484 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pam'phlets, Articles, &c. 



The Will of Anthony Wilkyns, of Brooke Mill, in the parish 

 of Westbury, dated Oct. 1st, 1599, is printed in Wiltshire, Times, Dec. 

 30th, 1911. 



AldbOUrne. " The coming of the Lambs." Article (one column) by 

 Charles Mc Evoy on lambing pens at Aldbourne, in Daily Mail, Feb.^ 

 1912. 



Avebury, "Before Stonehenge. The Fallen Monoliths of Avebury. 

 Sir Norman Lockyer on their Origin." A short article in Pall Mall 

 Gazette, Jan. 20th, 1912, giving a few quotations from Sir Norman 

 Lockyer's book. 



The Diocese of Bristol. A paper read at the Church Congress- 

 at Stoke, by the Bishop of Bristol (Dr. G. F. Browne), giving the history 

 of the many changes through which the Diocese of Bristol has passed, 

 affecting the County of Wilts and the Diocese of Salisbury, is reprinted 

 in Wiltshire Gazette, Oct. 12th, 1911. 



Local Events of 1911. Salisbury Jonrnal, Dec. 30th, 1911. 



Devizes, An abstract of a survey of the various tenants of the Castle 

 Ditch, then occupied by gardens, &c., taken in 1651, is printed in 

 Wiltshire Times, Nov. 11 th, 1911. 



Dauntsey, A list of Field Names at Dauntsey, temp. Hen. VIII., is 



given in Wiltshire Times, Nov. 11th, 1911. 



Trowbridge A long list of " Suitors of the Honour of Trowbridge in 

 the time of Edward I." is given in Wiltshire Times, Nov. 11th, 1911. 



ITorton Bavant. A large oak chest bearing the following inscription 

 on a brass plate on the front, " The Gift of Etheldred Bennet to the 

 Parish Church of Norton Bavant 1759," was exposed for sale in an 

 antique furniture shop at Bath, November, 1911. Wiltshire Times, 

 Nov. 11th, 1911. [It was subsequently bought by Capt. Bennet Stanford 

 and placed at Norton Bavant House..] 



A " Richard Jefferies Festival " was held for the first time 



at Coate on June 10th, 1911, and was attended by between three hundred 

 and four hundred people. Wiltshire Gazette, June 15th, 1911. 



Malmesbury Market Cross. The restoration of this structure 

 by Mr. H. Brakspear, F.S.A., was the subject of a good deal of discussion 

 in the local papers. Wiltshire Gazette, June 15th, 1911. 



Devizes, St. Mary's Almshouses. The new houses opened 



June 9th, 1911, are described, with account of the opening ceremony, 

 Wiltshire Gazette, June 15th, 1911. 



Sheep Shearing Competition. An account of the Sheep 



Shearing Gangs of North Wilts. WUtshire Gazette, June 15th, 1911. 



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