutland's other river, the Gwash. Here Mr. Cheney explained that he had chosen the three churches of Ketton, Empingham and Exton in view of W. G. Hoskins's statement that to see these three in one day was an unforgettable experience. St. Peter's church has a tall and impressive tower in the decorated style surmounted by a low Rutland-type spire. Inside, the church has a spacious appearance. In the chancel are a fine piscina and sedilia of thirteenth-century date. There are traces of medieval wall-paintings and fragments of old glass. Tea was taken at the Stamford Hotel before proceeding to Ryhall, a village suffering from a rash of suburbanism. The church is noted for its connection with St. Tibba, patron saint of falconers, who was buried there c. 690. The present church is largely the result of thirteenth-century rebuilding, but the south doorway and porch are fourteenth century as also is the sedilia of two seats, whilst the chancel itself, the north doorway and clerestory are fifteenth-century work. Out­side, against the west wall of the north aisle are the remains of an anchorite's cell with a squint commanding both the side altars though not, apparently, the high

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altar. Under the village inn, The Green Dragon, built on the site of a former manor house, members were privileged to see the thirteenth-century vaulted cellar which is now put to good use by the landlord.

Exton, the final church visited, provided the feast of the day to those interested in monuments, for it contains nine important tombs dating from the fourteenth cent­ury to the late eighteenth century, including one to the third Viscount Camden completed by Grinling Gibbons in 1686, and a finely executed monument to Robert Kelway, c. 1580, which is attributed to Nicholas Johnson. The party returned to Leicester by way of Oakham and Tilton.

The final outing was an evening excursion on .Wednesday, 25 September when forty-eight members visited excavations at Ashley in Northamptonshire by kind permission of Miss Christine Mahany who directed the operation for the Ministry of Public Building and Works. Members were able to see parts of the foundation

· walls of a Roman villa, a curious, inexplicable circular foundation with central hole which must have been in the middle of the dining room, though for no obvious reason, and a ditch running for some distance beneath the site. Miss Mahany explained that stones from an earlier building had been re-used to make the second which was the one being excavated. A tesselated floor had been badly broken up by ploughing. Miss Mahany displayed various finds including some early British pottery, early Samian and other Roman ware, a decorated quern and a spindle whorl. The evening ended by a visit to Ashley church, much of which was restored in the last century by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The chancel and north chapel are entirely his work and in his favourite fourteenth-century manner. The side walls of the chancel are painted with figures of thirteen Apostles (including Judas) facing a similar number of Old Testament characters; the reredos is of alabaster; the floor of encaustic and marble tiles which, in the sanctuary, still gleam as new. The materials were all of the most expensive and, although this does not always make for beauty, members found the result quite ·pleasing. As it was after dark the outside could not be examined.

Donations from the Excursions Fund were made to all the churches visited.

MEL TON MOWBRAY AND DISTRICT BRANCH

Six general meetings of the Branch were held during the year :

1963

F.S.C.

II October Mrs. F. E. Skillington: "Leicester in the Seventeenth Century".

8 November M . G. Hebditch, Esq., B.A.: "The Coritani".

6 December D. Simpson, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.: "Stonehenge".

1964

10 January

14 February

D. H . Tew, Esq.: "The Oakham Canal".

Members' Evening: E. D. Hayes, Esq.: "Extracts from Nichols". G . M. King, Esq., B.Sc. : "Recent Evidence concerning the Norman Monastic Grange at Welby". J. H. Pritchett, Esq.: "Well Dressing in Derbyshire".

13 March S. Jeavons, Esq., F.S.A.: "Church Plate".

Members also travelled to Loughborough on 2 November to hear, by kind invitation of the Loughborough and District Arch:ceological Society, a lecture by M. W. Barley, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.: "The Longhouse in Medieval Britain".

At the Annual General Meeting which was held a little early, on 26 April 1963, Mrs. E, Bartram was elected Honorary Secretary in succession to Mr. Philip A. Stevens.

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Excursions 1963 Four excursions were organised by the Branch. The first, on the evening of

Tuesday, 14 May, was led by Mr. P. A. Stevens. At Baggrave Hall the party was welcomed by Sir George Earle and escorted by him around his very interesting house. After exploring the delightful gardens the party moved on to view the well-kept church at Ashby Folville where Mr. Stevens outlined the nistory of the building and drew attention to its many features, one of which is the tomb of Eustace Folville who murdered Roger Beier of Kirby Bellars in 1326.

On Thursday, 30 May a wonderful half-day trip. to Burghley House and St. Mary's church, Stamford was enjoyed by a group under the leadership of Mr. P. E. Hunt.

A fascinating evening was spent prowling around the school museum at Great Casterton in Rutland on Thursday, .20 June. Mr. Bolton explained the uses of the many agricultural and household exhibits.

The final excursion of the summer, on the afternoon of Saturday, 24 August, was to Spalding and district. Led by the Revd. R. T. H. Pearse, this proved most memorable. A large party of members and friends was privileged to visit the Museum of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society where the Honorary Curator, Mr. R. N. Whiston, shewed, with great enthusiasm and pleasure, its many treasures. After tea Canon H. P. Lawrence conducted a tour of the ancient abbey church of Bourne, following which members called to view Edenham church and Corby Glen church, noted for its series of medieval wall-paintings.

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§:

THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 30 April 1964

To Subscriptions: Lincoln Record Society Council for British Archa:ology English Place-Name Society British Record Society Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Mids. Fedn. of Museums and An Galleries The Leicestershire Trust ... Suffolk Institute of Archa:ology ...

Sir Robert Martin Memorial Fund Grant to BirstalJ P.C.C. for resiting carved

Saxon stone . . . Provision for the net cost of printing and

issue of Transactions, Vol. XXXIX Less Overprovision for Vol. .xxxvn, per

contra

Library Additions, Binding and Honorarium Lecturers' Expenses ... Purchase of Typewriter and Addressograph

less sale of old Administrative Expenses:

Rent Fire Insurance Printing, Stationery and Postage Bank Charges . Melton Mowbray Branch .. Sundries

GENERAL ACCOUNT

£ s. d.

2 2 0 2 10 0 1 5 0 2 12 6 1 1 0

10 0 10 6

1 0

475 0 0

150 12 2

10 0 0 2 10 0

162 16 10 3 0 0 4 0 6 3 17 11

£ s. d.

11 · 12 0 10 10 0

5 0 0

324 7 10 105 12 0 20 12 2

38 10 9

By Subscriptions Donation Income Tax repaid on Covenanted Subscrip­

tions Income from Investments:

Interest on £101 5s. 4d. Leicester Cor­poration 3 % Mortgage Loan (gross) . . .

Interest on £150 3½% Conversion Stock 1961 (gross)

Sales of Christmas Cards and Postcards ... Profit from Excursions Grant from City of Leicester Education

Committee Grant from County of Leicester Education

Committee

Interest, Leicester Trustee Savings Bank ...

Transactions, Vol. XXXVII Cost of Printing and Issue, including

Binding Less : Charges for bound copies

Advertisments 12 11 9 10

£ s. d.

3 0 10

5 5 0

25 0 0

25 0 0

371 0 0

22

349 500

£ s. d. 602 15 6

1 0 0

90 11 4

8 5 10 3 14 7

11 10 0

50 0 0 27 19 2

8 10

1 0

7 10 0 0

186 5 3

Less : Provision made

Overprovision to contra 150 12 2

Net Income for the year 702 10 0 93 6 5

£795 16 5 £795 16 5

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 30 April 1964

THE S. H. SKILLINGTON MEMORIAL FUND

To Cost of Offprints from Transactions, Vol. xxxvu and Reprints

Postages and General Expenses

Balance of Fund at 30 April 1964

£ s. d. £ s. d.

98 15 0

3 10 7

337 1 7

By Balance of Fund at 1 May 1963

Sales of Publications, including back numbers of Transactions .. .

Charge for use of Blocks

£ s. d. £ s. d. 299 3 6

138 18 8

1 5 0

£ 439 7 2 £439 7 2

To Printing, Postages and Bank Charges

Donation to General Funds ...

Balance of Account at 30 . April 1964

£

EXCURSIONS s. d. £ s. d.

20 17 3

11 10 0

19 12 7

£51 19 10

ACCOUNT

By Balance of Account at 1 May 1963 ...

Excursion Receipts

Less : Expenses ...

£ S, d. £ S. d. 40 13 7

147 4 6

135 18 3 11 6 3

£51 19 10

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BALANCE SHEET-30 April 1964

£ s. d. £ s. d.

19 12 7 337 1 7

Accumulated Funds: Excursion Secretary's Account The S. H. Skillington Memorial Fund Library Fund at 1 May 1963

Less Purchase of Books during year ...

General Account : Balance at 1 May 1963 Add Net Income for the year

Provision for the net cost of printing and issue of Transactions, less payments on account :

Volume XXXVIII Volume XXXIX 475

Add Grant from Ministry of Public Building and Works 25

Current Liabilities: Subscriptions paid in advance

C. L. Wykes, Honorary Treasurer.

0 0

0 0

70 0 0 30 5 3

48 6 7 93 6 5

498 19 6

500 0 0

39 14 9

141 13 0

538 1 11

998 19 6

255 11 0

£1,792 12 5

TRUSTEES. OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHlEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

J.E. Brownlow, Esq. Colin D. B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.A., F.S.A. J. N. Pickard, Esq., J.P. C. L. Wykes, Esq., F.C.A.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Investments:

£101 5s. 4d. Leicester Corporation 3 % Mortgage Loan (value £101) .. . 101 5 4

£150 3½% Conversion Stock 1961 (value £85) 121 4 9

Current Assets : Sundry Debtors Leicester Trustee Savings Bank Cash at Bank . . . Ditto Excursion Account Ditto Melton Mowbray Branch Cash in hand

AUDITOR'S REPORT

12 6 0 1,363 10 5

160 13 1 19 12 7 4 0 3

10 0 0

222 10 1

1,570 2 4

£1,792 12 s

I have examined the Balance Sheet dated 30 April 1964 and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended that date and certify such accounts to be in accordance with the Books and Vouchers of the Society. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the· Bank. Leicester, 17 August 1964

G. L. ASPELL, Chartered Accountant, Honorary Auditor.

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 30 April 1964

£ s. d. To Net Income for the year

£ s. d. 74 19 10

£74 19 10

By Income from Investments: Interest on £1,750 3½ % War Loan (gross) Interest on £284 19s. 9d. 4 % Consols

(gross)

Sales of Index to Transactions

£

61

11

s. d. £ s. d.

5 0

7 10 72 12 10

2 7 0

£74 19 10

BALANCE SHEET-30 April 1964

Capital Account: Balance at 1 May 1963

Income Account : Balance at 1 May 1963 ...

Add Net Income for the year . . . . 1,150 16 5

74 19 10

1,314 19 4

1,225 16 3

£2,540 15 7

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCH1£0LOGICAL RESEARCH FUND

Colin D. B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.A., F.S.A. Anthony Herbert, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. Miss M. P. Rippin, B.A. Professor J. Simmons, M.A., F.R.Hist.S., F.R.S.L. C. L. Wykes, Esq., F .C.A.

Investments on Capital Account: £1,029 4s. 8d. 3½% War Loan (value £582) 1,064 19 4 £284 19s. 9d. Consolidated Stock (value £185) 250 0 0

Investment on Income Account : £720 15s. 4d. 3½ % War Loan (value £407)

Balance at Bank ....

AUDITOR'S REPORT

1,314 19 4

752 9 1 473 7 2

£2,540 15 7

I have examined the Balance Sheet dated 30 April 1964 and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended that date and certify such accounts to be in accordance with the Books and Vouchers of the Society. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the Bank. Leicester, G. L. ASPELL, Chartered Accountant, 17 August 1964 Honorary Auditor.