Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamplilets, Articles, &c. 159 



Trowbridge, Official Guide, Mate's Illustrated 

 Trowbridge, a Pictorial and Descriptive Sou- 

 venir, by Rev. Harry Sanders. Limp covers, oblong. 



6in. X 9in. n.d. [? 1906.] 



The letterpress is just what the letterpress of such a guide should be, 

 and without going too much into detail gives a good sketch of the early 

 history of the town, and mentions the chief incidents therein with some 

 description of the Castle as it was, and the existing buildings of the town 

 as they are. In connection with the cloth trade of the town the story 

 of Thomas Helliker, a youth of 19, executed in 1803 as a ringleader in 

 the machine-breaking riots and the burning of Mr. Nash's mill, at 

 Littleton, who pleaded his innocence, but died rather than incriminate 

 others whom he knew to be guilty, is given. His funeral was attended 

 by a vast concourse of cloth workers and others, and a tomb was after- 

 wards erected to him " by the cloth workers of Yorkshire, Wilts, and 

 Somerset, as a token of kind love to him and veneration for his memory," 

 which was again restored in 1876 by the cloth workers of the town. 



The illustrations from photos, of which there are about thirty, are 

 good, and include :— Views of the Town from Wingfield Hill, and from 

 Westwood Road ; The Parade ; Town Hall and Market House ; Town 

 Bridge; Fore Street; People's Park; Yerbury Almshouses; Lady 

 Brown's Cottages ; Rectory ; Parish Church, Exterior and Interior ; 

 Tabernacle; County Cricket Ground ; Rood Ashton, Entrance to Park, 

 and House ; River Avon from Staverton Bridge ; Longleat and Shire- 

 water Lake ; Farleigh Castle and Chapel ; Edington Church ; Westbury 

 "White Horse ; Kingston Hall and Saxon Church, Bradford ; Iford 

 House ; South Wraxall Manor ; Great Chalfield Manor ; Lacock Abbey. 



Notes on the History of St. Peter's, Langley 



Burr ell, by A. B. Mynors, M.A., Rector, and Harold Brakspear, 

 F.S.A. 1907. Pamphlet. SJin. X SJin., pp. 11 (unpaged). With cut 

 of Church on cover. 



This is a pamphlet intended for parish use, but it contains a good deal 

 that is of general interest. Mr. Brakspear gives an account of the 

 architecture of the very interesting Church, and Mr. Mynors records 

 the most notable points in the family and manorial history of the place, 

 in addition to which a list of the Patrons and Rectors of the parish 

 from 1304 is given. 



As to the name of the parish, it is noted that the Earl of Salisbury, 

 Edward the Sheriff, to whom William the Conqueror granted the manor, 

 leased it to Borel, or Burel. In 1304 it was held by the Delameres, and 

 Sir John Delamere sold it in 1343 to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, whose 

 daughter married Sir Reginald de Cobham. The manor thus passed to 

 the Cobhams and De Burghs, the last of the latter selling it in 1565 to 

 John Reed. In 1637 it was owned by Henry White, who also owned 

 Grittleton, and in 1655 or 1657 it was purchased by Samuel Ashe, 

 youngest son of John Ashe, of Freshford (Som.), the ancestor of the 

 present owner. 



