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building into separate cottages, but enough remains to give us a 

 very complete notion of an ancient Hostelry, built no doubt for the 

 convenience of the several persons visiting the place on various 

 accounts, at the time when Potterne could boast of being the 

 occasional residence of its prebendary, the Bishop of Sarum. The 

 decorated barge boards of the gables would mark it as of a little 

 later date than the tower of the parish church ; which is itself 

 manifestly later than the rest of the churcb ; and there seems 

 originally to have been a lofty hall in the old house, with timber 

 roof on corbels, and open to the top of the building, but now, 

 divided into separate floors. 



Many years since it was used as an Inn ; and persons now living 

 recollect its ancient sign " The White Horse," having been dis- 

 covered in one of the garrets. There was also at the front door 

 " an upping-stock," cut out of a single block of oak, a very usual 

 appendage to country Inns, and perhaps also specially useful in 

 those days when travellers carried their apparel and goods in pon- 

 derous saddle-bags ; or their unreasonable tarrying at Potterne 

 White Horse, may have presented obstacles to their comfortable 

 mounting, but for the convenient help the upping-stock supplied. 



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Jonatioti0 to tlje Ulusamt anb §)iBvnrg. 



The Society tave to acknowledge with thanks the following Donations. 



From H. N. Goddabd, Esq.: — Coins and a fibula, found on AUington Down. 



From Eev. H. Haeeis, Wi7iterbourne Bassett : — A lance head and coins, found 



on Winterbourne Down. 

 From Capt. Pickwick, Frankleigh : — A Roman bill, very similar to that found 



at the Romano-British Station at Baydon, Wilts. 

 From Mr. J. Ellen : — A collection of the Roman Coins found at Easterton. 

 From Mr. O'Connoe : — A Photograph of Shaw House, Wilts. 

 From Mr. T. Fox : — Silver Coin. 



H. BULL, Printer and Publisher, Devizes. 



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