222 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1903 
“The Vale of Gloucester lying between the Severn and 
the Cotswolds, and extending to the boundary of the 
county at Oxenton, and bounded on the South by the 
Stroud Water. This comprises the towns of Gloucester, 
Cheltenham, and Tewkesbury.” 
“The Hundred and Vale of Berkeley bounded on the ~ 
north by the Stroud Water, by the Cotteswolds on the 
East, and the Severn on the West. This district includes 
Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge, Tortworth, Berkeley, and 
the western slope of the Cotswolds. The dialect differs 
both in words and pronunciation from that of the Vale of 
Gloucester. The Vale of Berkeley is spoken of farther 
north as the ‘ Low Country.’ ” 
“The southernmost part of the county comprises 
Wickwar, Thornbury, Chipping Sodbury, and Bristol. 
The people of Berkeley and Tortworth themselves perceive 
a considerable difference between their speech and that of 
Wickwar.” 
A map of the county is given in the work to show the 
divisions made. 
1895. 8. S. Buckman. ‘The Bajocian of the Mid- 
Cotteswolds.” Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., Vol. li., p. 389. 
‘For geological purposes it seems convenient to divide 
the Cotteswolds into three portions, and to define these 
districts with some precision. The following arrange- 
ment is, therefore, proposed :—That the Cotteswolds be 
divided into Southern, Middle, and Northern, as these 
divisions will be found characterised by a fair coincidence 
of geological and geographical features—the Southern 
Cotteswolds to extend from the Valley of Avon (Bath), 
to the Valley of the Frome (Vale of Stonehouse). East- 
wards, away from the escarpment, the line between the 
Southern and Middle Cotteswolds might follow the road 
from Chalford to Siddington (Cirencester), and then, if 
desired, be extended along the outcrop of the Cornbrash. 
