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Woodhouse for their kindly hospitality, the visitors dispersed, some being
taken back to Chelmsford by charabanc, others returning to Danbury to
reclaim their garaged cars : all alike unanimous in the opinion that a
truly delightful day had been spent.
Mr. W. S. Gilles, F.E.S., who was of the party, contributes the following
list of lepidoptera taken by him during the day :—
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), common.
Dingy Skipper (Thanaos tages), common.
Butterflies
Small Copper (Chrysophanus phlaeas), common.
Common Blue (Lycaena icarus), common.
Orange-Tip (Euchloe cardamines), a few only.
Speckled Yellow (Venilia maculata) : this interesting
moth was not uncommon.
Moths
Cinnabar (Hipocrita jacobaeae), abundant.
Latticed Heath (Chiasmia clathrata).
Cream Wave (Acidalia remutaria).
Feathered Thorn (Himera pennaria) (larvae only).
Miss Prince acted as recorder of the plants observed, and her list
of over 80 species noted in flower includes the following, in addition to
those already mentioned :—Corydalis claviculata, Thlaspi arvense
Spergularia rubra, Myosotis versicolor, M. collina, Lamium Galeobdolon and
Orchis morio.
VISIT TO THE OCKENDONS AND UPMINSTER
(659TH MEETING).
SATURDAY, 29TH JUNE, 1929.
Various kind invitations from residents in the above districts for
the Club to visit them resulted in this excursion, which was attended by
thirty-two members.
Assembled at South Ockendon station at shortly after 11 o'clock, the
party proceeded, at first by road and then by footpath across a wheat field
and over grassland, to North Ockendon Church. On the way a disused
gravel pit in a patch of the Boyn Hill Terrace of the Thames Valley
gravels was examined ; a small fragment of sarsen was noted, but no
quartzites or sandstone pebbles were seen in the cursory examination
which alone was possible on the occasion : botanical collections were
made here and elsewhere in the course of our cross-country walk.
At North Ockendon Church the visitors were welcomed by the rector,
the Rev. Edward Foley Evans, B.A., who gave a detailed description of
the fabric which, although much restored, presents many features of
interest. The fine Norman south doorway, with its distinctly horseshoe
-shaped arch of billet and chevron mouldings, is a striking example. Mr.
Evans is an expert antiquarian, steeped in the knowledge of his church,
and his account of it and of its notable monuments to members of the
Poyntz family was evidently a labour of love. The church dates
originally from about 1170, the north aisle and chapel being a 13th
century addition ; the W. Tower was built (or possibly, as was suggested