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remembered the fair ; and I hear that the piece of the street in 
front of the Church gate is still called the Market place. 
You must please to forgive me if I have occupied too much time 
in giving this history of the Manor, but I must plead that as the 
Manor House was the centre of the life of the Manor, some 
account of it seemed advisable. 
With regard to the derivation of the name Colerne, several 
suggestions have been made. It may have reference to Col, 
_ taking the idea of a Roman station, or to Collis and ern. 
The present House is a good deal out of repair. 
What kind of building there was during its long connection 
with the Barony, and even later, I cannot say. 
As the Castle at Castle Combe was so near, it is not 
likely that its owners often, or perhaps ever, stayed at Colerne 
to collect rent and dues, to hold Courts, or hunt over their 
land, as owners of Manors must often have done in their more 
distant properties. 
This house would be occupied by a steward or bailiff, or 
very possibly leased to a tenant, and this is very likely to have 
__ been the case after it became the property of New College. 
I have tried in examining the old house to make out any 
indication of its big room, or hall, it is very hard to do so. 
The building stands towards the four points of the compass 
close to the edge of the hill, with the Church and Choris 
to the South, and the ground falls away to S.E. 
Its measurements are roughly E. to W. about 60 feet. 
N. to S. about 48 feet. 
on the East side we see a projection later than the main block, 
- covered by two roofs, in which are a small room, and the 
"staircase. 
As you approach the House from the West you are faced by 
the gable end of the South side, a doorway and windows to the 
_ Teft, the latter consisting of six lights. 


