330 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



The etymology and meaning of ' slaughter ' show that it is not as old as 

 the ninth ;century ; and the name of the village was generally written 

 Slaughtenford till the beginning of the nineteenth century ; but the fact 

 that early forms with r, not n, are sometimes found, points to the 

 derivation from slahporn, blackthorn." 



Such are some of the results of Mr. Stevenson's fine, sober, and critical 

 scholarship. 



Reviewed Bristol and Gloucestershire Arch ecological Society's 

 Transactions, vol. xxvi., 200; Guardian, June 8th, 1904. 



J. U. Powell. 



Wiltshire Notes and Queries, No. 43, September, 1903. 



The first article on Isaac Walton and his connection with Wiltshire re- 

 produces, with additions, a note which appeared in the Connoisseur for 

 September with an illustration of a carved oak bracketed cupboard with 

 the name Isaac Walton and the date 1672 upon it. Isaac Walton, junior, 

 his son, was domestic chaplain to Bishop Seth Ward, Rector of Boscombe 

 1679, Rector of Poulshot 1680 — 1719, and held successively the prebends 

 of Yatesbury, Bishopstone, and Netheravon. He died Dec. 29th, 1719, 

 and lies buried in Salisbury Cathedral. 



Dr. Hamlyn Hill appeals for any notes bearing on the history of 

 Erchfont, and MissE. M. Thompson commences a series of abstracts of 

 Erchfont records which promise to be as valuable as those of Bratton, 

 which she has just completed. Quaker Birth Records and a Calendar 

 of Feet of Fines for Wiltshire are continued, as are also the notes on 

 Dugdale of Seend, with the Will of Thomas Dugdale, of Bath, 1754, 

 which is printed in full. Other wills printed in this number are those 

 of Thomas Bundy, 1492 ; William Trenchard, 1591 ; and Francis 

 Trenchard, 1622. The notes on the Wiltshire entries in the Complete 

 Peerage are continued. A number full of good material. 



Ditto, No. 44, Dec, 1903. 



Mr. Kite's article on Place House, Melksham, and its Owners, is con- 

 tinued for 13 pages with a valuable folding pedigree of Selfe. He deals 

 with the Beanacre property in this number, owned by Whittokesmedes 

 and Daniells, before it belonged to Isaac Selfe Sen. (1564 — 1656). Of 

 the 15th century house, still standing, a nice general view is given, as 

 also another of the early 17th century house which so closely adjoins 

 it, built by Isaac Selfe, sen. The wills of three others of the same name, 

 whe died in 1682, 1733, and 1741, are printed at length. Mr. T. G. J. 

 Heathcote follows with a note on Thomas Selfe, of Cadley, inMelksham, 

 extending to seven pages. The valuable series of Erchfont Records, the 

 Quaker Birth Records, and Calendar of Feet of Fines are continued, and 

 " A.S.M." contributes a note on John Noyes, Burgess of Calne in 1603, 

 with a short pedigree of Noyes of Erchfont, and also a review of Canon 

 Wordsworth's recently published Cartulary of St. Nicholas' Hospital, 

 Salisbury, in which he clears up some small points which remained 



