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1854. In addition, the earlier entries in the register of St. Mary's Church,
Plaistow have been copied, from the date of the erection of that church
in 1830 until the end of 1853. The Club is especially indebted to Miss M.
Cohen, Miss D. Milroy, Mr. Crouch and Mr. Thompson for their unremitting
patience in making these transcripts.
The Library has been increased during the past year by 111 volumes and
now comprises 6,794 bound volumes (for which additional shelf-accommo-
dation has been provided). The Pictorial Survey collection boasts of some
9,761 items, either prints or photographs (including 1,350 West Ham items),
the whole bound in 71 albums.
A set of 77 lantern slides, with accompanying description, has been
prepared to give an outline history of West Ham, and is available for
lecturing purposes.
Two further parts of the Essex Naturalist have been issued at the
usual regular intervals.
The meetings held during the past year have been well attended ; the
papers read have been of the same high order of merit as heretofore. The
field-meetings, under the enthusiastic guidance of Mr. Salmon, have been,
most enjoyable and have introduced our members to some very beautiful
and interesting parts of the County. Hospitality was kindly offered by
Mr. and Mrs. Hood when we visited Little Baddow and by Mr. and Mrs.
Bull at Danbury, and our grateful acknowledgements are due to them.
To conclude ; in bidding farewell to Mr. Glegg as our President, the
Council wishes to record its sense of the scrupulous care with which he
carried out his duties in the chair and to thank him for his services to the
Club ; at the same time we welcome our new President, Mr. Ramsbottom,
as a worthy successor. 
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Romano-British Interment at Chadwell Heath.—In May, 1936,
a stone coffin containing a human skeleton was found during excavations
for gravel at Marks Gate, in a field adjoining northwards to the Dagenham
Cemetery, i.e., 1 1-7th mile north of the main road to Romford and about
1/2 mile N. of the Arterial Road. The coffin is of buff-coloured Bath oolite
of poor quality ; it was much damaged by the "grab" used for excavation
and its lid was broken into small fragments. The extreme length is 7ft.
31/2ins., extreme width at W. end 2ft. 2ins., at E. end 1ft. 10ins. ; height
without lid 1ft. gins. ; thickness of stone sides, 4 inches ; the entire coffin
(except the lid) is hollowed out of a single block ; there is no shaping for
the head. It lay roughly with its long axis west to east, the contained
skeleton is said to have had the head to the west. One small fragment
suggests that the lid had a hollow soffit (as in the Barking coffin found in
1932) ; it was probably not coped.
The skeleton, when examined, was found to be incomplete, but this is
possibly due to pilfering by souvenir-hunters. The cranium, broken femur
and tibia, portions of the pelvis and of a scapula, and some ribs were
identified, but no vertebrae were present ; only a small fragment of a lower