68 ON ITER Xyi. OF AKTONIXUS. 



me to say so, correcting a minor detail. The word " Bradpole " 

 is still extant, in the name of the parish, as above, in which I 

 live, but, as far as I know, no one in modern times was aware of 

 the derivation of its nomenclature until in the construction of the 

 Bridport Railway, some 20 years since, the remains of a hroad- 

 pool or widening out of the river Asker, which passes through 

 this parish, was found. Here then is a singular confirmation of 

 your theory of the existence of this pool, which is not likely to 

 have been at Bridport Harbour, which, though dating back for 

 several centuries, appears to have been an artificial construction of 

 an age long subsequent to that of the ancient Britons. Our 

 fellow member of the Field Club, the Eev. Prebendary Broadley, 

 Vicar of Bradpole, first drew my attention to the derivation of 

 its name, and if you wish for any further particulars you could 

 write to him, and I doubt not that he would be very pleased to 

 communicate with you on the subject. — I remain, dear Sir, yours 

 very truly, T. Colfox. To the Eev. W. Barnes, B.D., &c." 



The Eev. Alexander Broadle}^, Vicar of Bradpole, has kindly 

 written to me of the Pool, and he says: — "Bradpole, March 

 24, 1878. — Dear Mr. Barnes, — From what I remember of it, the 

 place supposed to be '' The Pool" you write about, comprised a 

 space of about one-eighth of an acre. It was filled mostly with 

 gravel and flinty materials, water- worn and washed down, it was 

 thought, from Eggardon (for the stratum here is, as you are 

 aware, wholly different). The contractors for the railway took 

 from it a large portion of material for ballast. Among other 

 things they found, I remember, a fine specimen of the horn of 

 the red deer. The pool would be adjoining the course of the 

 river Asker, and not far from the Bridport Eailway Terminus, 

 which is really situate in Bradpole. — I am, dear Mr. Barnes, 

 yours very truly, Alex. Broadley." 



Our London, as I believe, took its Latin name "■ Londinium " 

 as being by a Broadpool, a " Llyndaen." The Welsh still call 

 it by an old spelling '• Llundain," and I have thought as being 

 by the Broadpool now no longer seen, that was, I believe, in 

 olden times down by Westminster. Mr. T. Colfox, however, 



