_ VOL. XIV. (3) THE COTTESWOLD HILLS 215 
and the Cotswolds on the east, and is usually sub-divided 
into the Vale of Evesham, the Vale of Gloucester, and the 
Vale of Berkeley.” (p. xviii.) 
“The Vale of Evesham may properly begin with the 
Avon at Tewkesbury, and take in the whole country lying 
between that river and the Upper Cotswolds, as. far as 
Stratford. In ancient maps this distinction is observed.” 
(p. cxvi.) 
“ Baxter [derives Cotswold] from Cozt, British for wood, 
and woulds, a word nearly of the same signification in the 
Teutonic language.” (p. cxv.) 
1807. . D. Fosbroke. ‘Abstracts of the Records and 
Manuscripts respecting the County of Gloucester,’ Volt; 
Boa), Of the Coteswold county no other beauty can be 
furnished but what the country will afford. Without 
wood, without rock, without water, what remains but 
light, and its concomitant, cheerfulness?” Refers to 
games on Cotswold (sic) Hills. (p. 46.) 
1807. Thomas Rudge, B.D. ° General View of the 
Agriculture of the County of Gloucester.’ 
“The natural division [of the county] is into Cotswold, 
Vale, and Forest. The Cotswold District comprehends 
the whole part of hill country from Chipping Campden 
northward, to Bath, and is often divided into the Upper 
and Lower Cotswolds, or the Hills. The Vale takes in 
the whole lowlands from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bristol : 
it is usually divided into the Vales of Evesham, Gloucester, 
and Berkeley...... The Forest District includes the parishes 
on the west side of the Severn up to Gloucester, and 
afterwards on the west side of the River Leden till it 
enters the county of Hereford.” (p. 12). 
My thanks are due to Mr H. B. Woodward, F.R.S., Director of the 
Geological Survey of England, for kindly drawing my attention to this 
work. 
1808. ‘A Map of the County of Gloucester’ marks the 
Vale of Evesham as stretching northwards from near 
Dumbleton. 
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