330 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



it claims only to be a collection of materials from all available sources 

 bearing on that history. It is, however, of more value than many more 

 pretentious "histories," and contains a very large amount of material, 

 especially in the very copious extracts from the churchwardens' accounts, 

 which is of value for other ends than the history of St. Martin's parish 

 alone. The book begins with notes on the history of the Church, giving 

 extracts from the recognised authorities, notes on its condition in 1830 

 from the Gentleman's Magazine, and records of the principal works of 

 repair and alteration from 1567 down to the present time from the parish 

 books. A list of the Provosts of St. Edmund's College who acted as 

 incumbents of St. Martin's from 1313 to 1537, and of the rectors from 

 1555 to the present day is given, followed by lists of churchwardens from 

 1567, and of parish clerks, sextons, organists, sidesmen, and assistant 

 curates. Notices from the churchwardens' books from 1567 onwards 

 bearing on various subjects are usefully placed together according to their 

 subjects. Thus the bells, the books, the churchyard, the furniture and 

 ornaments, the organ, the payments to ringers, and " sundry payments " 

 are separately dealt with at length. 



Among other points of interest Otters occur as paid for at the rate of 



Is. or Is. 6d. each several times in the middle of the eighteenth century. 



In 1653 is the entry : " Kec* of Mr Xr'ofer Bath for the Stones of 



the Crosse jEI— 0-0." 

 Of Mr. Anthony Wilkinson for the organ case 10—0." 

 In 1729, " Rec* for an umbrella of the churchwardens of St. Edmunds 



1—0—0." 

 In 1678, with the flagons, patens, and candlesticks, &c., are mentioned 



" 4 long Diaper Cloaths to be laied on the fformes & one napkin." 

 A list of the charities, with particulars, is given, and the boundaries 

 of the parish in 1270 are set out, whilst in the appendix all the most 

 important of the deeds, &c., preserved in the parish chest which have 

 not been printed before are given, including a number of deeds concerning 

 property in Salisbury, of various dates, of which both the Latin text and 

 English translation are given. The volume ends with biographical notes 

 on Nathaniel Spinkes, Rector of St. Martin, Prebendary of Salisbury, 

 and nonjuring Bishop ; on John Thornborough, a native of the parish 

 who was Rector of Chilmark, Dean of York, and Bishop of Limerick, 

 Bristol, and Worcester ; and on certain other Rectors of the parish. 

 Altogether it is a mine of information which Mr. Baker has done well to 

 make thus easily accessible. 



XToteS on StOneliengfe. sir Norman Lockyer has continued bis 

 series of articles on the orientation of the stone circles and alignments of 

 Britain under this title {see page 121) in Nature. 



In the number for April 6th, 1905, he considers the circles and out- 

 lying stones of Stanton Drew, and " The Hurlers," as pointing to the 

 observation of "warning stars" whose setting warned the priests before 

 the actual sunrise. In the number for May 11th he deals with the stones 

 of Stennis and the tumulus of Maeshowe in the Orkneys. On July 



