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In conclusionj I should like to express my personal thanks^ and 

 those of our Society, to Mr. William Kingston, for his kindness in 

 permitting us (o follow these works as far as we have gone, and for 

 the great care he personally took in keeping these interesting remains 

 for our Society j and, further, I would express our thanks to the 

 Trustees of the Somerset College — the owners of the land — for 

 allowing us to take possession of many of the articles for the 

 Museum. 



SEitfj Bibliograpfjical Notes of fjts SiHritmss. 



§N January 22nd, 1894, James Waylen died at 64, Lillie 



Road, Fulham, at the age of 83, having been born at 3, 



Northgate Street, Devizes, on April 19th, 1810. His father— Mr. 

 Robert Waylen — was the last cloth manufacturer of the town, and 

 is said at one time to have employed over a thousand hands in his 

 business. James, his sixth son, began his schooling at Bratton, 

 continuing it at Mill Hill Grammar School, after which he became 

 a pupil of Thomas Telford, the well-known engineer, and under him 

 was engaged in the construction of the remarkable Dean Bridge, 

 at Edinburgh. He soon, however, gave up engineering, and took 

 to painting, going to Italy in 1834, after spending some time in a 

 London studio. In 1842 he married Mary Sophia Grimes, of Devizes, 

 and settled down at Etchilhampton. Here he wrote his " History 

 of Devizes" and "History of Marlborowjh" Mrs. Waylen dying 



*#♦ The Editor desires to acknowledge the assistance he has derived in the 

 preparation of this notice from information supplied by Mr. W. Cunnington, 

 F.G.S., and from the obituary notices of Mr. Waylen which appeared iu the 

 Devizes GancKc and the Devizes Advcriixer. 



