By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, FS.A, 203 
4.—Cnorr-Gawr (Stonehenge). 
Cuorr-Gawr, which is said to be the old name, and to mean, in 
Welsh, “the giant’s dance,” is more likely to be derived 
from the Gaelic, and to mean “ circle for worship.” The 
latter, as in the case of Aurebury, would be more in ac- 
cordance with the generally-accepted traditions of the place. 
Coir =a circle Coir 
gu (preposition) =for ¢ { —coingorams circle for worship. 
Aoraidh=worship aora 
Scotch, Corrie, the large natural amphitheatre formed by the hills 
and glens in the Highlands of Scotland, e.g., Corrie in the 
Isle of Arran. . 
D. CaMmpBELL. 
Calne, 
April 17th, 1889. 
No. II. 
A few notices relating to Calne Church have already appeared in 
this Magazine ; viz. :— 
1. Account of the eight bells and their inscriptions, the 
oldest being of A.D. 1658, Also a priest’s bell, with 
the legend “O: SANOTE : ANDREA.” (Vol. ii., 340.) 
5, An ancient inventory of Church goods, copes communion 
plate, &c., taken 5 Edw. VI. (Vol. iv., 208.) 
8. Church plate, four bells, and a sanctus bell in 7 Edw. VI. 
(Vol. xii., 369.) 
The Register of baptism and burial commences A.D, 1538; that 
of marriage A.D. 1542. Among the entries of baptism is the fol- 
lowing one in the handwriting of Bishop Jewell, of Salisbury :— 
** baptizatus fuit per manum } Octobre / 1570 
Johnis Jewell Episcopi Johes Goddarde filius Anthonii Goddarde generosi 
29 die. 
This family of Goddard lived at Cowage, Compton Basset. 
1528. Money for repair of the Church was raised by the profits 
of beer brewed by the Churchwardens and consumed at certain 
parish gatherings called “ Ales.” Of these two were kept: the 
* King’s Ale, 102s.,” and the “ Church Ale, 47s, 4d.” 
