224 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, first baronet. Died Sept. i4th, 



1905, at his residence, Malshanger, near Basingstoke. Buried at Oakley. 

 Born July 22nd, 1822, at Laverstock, where his family since 1724 had 

 the privilege of making the bank-note paper for the Bank of England. 

 Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. Deputy-Chairman of L. & S. W. 

 Railway, 1874. Baronet, 1901. He took a leading part in the organiza- 

 tion of the Great Exhibitions in London, Paris, Vienna, and Chicago, 

 from 1851 onwards. 

 Obit, notice, Salishnry Journal, Sept. 16th, 1905. 



[N.B. — This list does not claim to be in any way exhaustive. The Editor 

 appeals to all authors and publishers of pamphlets, books, or views in any 

 way connected with the county to send him copies of their works, and to 

 editors of papers and members of the Society generally to send him 

 copies of articles, views, or portraits, appearing in the newspapers.] 



Wiltshire Parish Registers — Marriag'es. Edited 

 by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C L , and John 

 Sadler. Vol. I. London, issued to the Subscribers 

 by Phillimore, 124, Chancery Lane. 1905. Bvo, 



cloth, pp. vi., 160. Only one hundred and fifty copies printed. This 

 volume is the firstfruits of the operations of the Parish Register Society 

 in this county, and it is much to be desired that sufficient subscribers 

 may be found to make it easy to issue succeeding volumes. 



In the words of the preface, "with this volume another County Series 

 is commenced, which it is hoped may continue until all the existing 

 registers of Wiltshire are published. 



Practically the whole work of transcription contained in this volume 

 has been done by twomen, theEev. W. Symonds, of Sherston, and that 

 untiring transcriber of monumental inscriptions, parish registers, and 

 churchwardens' accounts, Mr. T. H, Baker, who has done more good 



