THE 
WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE, 
“¢MULTORUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATUR ONUS.”—Ovid, 
Hradford-upon-Aoon. 
By the Rev. Wittram Henry Jonzs, M.A., 
Vicar of Bradford. 
. are few towns in Wiltshire more interesting to the 
AY acchaslosit or the student of Natural History than Brad- 
BUD erhncle Though it has never been the scene of great 
stirring events like other places in its neighbourhood, and has 
never assumed a position of much political or perhaps even of 
social importance, there are nevertheless incidents in its history 
which invest its consideration with a more than ordinary charm. 
Its situation is beautiful; lying as it does at the eastern extremity 
of the valley of the Avon, and being shut in on the north and west 
by hills covered with vegetation, and contributing at once to the 
shelter and picturesque appearance of the town. There is, moreover, 
a quaint, almost romantic, look about its buildings, rising one above 
another in successive ranks up the slope of the hill on the north 
side, that gives a peculiar character to the place, by no means un- 
pleasing to the antiquary. In its immediate vicinity are many 
geological treasures; some of the rarest and most curious fossils 
1 The substance of this paper was read at the Annual Meeting of the Wilts 
Archeological and Natural Society at Bradford, in August, 1857. 
I take this opportunity of expressing my obligations to those friends who have 
afforded me assistance in the preparation of this paper, either by giving me in- 
formation, or replying to enquiries, or allowing me access to documents. Amongst 
others I would especially thank Mr, J. Waylen, the Rev. E, Wilton, Mr. W. 
Merrick, Mr. C, E. Davis, (of Bath,) and our excellent Secretary, the Rev. J. 
E, Jackson. W. 4H. J. 
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