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From here, the walk was continued back to Little Wakering, where
the church of St. Mary, of 12th century date, was visited. The early
15th century W. Tower exhibits on either side of the western doorway
a square stone panel containing the heraldic shields of John Wakering,
Bishop of Norwich (to north of doorway) and of Anne, Countess of Stafford
to south of doorway).
By the S. doorway, inside the church, is a stoup, and in a recess of
the N. wall of the Nave is preserved the village whipping post (wrongly
described on the attached card as the "pillory"). A considerable number
of Septaria from the London Clay have been used externally in building
the N. wall of the nave.
Tea was taken at the Castle Inn, Little Wakering : after which a
hurried formal meeting of the Club was held, with Mr. D. j. Scourfield,
I.S.O., F.L.S., etc., in the chair, when Mr. James R. Mackay, Mrs. Katherine
Mackay, of "Tysehurst," Trapps Hill, Loughton, and Mr. D. E. Vandepeer,
B.Sc., of "Glenwood," Church Hill, Loughton, were elected members.
Thanks were warmly accorded to the conductors for their leadership
during the day.
Followed a walk to the junction of the road from Great Wakering,
where a private bus was picked up, which conveyed the party back to
Southend, whence trains by one or other route to London brought a
very enjoyable excursion to an end.
FUNGUS FORAY IN EPPING FOREST (691ST MEETING).
SATURDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 1931,
The Fungus Foray this year was held, as customarily, in conjunction
with the British Mycological Society, in the Loughton district of Epping
Forest. The Morning Party, over So strong, assembled at Loughton
railway station at 10.41 o'clock, and proceeded through the village (or
town, as newcomers would call it) to Staples Hill on the borders of the
forest.
Before entering the woodlands, the Hon. Secretary announced the
illness of one of our would-be-conductors, Mr. F. G. Gould, who was
consequently regretfully unable to be with us : in these circumstances,
Miss E. Wakefield had kindly volunteered to take over Mr. Gould's usual
task of arranging and naming the specimens collected. He asked collectors
to hand their finds to Miss Wakefield during the early afternoon for the
purpose of the customary display at the headquarters. Besides Miss
Wakefield, Messrs. Arthur Pearson and J. Ramsbottom acted as fungal
referees, while Miss G. Lister was, as usual, responsible for naming the
mycetozoa.
The route followed by the Morning Party was along the course of the
"Loughton Brook" from Staples Hill as far as Baldwyns Pond, thence
through Great Monk Wood to Broadstrood, proceeding by way of the
Wake Valley to Highbeach. The Afternoon Party, which assembled at
Loughton at 2.37 o'clock, followed a more direct route to Highbeach by
way of Loughton Camp. Collecting was carried on assiduously throughout
the morning and afternoon and resulted in a fairly representative selection
of specimens for the subsequent display at headquarters. Although a
casual observer might have considered the Forest as unusually bare of