156 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



Rainfall records in the British Isles are known to be in 

 existence which go back complete for over 170 years, and, 

 with intervals, for about 50 years more, or over 220 years 

 altogether. 



The earliest known records for Gloucestershire date 

 back to the years 1774 to 1778 : these were taken in 

 Bristol. 



Records for the six years 1833 to 1839 were taken by 

 Mr Moss, of Cheltenham, and then come returns which 

 will be found below, kept by Mr T. C. Brown, F.G.S., 

 who was a member of the Cotteswold Club, at Further 

 Barton, near Cirencester, commenced in 1844 and con- 

 tinued by his daughter. Miss E. Brown, F.M.S., to the 

 present date, and another kept by the late Mr J. Curtis 

 Hayward, at Quedgeley, from the year 1844, and con- 

 tinued by his son. Colonel Curtis Hayward, and Mr W. G. 

 Robinson, to the present time. 



These two registers and that of the late Mr Clegram 

 and the Rev C. J. Jones, at Westbury-on-Severn, are good 

 representative returns from the Hill and Vale; the Forest 

 is not so well represented, the best record which I have 

 as yet discovered being that from Edgehill House, Mitchel- 

 dean, kept by the late Mr Phillips. 



The late Dr Burder, who was also a member of the 

 Cotteswold Club, kept a return at Clifton for the years 1853 

 to 1865. This register I give, and then follows the return 

 kept by Mr W. B. Clegram, C.E., another member of the 

 Cotteswold Club, at Saul Lodge, which dates from the 

 year 1858, and which has been continued since Mr 

 Clegram's death by Mr F. A. Jones, C.E., to the present 

 time. 



Among the other registers given are those for the 

 Witcombe Water Works, Heath Lodge, Cheltenham, 

 Witcombe Court, Bowden Hall, Westbury Vicarage, 

 Newnham, Edgehill House, Mitcheldean, and Gloucester. 



