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Wessex Printed by Walter Tyndale, described by 



Clive Holland. Published by Adam and Charles Black, 

 London, mcmcvi. Second Edition, 1912. 8vo., pp. xii. + 280. The 

 Wessex is the "Wessex" of Thomas Hardy and therefore chiefly 

 Dorset, but there are the following coloured illustrations of Wiltshire 

 places, some of them quite nice drawings. West wood Manor House ; 

 Bradford-on-Avon Saxon Church, interior ; Corsham Almshouses ; 

 Woodlands, Mere ; Mere, Dean's Orchard ; Castlecombe. 



Rural Rides by William Cobbett. [" Everyman's Library."] 

 London : Published by J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., and in New York by 

 E. P. Dutton & Co. Cr. 8vo, cloth. Two vols., Is. per vol. With an 

 introduction by Edward Thomas. 



Vol. II., pp. VII. -f- 335, contains the Wiltshire portion. "Down 

 the Vale of Avon in Wiltshire " ; " From Salisbury to Warminster, 

 from Warminster to Frome, from Frome to Devizes, and from Devizes 

 to Highworth " ; " From Highworth to Cricklade and thence to 

 Malmesbury " ; " From Malmesbury in Wiltshire, through Gloucester- 

 shire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire/' pp. 34 — 100. 



Bishops Cannings Church Bells. The eight bells were 



originally set up in 1602 when George Ferrabe was Vicar, and William 

 Eatwell, of Horton, and Thomas Sloper, of Cannings, were church- 

 wardens. They were cast by John Wallis, of Salisbury. The treble 

 was added or cast in 1607, unless " 7 " was a mistake for " 2 " in the 

 moulding. This bell has now been recast with the old inscription and 

 the addition " H. Herbert Mogg, Vicar, A. J. Combes, J. H. Pottenger, 

 Churchwardens, 1912." The tenor bell was apparently recast in 1626, 

 cracked 1893, and has since been recast, the 4th and 7th were recast by 

 Mears in 1840. There is in addition apriest's bell by James Burroughs, 

 of Devizes, 1738. The whole peal has been recently renovated and re- 

 set. The inscriptions are given in Wiltshire Gazette, Jan. 2nd, 1913. 



Enfbrd Church Bells. The five bells at Enford have recently 

 been retuned and rehung with the addition of a sixth the inscription 

 on which reads "To the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Adelaide 

 and Lillian Frances Cusse. A.M.J. M.G.W. O.F.W. 1912." 



An account of the work and of the dedication ceremony on Dec. 24th 

 1912, together with the inscriptions on the bells, is given in Wiltshire 

 Gazette, Jan. 2nd, 1913. 



King Alfred and Pewsey. An article by Alfred Cook in the 

 Wiltshire Gazette, December 24th, 1912, being notes of an address 

 advocating the erection of a statue to King Alfred at Pewsey as a 

 Coronation memorial. After the battle of Ashdown, when Ethelred 

 and Alfred defeated the Danes, the latter obtained a victory at 

 Basing, and again fought at Meretun, which the author of the paper, 

 following other authorities identifies with Marton in Bedwyn. Here 

 Ethelred was wounded and the author believes died at Pewsey, and 



