242 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1903 
THE MAP OF THE COTTESWOLDS 
The map which accompanies this paper—a sheet very 
well executed by Messrs Bartholomew—shows the area 
of the Cotteswold Hills according to the line of delimita- 
tion now adopted, with the manner in which these Hills 
are bounded by the different Vales. Advantage has been 
taken of the issue of this map to give some further in- 
formation. Mr L. Richardson, with his usual energy, had 
compiled a list of the places where the Club has held its 
meetings ; and so all such places as fall within the area 
embraced by the present map have been underlined. 
Thus it is possible to see at a glance what places the Club 
has favoured, and also that there are areas, and on the 
Cotteswold Hills too, which the Club has almost com- 
pletely neglected : not that they possess little interest—on 
the contrary; but there have been, and are, difficulties of 
transportation and accommodation. 
Mr Richardson’s list of places stands as an Appendix to 
this paper. 
Of the Map itself only one note is required. It will be 
seen that the name “ Vale of White Horse” occurs twice 
—in large and in small letters. The map is based on the 
Ordnance Survey, with additional information over-printed. 
The name in small print shows the area of the Vale of 
White Horse according to the Survey; the name in larger 
type shows the area of that Vale, which local usage appears 
to indicate: that it is the district between the Cotteswolds 
and the Wiltshire-Berkshire Downs—nearly coincident 
with the valleys of the Upper Thames and the Ock. 
About the former just a last word. Is not the true name 
of this river—sometimes Latinized as Isis—Eisey? as 
suggested by the place-name Eisey, and by Maisey, which 
has gained an initial—like ‘newt’ has done. And then the 
name ‘ Thames ’—Tamesis—would be ‘ Thame ’+“* Eisey’ 
—the river formed by the junction of these two streams, 
which about expresses the case. 
