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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB—REPORTS OF
MEETINGS.
VISIT TO GREAT BARDFIELD, FINCHINGFIELD, &c.,
(701st MEETING).
SATURDAY, 16TH APRIL, 1932.
"Whan that Aprille with his shoures sote
The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages."
Thus Chaucer. But when the "shoures" of April have been prac-
tically continuous for several days and are accompanied by a bitter
northerly wind, it would seem that the desire to go on pilgrimage must
be lessened : yet, in spite of the most unfavourable weather, no fewer than
seventy-five members and their friends assembled at Great Bardfield at
11.30 o'clock, hoping against hope for an improvement in climatic con-
ditions which never came. The main body of fifty persons travelled
down from Stratford in motor-coaches, others came from divers quarters
of the County in cars. Among the company it was pleasant to include
the Rev. Canon Russell, of Dedham, one of the few remaining Original
Members of the Club, who, after over 52 years' membership, still retains
sufficient interest to join our excursion.
The parish church of St. Mary at Great Bardfield was first visited.
Here the party was welcomed by the vicar, the Rev. G. W. Russell (son of
Canon Russell), who gave a brief account of the fabric* He said that the
great treasure of the church was, of course, the handsome stone screen
which fills the Chancel arch ; this is original, dating from circa 1375 and is
of Decorated character, with the "ball-flower" enrichment : the cross and
figures are modern, possibly reproductions of the original effigies on the
* We regret to record that the Rev. G. W. Russell has since died, on October 11, 1932,
following a serious operation.