EDITORIAL NOTE 



THE Editor wishes to express his thanks to all those who have assisted in 

 the work of compiling the histories of the parishes dealt with in this 

 volume, but particularly to the Earl of Northbrook, the Earl of Selborne, 

 G.C.M.G., the Lord Hylton, the Lord Basing, the Lord Swaythling, the 

 Lady Mary Shelley, the Lady Laura Ridding, Count Beaumont-Gurowski, 

 Rev. H. Peto Betts, M.A., Rev. R. F. Bigg-Wither, M.A., Rev. Canon 

 Braithwai.te, M.A., Rev. E. Kenworthy Browne, M.A., Rev. F. J. 

 Causton, M.A., Rev. J. W. S. Danbury, B.A., Rev. E. D. Heathcote, 

 M.A., Rev. J. Jenkyns, M.A., Rev. W. H. Laverty, M.A., Rev. 

 Campbell Lock, M.A., Rev. T. H. Masters, M.A., Rev. G. W. Minns, 

 LL.B., F.S.A., Rev. Botry Pigott, Rev. Sumncr Wilson, M.A., Mr. 

 Arthur Arnold, Mrs. Pleydell Bouverie-Campbell-Wyndham, Mr. J. 

 Ulick Burke, B.A., J.P., Mr. Tankerville Chamberlayne, B.A., Capt. 

 Edw. Chawner, Mr. Spencer Clarke, Mr. W. Dale, F.S.A., F.G.S., 

 Mr. William Deverell, M.A., D.L., J.P., Mr. H. J. Dutton, J.P., 

 Mr. Edward Eames, Mr. Alfred T. Everitt, Mr. A. E. W. Fleming, 

 Mr. Edgar Goble, Mr. C. R. Gunner, Mr. Charles Holme, F.L.S., 

 Mr. F. H. T. Jervoise, F.S.A., Mr. Montagu G. Knight, D.L., 

 Miss Lempriere, Mr. R. M. Lucas, Mr. A. R. Maiden, M.A., F.S.A., 

 Mr. Michael C. M'Creagh-Thornhill, Mr. H. B. Middleton, Col. 

 Mildmay, Mrs. Barker Mill, Mr. H. Stuart Moore, F.S.A., Mr. N. C. 

 H. Nisbett, A.R.I.B.A., Mr. George Parker, Mr. S. E. Fitter, Mr. 

 H. F. Rawstorne, Mr. W. H. Saunders, Mr. A. E. Scott, J.P., Mr. John 

 Silvester, Mrs. Vinn, Mr. J. C. Warner, Mrs. Harrison Wayne, and Mr. 

 A. Ingham Whitaker, J.P., who, by the loan of manuscripts, supplying 

 information, and otherwise have much lightened the work of the 

 contributors. 



The Editor is also indebted to the late Earl of Northbrook, the 

 Rev. G. W. Minns, Mr. F. H. T. Jervoise, Mr. W. H. Barrell, and 

 the Society of Antiquaries for illustrations. 



Some discrepancies may occasionally be noticed between the amount 

 of arable, pasture and woodland in each parish, which has been kindly 

 supplied by the Board of Agriculture, and the total area of each parish 

 taken from the Ordnance Survey maps. The former statistics are given 

 as near as they can be obtained, but occasionally where holdings are in 

 two parishes the owner has inadvertently returned the whole area of his 

 holding under the parish in which he resides. 



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