214 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1903 
1789. Marshall. ‘Rural Economy of Gloucestershire,’ 
In the map facing the title page the ‘ Vale of Berkeley’ is shown as 
extending from about Thornbury to Robinswood Hill, the ‘ Vale of 
Gloucester,’ from Robinswood Hill to Bredon Hill, the ‘ Vale of 
Evesham,’ from Dumbleton across by way of Winchcombe. The 
district below Thornbury, to the Bristol Avon, west of the Frome, is 
marked as the ‘ Bristol Quarter.’ 
The hills around Stroud are marked as the ‘ Stroudwater Hills,’ 
those to the south, towards Bath, are called the ‘ South Wolds,’ those 
to the north are placed as Cotswold Hills, but he excludes Fairford and 
Burford. On p. 31 he says ‘‘ Bredon Hill [is] evidently a fragment of 
the Cotswolds.” 
Some of these names seem to be Marshall’s own creation. I have 
not been able to confirm Bristol Quarter, Stroudwater Hills, or South 
Wolds. There is the Stroudwater Canal. 
1791. Bigland. ‘ Historical, Monumental, and ~-Genea- 
logical Collections, relative to the County of Gloucester ; 
printed from the original papers of the late Ralph Bigland.’ 
Spells the name ‘“ Coteswold.” 
[17—]? George Alexander Cooke. ‘ Topographical 
and Statistical Description of the County of Gloucester.’ 
[No date. ] 
“Nature has divided this County into three districts, 
vzz., the //2// district, including the Cotswold and Stroud- 
water? Hills...... Palin 3O)): 
“The Cotswold Fills extend in length from Broadway 
Hill to near Tetbury, thirty miles, and in breadth from 
Lirdhp Fillto Benford [?]about seventy [?] miles, including 
an area of nearly 200,000 acres, the greater part of the soil is 
what is termed stonebrash...... ” (p. 30). 
Benford is perhaps a misprint for Burford: Birdlip to Burford is 
about 20 miles. 
1803. Thomas Rudge, Rev.,B.D. ‘The History of the 
County of Gloucester.’ 
“The Hill district includes the Cotswolds, which may 
be regarded as a continuation of the central chain, pro- 
ceeding south through Derbyshire, passing through this 
county with a smaller elevation....... The Vale includes 
the whole tract of land, bounded by the Severn on the W., 
