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I^otes, Archaeological and Historical. 



" Letter on the Authorship of Origines Livisiancs." Devizes Adver- 

 tiser, 1877. 



" Sir Francis Burdett, late M.P. for North Wilts." 7 pp. GillmarCs 



Devizes Public Register, 1868. 



" Bishop Barrington, Bishop Burgess, Lord Sidmouth, Hannah 

 More, The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, W. L. Bowles, Lady 

 Lansdowne, Tom Moore, a Devizes Farce. 7 pp. Ibid, 1870. 



" (S. T.) Coleridge and (R. H.) Brabant, M.D., as connected with Calae 

 and Devizes. 6 pp. Ibid, 1872. 



" The Rev. Ed. Wilton, M.A. pp. 3. Ibid, 1872. 



E. H. GODDARD. 



Font in Hilperton Church. 



There has been recently set up in this Church an old font which was dug up in 

 the churchyard of the adjacent parish of Whaddou many years ago (the present 

 font at Whaddon is quite modern and is said to have been preceded by a wooden 

 font). The bowl only of the old font was recovered. ■ This is of twelfth century 

 work, circular in form, 1ft. 7in. in height, 2ft. 7in. diameter at the top, and 



slightly tapered. Around it is worked an arcade of thirteen bays of semicircular 

 arches with flat fluted shafts and stepped bases, all in low relief ; two of the arches 



