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wish that someone, or some Society, would interest themselves 

 in the antiquities of the village ! 



The glove industry, recently introduced into the village from 

 Leicester, began in a very small way with only two workers. 

 It has been so successful that a commodious workroom has been 

 erected, and about forty girls and women are now employed. The 

 wages earned, and the character and conditions of the employ- 

 ment, appear to be greatly appreciated by the villagers. 



Progress, however, in this Hertfordshire village of Pirton, 

 which lies singularly away from any main road, and is very 

 isolated at the foot of the chalky Chilterns, is by no means 

 rapid. Most of the houses are very old, and, although some 

 may be regarded as picturesque in their setting, one might 

 prophesy that modern cottages and arrangements would tend 

 to raise the average age of decease, which, judging from the 

 gravestone records, is not too high. 



Here, as elsewhere, there was during our visit great activity 

 in garden and allotment, and evidence of cultivation appeared 

 to be thorough and remunerative. 



I have not recorded any information in the archaeological or 

 antiquarian sections, as it is not necessary to cover but only to 

 check (or supplement) work already done in these important 

 departments. A bibliography of regional surveying is one 

 of the urgent needs of the movement, for, although the literature 

 upon the subject is as yet small, the amount of material, pub- 

 lished and otherwise, stored up by individuals and Societies, is 

 enormous. Bibliographies of local data would prove an invalu- 

 able help to the regional surveyor, and, if this department is 

 placed in the hands of a competent person, the result obtained 

 cannot be over-estimated. The collecting, annotating, analysing, 

 and collating of local surveys is also of vast importance, and a 

 working committee might be appointed which should be respon- 

 sible for this happy consummation of the New Domesday now 

 in the making. 



If, added to this regional survey work, a local Society or 

 Institution has a Regional Museum, or the opportunity of found- 

 ing one, an immense asset will be added for handing on to posterity. 

 The Letchworth Society (of which I am the Honorary Secretary 

 and Curator) is in the happy position of possessing such a regional 

 museum. A few general particulars may here be given of the 

 aims, objects, and accomplishments of this Society : 



It is managed by a council of nine members, and its work is 



