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the officers of the registry at a heavy cost. At a meeting in 1870 
a suggestion was thrown out by me that the Society should form a 
collection of portraits of the “ worthies of Wiltshire,” by means of 
photography. I feel certain that this work, if properly carried out, 
will interest everybody. We cannot afford to have copies of our 
splendid portraits which exist, but we may have excellent repro- 
ductions exhibiting a sufficient accuracy of feature and detail both 
to satisfy the eye and repay the cost of production. I plead that 
this suggestion may be acted upon hereafter. And now, my friends, 
I think I may turn to the subject of our present meeting, and see if 
I can give you a description of the bill of fare which has been 
provided for you. You will recollect that it was promised that at 
no distant day we should visit “ Trowbridge and its district,” after 
having thoroughly investigated “ Wilton and its surroundings” at 
our last meeting. We are now at Trowbridge, and have received 
a welcome from the inhabitants and principal personages of the town 
and neighbourhood, such as is accorded only to those happy archzo- 
logists whom I have before hinted at. Let me pause here to offer 
them our best thanks for all their generous kindness and hospitality. 
It is very much appreciated, and will not be forgotten by any of us. 
You will hear a paper read to-day on the Chronicles of Trowbridge, 
from the able pen of the Rev. Prebendary Jones, and have an 
opportunity of inspecting the town before we meet at our anniversary 
dinner in the afternoon. Mr. Ravenhill is to give us a paper on Sir 
Walter Long, and at our Conversazione in the evening we shall hear 
papers on “the White Horses of Wilts,” by the Rev. W. C. 
Plenderleath ; on the “ Iron Ore of Westbury,” by Mr. W. Cunning- 
ton; and on “ Cuttridge and Brook-house,” by the Rev. E. Peacock. 
I must not enlarge upon any of these matters, or I might be accused 
of poaching upon other persons’ manors, and I confess that I am " 
right glad that the matter is left in abler hands than mine. The 
derivation of Trowbridge at first sight appears to be from Trolebyrig, 
or the castle by the Trowle. On the west of the town is a hamlet 
called Trowle, and the Bridge over the Biss has been designated 
Trowlebridge,or Trowbridge but as Straburg is the name given to Trow 
bridge in Domesday Book it is more probably derived from,“ Trole ” 
