By C. W. DALE, F.E.S. 



(Read JuneSth, 1000.) 



ROUNDCHIMNEYS, now used as a farmhouse, in the 

 occupation of Mr. Charles Gould, formerly be- 

 longed to the great Duke of Marlborough, but 

 now forms part of my property. On the main 

 road near the turning by which the house is 

 approached stands a pair of ancient oaks, one 

 on each side of the road, called '* Gog and 

 Magog," survivors of the old Forest of Black- 

 more. When my grandmother was young she could ride all the 

 way from her house to Sturminster Newton, a distance of ten 

 miles, without encountering a single hedge, which gives one an 

 idea of how much the character of the country has changed. 



The following notes are partly compiled from my " History of 

 Glanvilles Wootton," published some years ago. 



Ancient records show that in 1231 a fair was granted at Black- 

 more or Newland Manor (which last name is derived from being 

 a new enclosure from the Forest of Blackmore) by King 

 Henry III. 



1290. King Edward I. made a royal grant of the Manor of 

 Ncwland, with woods, lands, and rights in the said Forest of 



