132 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, Articles, &c. 



cases, really beautiful water-colour drawings admirably reproduced in 

 colour.- "Salisbury from the North- West" is not one of the most 

 successful of these, however. A ground plan in the text is also given. 

 The letterpress contains a short history of the foundation and building 

 of the Cathedral, with some notes on the architecture and monuments 

 of a sketchy character. 



Cricklade. A good article in Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 

 April 5th, 1912, by J. Lee Osborn, with photos of the two Churches 

 and crosses. The history of the place and the architecture of the 

 Churches is carefully described. Among other points of interest it is 

 noted that the Town Hall erected in 1569 and demolished early in the 

 19th century stood on 10 columns and was of similar character to that 

 still existing at Wootton Bassett. " A free school founded by Robert 

 Jennor, a London goldsmith, who lived in 1651, still stands close by 

 St. Sampson's." 



Dauntsey with photos of the Church and " Old Schools and 

 Almshouses," article by J. Lee Osborne in Wilts and Gloucestershire 

 Standard, Nov. 2nd, 1912. A useful short account of the descent of the 

 manor, through Stradling and Danvers, and the Earl of Peterborough, 

 of whose military exploits some account is given. The architecture and 

 monuments of the Church are dealt with in some detail, together with 

 the Doom painting once in the chancel and now at the west end of the 

 north aisle. 



Draycot Cerne and Sutton Benger. A similar article by 



the same author in Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Feb. 8th, 

 1913, with a view of Old Draycot House and Church from Aubrey 

 and also of Sutton Benger village and Church. The history of-" 

 Draycot and of the Long family is dealt with, and the principal 

 points of the two Churches are described. 



Lydiard Tregoze and Lydiard Millicent. Another of Mr. 



J. Lee Osborn's good articles in theWilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 

 May 17th, 1913, with photos of the exterior of both the Churches. He 

 traces shortly the descent of Lydiard Ewyas or Tregoze from the Ewyas 

 of the Conquest period to St. John, dwells on the career, character, and 

 writings of the one St. John known to fame, Henry St. John, Viscount 

 Bolingbroke, and describes the Church shortly, the monuments and 

 the heraldry of which do not meet his approval. Indeed he seems 

 curiously indifferent to their great interest, and prefers Lydiard 

 Millicent Church, which he also describes, apparently on the ground 

 that " there are no monuments and not a single coat of arms." The 

 descent of the Manor is given, and the stories connected with the Manor 

 House of Lydiard Millicent are touched on — and the Wordale at 

 Midgehall described. 



