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The Garly Pistory of the Apper Ulylye 
| Galley. 
By J. U. Powett, M.A. 


























qeistoRy is not altogether an affair of printed books, dead 
NG. 5 } annals, and the study chair. The first impressions of it 
may be given by out-door observation, by the features of a country, 
by its buildings, its local names, its language, its customs and 
traditions, now fast disappearing. Nor is it an affair of the great 
‘cities with their colourless suburbs, for they are often mushroom 
growths. The stream of national history has left more and clearer 
traces in the country districts. Here the marks left by past events 
are plain; and one who trains his eye can read the history of a 
ec a in its face, just as plainly as in its men, its language, and 
8 customs and character. 
_ May of the notable periods of English history can be illustrated 
from the upper part of this valley, and it is worth while to gather 
the scattered results of enquiries into the history of this part of 
En agland, and, although there is nothing of startling moment, to 
show how much may be seen that is really interesting and full of 
meani ng. 
The south-west of England, as is well known, has even more 
races remaining of ancient life than the north, which was settled 
and more sparsely ; whether we take the early British times, 
Romano-British, or the Early English time to the Norman 
‘ eos. The most useful account of these times will be found 
in the first volume of a work generally accessible, “Social England,” 
hich summarises the results of the scientific researches of the 
ntl opologist, General Pitt-Rivers, and the painstaking labours of 
he diligent student of public records, Sir R. C. Hoare. 
ik Notices of Warminster are omitted, as its history has been thoroughly 
worked out by the Rev. J. J. Daniell. 
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