Winter Meeting at of the Essex Archaeological Society at Colchester (1927): SomeEssex Churches

By kind permission of the Mayor (Councillor C. C. Smallwood), an evening meeting was held
at the Town Hall, Colchester, on Wednesday, 26 January, when Mr. Wykeham Chancellor,
M.A., F.R.I.B.A., gave a lantern lecture on "Some Essex Churches" to an appreciative
audience. The churches of St. Peter-on -the-Wall, at Bradwell-on-Sea, Greensted-by-Ongar,
and Langford, were among those dealt with; reference was also made to the six Essex
churches with round towers, Mr. Chancellor expressing an opinion that these towers were
generally earlier than the dates assigned to them by the Hist. Monuments Commission. A
cordial vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer on the motion of Mr. Duncan Clark,
A.R.I.B.A., seconded by Mr. A. W. Frost.

At the close, the Mayor apologised for his unavoidably late arrival, which had prevented him
from taking the chair as he had hoped to do; and in a few well -chosen words of welcome
alluded to the close connection there had always been between the Society and Colchester,
its birth-place, the Museum being a further bond of union between them. The Hon. Secretary
then thanked the Mayor for his support, and for the use of the-Grand Jury Room; thanks
were also rendered to Mr. Vernon Marshall for helping with the lantern. Fourteen new
members were elected.