xvni INTRODTJOTION. 



further augmented by tlie proceeds of a sale of his 

 drawings — "wMcli, in accordance with, his will, 

 took place immediately after his death, and pro- 

 duced a sum of 1625Z. — the entire amount in- 

 vested bringing in an annual revenue of 87L 

 ' Gilpin's School ' is now amalgamated with a 

 general school, established in Boldre for that and 

 an adjoining parish. 



We must now bring our brief notice of Gilpin 

 and his work to a close. The death of this faith- 

 ful minister, generous benefactor, and delightful 

 writer occurred, as we have seen, in 1804. His 

 widow survived him by only three years, and both 

 were buried in Boldre churchyard, beneath the 

 shadow of the Field Maple, to which he has 

 referred in his ' Forest Scenery.' The inscrip- 

 tion on the joint grave is as follows ; — ' In a quiet 

 mansion beneath this stone, secure from the afflic- 

 tions and still more dangerous enjoyments of life, 

 lye the remains of William Gilpin, sometime vicar 

 of this parish, together with the remains of Mar- 

 garet, his wife. After living above fifty years in 

 haippj union, they hope to be raised in God's 

 due time, through the atonement of a Blessed 



