THE ADVISORY COUNCIL 

 OF THE VICTORIA HISTORY 



Hit GRACE THE 

 BEDFORD, K.G. 



Praident of tbi Zoological Society 



His GRACE THE DUKE OP DEVON- 

 SHIRK, K.G. 



Chancellor of tbi Univeriily of Cam- 

 bridge 



His GRACE THE DUKE OF 



RUTLAND, K.G. 

 His GRACE THE DUKE OF 



PORTLAND, K.G. 



His GRACE THE DUKE OF 

 ARGYLL, K.T. 



THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS 

 OF SALISBURY, K.G. 



Chancellor of tbi Univtrtity of Oxford 



THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF 

 ROSEBERY, K.G., K.T. 



THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF 

 COVENTRY 



President of tbi Royal Agricultural 

 Society 



THE RT. HON. Tm VISCOUNT 

 DILLON 



President of tbi Society of Antiquaries 



THE RT. HON. THE LORD LISTER 



Late President of tbi Royal Socitty 



THE RT. HON. THE LORD AL- 

 TERSTONE, G.C.M.G. 



Lord Cbief Justice 



General 



DUKE OF THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, COL. DUNCAN A. JOHNSTON 



M.P. 



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 Museum 



SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A. 



President of the Royal Geographical 

 Society 



SIR HENRY C. MAXWELL-LYTE, 

 K.C.B., M.A., F.S.A., ETC. 



Keeper of tbi Puttie Records 



COL. SIR J. FARQUHARSON, K.C.B. 

 SIR Jos. HOOKER, G.C. S.I. , 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., M.V.O., 



F.S.A., ETC 



Director of the National Portrait Gallery 



ALBERT C. L.G. GUNTHER, M.A., 

 F.R.S., M.D., PH.D. 



Late President of the Linnean Society 



Director General of tbi Ordnance Survey 



PROF. E. RAY LANKESTER, M.A., 

 F.R.S., ETC. 



Director of tbi Natural History 

 Museum, Soutb Kensington 



REGINALD L. POOLS, ESQ., M.A. 



University Lecturer in Diplomatic, 

 Oxford 



F. YORK POWELL, ESQ., M.A., 

 F.S.A., ETC. 



Regiut Profeuor of Modern History, 

 Oxford 



J. HORACE ROUND, ESQ., M.A. 



WALTER RYE, ESQ. 



W.H.ST. JOHN HOPE, ESQ., M.A. 



Auiitant Secretary of rbe Society of 

 Antiauaria 



Among the original members of 

 the Council were 



THE LATE DR. MANDELL CREIGH- 

 TON, BISHOP OP LONDON 



THE LATE DR. STUBBS, BISHOP OF 

 OXFORD 



THE LATE LORD ACTON and 

 THE LATE SIR WILLIAM FLOWER 



Editor, of the Series { H ,; ] ARTHUR DouB " D * Y 



WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A. 



GENERAL ADVERTISEMENT 



The VICTORIA HISTORY of the Counties of England is a National Historic Survey, 

 which, under the direction of a large staff comprising the foremost students in science, history, 

 and archarology, is designed to record the history of every county of England in detail. This 

 work was, by gracious permission, dedicated to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, who gave it 

 her own name. It is the endeavour of all who are associated with the undertaking to make it 

 a worthy and permanent monument to her memory. 



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. 



Although from the seventeenth century down to quite recent times numerous county 

 histories have been issued, they are very unequal in merit ; the best of them are very rare 

 and costly ; most of them are imperfect and all are now out of date. Moreover they were 

 the work of one or two isolated scholars, who, however able, could not possibly deal adequately 

 with all the varied subjects which go to the making of a county history. 



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