256 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



Wilton, the 800th Anniversary of the granting of the first 



charter by Henry I. An account of the proceedings which marked this 

 anniversary appears in the Wilts County Mirror, Sept. 21st, 1900. 



Westport and Charlton. Professor Alfred Church, in the 

 Sunday Magazine for April, pp. 217 — 221, quoted at length in the 

 Devizes Gazettte, April 5th, 1900, under the title of "Some Clerical 

 Eecollections," gives his experiences in his first curacy. He mentions 

 no names, but the Lord Suffolk of the time (1853 — 56) and Charlton 

 House and Church are easily identified. 



Bradford-on-Avon and Great Chalfield. The visit of 



the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, on the 18th of 

 July is described in the Western Daily Press, July 19th, 1900. 



Steeple AshtOn Church. A long article appeared in the Devizes 

 Gazette, Sept. 20th, 1900, giving many interesting details as to the history 

 of the Church and parish, and an account of the proceedings at the 400th 

 anniversary of its consecration, which was kept on Sept. 19th, was 

 printed in the Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, Oct., 1900. 



SOUth Newton: Bull-Baiting. The Devizes Gazette, Sept 

 20th, 1900, prints the following announcement from the Salisbury 

 Journal for Sept. 17th, 1759 : — " This is to give notice that a fine noted 

 game bull will be baited at the sign of the Bell at South Newton, near 

 Wilton, on Friday, the 21st of September. That dog which plays best 

 and fairest shall be entitled to a large silver collar of a guinea value. 

 N.B. — There will be a good encouragement given to dogs that play well. 

 The said bull will be baited again on the Friday following." 



Chippenham. An illustrated account of, in Bath and County 

 Graphic, p. 103, vol. iv., No. 9. 1900. 



Salisbury. An extract from the Bath Chronicle of Dec. 22nd, 1800, 

 describing the visit of Lord Nelson to Salisbury to receive the freedom 

 of the city, is reprinted in The Wilts County Mirror, Aug. 31st, 1900. 



"Westbury. " A True Occurrence at Westbury " is the title of a story of 

 a burglary by W. H. Slade in the Bath and County Graphic, Aug., 1900. 

 I — y Lodge is the site, and Miss F — e the heroine. 



Some Results of the Battles of Be or ham and 



WanborOUgll, by the Et. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bristol; pp. 

 264 — 276 of vol. iv. of the Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club, 

 1899, witli a sketch map. 



The Battle of Wanborough here mentioned is the earlier one, fought 

 in 591 A.D., in which Ceawlin was defeated by Ceol and the Hwiccas in 

 alliance with the Britons. The Bishop argues that the forest country 



