THE 



WILTSHIRE 



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 MAGAZINE. 



No. XVI. JULY, 1859. Vol. VI. 



Contents. 



PAGE 



The Bradford Clay and its Fossils: By Mr. W. Cunnington, F.G.S. 1- 10 

 Beoughton Gifford. History of the Parish, (continued): By the Rev. 



John Wilkinson, M.A 11- 72 



The Harding Family, their Pedigree, 11. Court Leets, 15. Parochial Registers, 

 17. Houses, 22. Population, 23. Agricultural Industry, 29. Manufacturing Indus- 

 try, 36. Parochial Economy, 38. Means of Communication, 39. 



Ecclesiastical and Religious History. The Parish Church, 43. Church Tem- 

 poralties, 49. Church-house, 52. Rectors, 54. Parochial School, 58. 



Natural History. Land; Surface, 58. Geology, 59. Water; River Avon, 60. 

 Broughton Brook, 63. Climate, 64. Barometrical Observations, 65. The Flora of 

 Broughton Gifford, 68. 



Oldbury Hill. Account of a Barrow opened 1858: By Mr. W. Cun- 

 nington, F.G.S 73 



Wiltshire Thadeshan's Tokens: By William Boyne, F.S.A 75- 91 



Flora of Wiltshire, No. IV.: By T. B. Flower, Esq., M.R.C.S., &c. 92-117 



Stanley Abbey, A Refugee at: By the Rev. Canon Jackson 117 



Donations to the Museum and Library 119 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Bradford Clay Fossils 5 



Brass of Hubert Long — Broughton Gifford Church 48 



Funereal Urn found at Oldbury Hill 7:3 



DEVIZES: 



1 1 i:\ny Bull, 4, Saint John Street. 



LONDON: 



Bell & Daisy, hg, Fleet Stbebt ; J. B. Smith, 86, Soho Sai ibe. 



