524 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, Articles, &c 



The Dauiltsey Estate. The sale by auction of this estate, 

 formerly the property of Sir H. B. Meux, Bart., and left by Lady Meux 

 to Mr. F. Marsham Townsend, is noted in Wiltshire Gazette, July 10th 

 and 17th, Wiltshire Times, July 12th, 1913, and other local papers, and 

 the prices at which the various lots sold are fully noted. 



Brokenborough, Charlton and Garsdon. One of Mr. 



J. Lee Osborn's careful articles in Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 

 July 19th, 1913, with good photos of Charlton House and Garsdon 

 Manor. The architectural details of Brokenborough Church are de- 

 scribed at some length. " There was a cavity in the north wall of the 

 chancel, with a vertical shaft above it, blackened with fire. This was 

 during a former " restoration " complacently built up : nobody knew 

 what it was. Not a soul possessed the knowledge that it was a little 

 oven for baking the wafers for the host, such as<may still be seen at 

 Bristol Cathedral." Charlton and Garsdon Churches are more slightly 

 dealt with. The oak staircase and dog gates of Garsdon Manor and the 

 fine Elizabethan mantelpiece are mentioned, and the fine tithe barn at 

 Brokenborough. 



Stonehenge, an appreciation, by William Burrough 

 Hill F.S.I , Southampton, 1914 



Pamphlet, 9jin. x 6in., pp. 9. Printed by Southampton Times Co., 

 Ltd. 



The writer is all for the preservation of Stonehenge, which he 

 says is " without doubt the oldest existing work of man in Britain." He 

 also tells us that the last fall of a stone was on " the 22nd of January, 

 1901, the day of the death of the late Queen Victoria," and that he has 

 been "tempted to erect in the garden of his residence a model, one- 

 tenth of the actual dimensions," which " fortunately can be easily 

 reproduced, as all the moulds have been preserved." Otherwise there 

 is not much to be gleaned from his pages, but there are four very good 

 photographic reproductions, " After John Constable, R.A'." : " Present 

 Day " ; " After J. M. W. Turner " ; " Garden Miniature " ; and on the 

 covers two reproductions from Stukeley, of the Great Trilithon, and " A 

 Peep into the Sanctum Sanctorum," 1724. 



The Beanacre Bstate (Lord Methuen's). The Particulars of Sale 

 by Messrs. Knight, Frank, & Butley, at the King's Arms, Melksham, 

 June 11th, 1914, 13in. X 9in., pp. 36, with large folding coloured map 

 and key plan of the neighbourhood reduced from the Ordnance Survey, 

 is beautifully illustrated with fine photographs of the interesting old 

 houses — The Manor Farm : Front, Hall, and Fireplace in Drawing 

 Room ; The Manor House, Front ; Halfway House ; Westlands Farm 

 Whitley. 



Little Park (WOOtton Bassett). Particulars of Sale by 

 Osborn & Mercer, at Goddard Arms Hotel, Swindon, 22nd June, 1914 

 12in. X 9in., pp. 12, with folding coloured map and two good phot' 

 of the exterior of the house. 



