THE ADVISORY COUNCIL 

 OF THE VICTORIA HISTORY 



His Grace The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. 



Chartctllor of the University of Cambridge 



His Grace The Duke of Rutland, K.G. 

 His Grace The Duke of Portland 

 His Grace The Duke of Argyll, K.T. 

 The Most Hon. The Marquess of Salisbury, 

 K.G. 



Chancellor of the Uvi-venity of Oxford 



The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Rosebery, K.G., 



K.T. 

 The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Coventry 



President of the Royal Agricultural Society 



The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Dillon 



President of the Society of Antiquaries 



The Rt. Hon. The Lord Acton 



Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge 



The Rt. Hon. The Lord Lister 



President of the Royal Society 



Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., LL.D., F.S.A., 

 etc. 



Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence, Oxford 



Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, K.C.B., D.C.L., 

 LL.D., F.S.A., ETC. 



Director of the British Aiuseum 



Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A. 



President of the Royal Geographical Society 



General Editor — H. 



Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte, K.C.B.,M.A., F.S.A. , 



ETC. 

 Keeper of the Public Records 



Col. Sir J. Farquharson, K.C.B. 



Sir Jos. Hooker, G.C.S.L, M.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., 



ETC. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S., etc 



Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A., etc. 



Lionel Cust, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., etc. 

 Director of the National Portrait Gallery 



Dr. Albert L. G. Gonther, F.R.S. 



President of the Linnean Society 



Col. Duncan A. Johnston 



Director General of the Ordnance Survey 



Prof. E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S., etc. 



Director of the Nat. Hist. Museum, South Kensington 



Reginald L. Poole, Esq., M.A. 



University Lecturer in Diplomatic, Oxford 



F. York Powell, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., etc. 



Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford 



J. Horace Round, Esq., M.A. 



Walter Rye, Esq. 



W. H. St. John Hope, Esq., M.A. 



Assistant Secretary of the Society of An ti quartet 



Arthur Doubleday 



GENERAL ADVERTISEMENT 



The Victoria History of the Counties of England is a National Survey showing 

 the condition of the country at the present day, and tracing the domestic history of the 

 English Counties back to the earliest times. 



Rich as every County of England is in materials for local history, there has hitherto been 

 no attempt made to bring all these materials together into a coherent form. There are, 

 indeed, histories of English Counties ; but many of them — and these the best — are exceed- 

 ingly rare and costly ; others are very imperfect ; all are out of date. 



The Victoria History will trace, county by county, the story of England's growth 

 from its prehistoric condition, through the barbarous age, the settlement of alien peoples, and 

 the gradual welding of many races into a nation which is now the greatest on the globe. All 

 the phases of ecclesiastical history ; the changes in land tenure ; the records of historic and 

 local families ; the history of the social life and sports of the villages and towns ; the develop- 

 ment of art, science, manufactures and industries — all these factors, which tell of the progress 

 of England from primitive beginnings to large and successful empire, will find a place in the 

 work and their treatment be entrusted to those who have made a special study of them. 



Many archaeological, historical and other Societies are assisting in the compilation of this 

 work, and the editor also has the advantage of the active and cordial co-operation of The 

 National Trust, which is doing so much for the preservation of places of historic interest and 

 natural beauty throughout the country. 



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