232 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1903 
Concerning the Vales mentioned, the Vale of White 
Horse has a larger extent than is shown in the present 
Ordnance Maps. It is considered (wzde Hughes, Gibbs, 
etc.), to extend nearly up to Cirencester, which, in fact, is 
the headquarters of the Vale of White Horse Hunt, so 
this Vale would be defined as follows :—The mostly clay 
country between the Cotteswolds and the chalk hills of 
Wiltshire and Berkshire, extending to the Thames on the 
east, and on the west presumably to the watershed between 
Thames and Avon.* South-west of this divide, parting 
the South Cotteswolds and the Wiltshire chalk hills, is 
the low-lying grass country around Chippenham, which, if 
it bear no other name, may be known as the ‘ Vale of 
Chippenham.’ 
The district between the Bristol Avon and the southern 
limit of the Vale of Berkeley seems to possess no name. 
Its difference in dialect from the Vale of Berkeley is noted 
in Robertson’s Glossary. It may be remarked that the 
boundary between the Roman provinces of Britannia 
Prima and Flavia Czsariensis was a line from Aust 
(Trajectus) to Bath (Aquez Solis). 
The limits of the Vale of Berkeley are sufficiently 
defined in Robertson’s Glossary. The southern limit is 
north of Thornbury and Wickwar. The north-east limit 
of the Vale of Gloucester may be considered as a line 
drawn from Bredon Hill to Oxenton. 
The Vale of Red Horse mentioned by Coneybeare & 
Phillips is incidentally confirmed by Mr. Walford. It would 
be the low-lying area around the Stour Valley, parting the 
North Cotteswolds from the Edge Hill range. 
The Vale of Moreton is what may be termed an upland 
vale, being a tract mostly over 400 feet above sea level. 
It may be considered to extend from just above Moreton- 
in-the-Marsh to Shipton-under-Wychwood. The Vale of 
1 Much of the western part of this district, however, was formerly known as 
Braydon Forest. 
