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282 Recent Wiltshire Books, Articles, &c. 
Views of Devizes and Neighbourhood. Published by 
Dotesio & Todd. Oblong cr.8vo. Contains the following views, reproduced 
from photographs, ‘without letterpress :—Bird’s-eye View of Market Place 
and Town—Devizes Castle—Market Place, with Cross and Fountain— 
Market Cross—Inscription on Market Cross—Canal and Locks—View from 
St. Mary’s Tower—Quaker’s Walk, Roundway Park—St. John’s Church, 
Exterior—St. John’s Church, Interior—St. Mary’s Church—St. James’ 
_ Church—Old Porch House, Potterne—Silbury Hill—Stonehenge—Druidical 
Remains at Avebury. The views vary, but on the whole they are very fairly © 
reproduced, and form a pleasant souvenir of the place. 
Astley Family. A notice of this family and of its genealogy is,reprinted 
in the Devizes Gazette, March 2nd, 1899, from the Wuneaton Chronicle, 
apropos of the death of John Newdigate Francis Ludford Astley, of Ansley, 
Warwickshire. 
Wiltshire in 1898. A long and good record of the events of the year 
so far as they affect the county was given in the Devizes Gazette, Dec. 29th, 
1898, and January 5th, 1899, under the various heads of Social, Agriculture, 
Land, Railway Extension, Education, Sport, Military, Miscellaneous, Political, 
County Business, Local Government, and Law, Crime, and Casualties. 
Devizes in 1898. A record of events affecting Devizes during the year 
is given in Devizes Gazette, Jan. 5th, 1899. 
Langley Burrell Church. Notes on the Restoration of the Church 
are given in Devizes Gazette, June 23rd and July 14th, 1898. 
Lacock. A chatty account of the History of the Village, Church, and Abbey 
is given by “ M.K.D.” in Devizes Gazette, Dec. 1st, 1898. 
Devizes Market Cross. A report furnished by Mr. C. E. Ponting 
to the Town Council on the condition of the Structure and the Repairs 
necessary is printed in Devizes Gazette, Feb. 16th, 1899. 
Horningsham. In Baring Gould’s “An Old English Home and its 
Dependencies,” 1898, occurs the following:— A singular and beautiful 
custom still subsists in the village of Horningsham, Wilts, where, at the 
burial of a young maiden, ‘ Wedding Peals’ are rung on mufiled bells.” 
Malmesbury Abbey Restoration. Full accounts of the meeting 
at Malmesbury under the chairmanship of the Duke of Beaufort held on 
Dec. 20th, 1898, at which the Bishop of Bristol initiated the movement for 
the preservation of the Abbey Church, with the speeches of the Bishop dealing 
with the History of Malmesbury, and of Mr. W. H. St. John Hope dealing 
with the past history and present condition of the fabric, were given in the 
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