THE 



WILTSHIRE 



IrrtiuBlngiral anil Jhtttral listen; 



MAGAZINE. 



No. LVIII. DECEMBER, 1881. Vol. XX. 



Contents* 



PAGE 



Account of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting, at Bbad- 

 ford-on-avon 1 



The Ethnology of Wiltshire, as illustrated in the Place- 

 Names : By J. Picton, Esq., F.S.A 16 



" The Eminent Ladies of Wiltshire History " : By the Rev. 



Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A 26 



Notes on Wiltshire Geology and Paleontology : By Charles 



Moore, F.G.S. 45 



Some Notes on Gainsborough and his connection with Brad- 

 ford : By Frederick Shum, F.S.A 55 



Some Account of the Parish of Monkton Farleigh : By Sir 



Charles Hobhouse, Bart 66 



The Eising in the West, A.D. 1655 : By W. W. Ravenhill, Esq. 106 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Monkton Farleigh Priory, Fragment of the Priory ... 73 

 Monkton Farleigh Priory, Plan of a Portion of the Site 74 



DEVIZES : 

 II. F. Bull, 4, Saint John Street. 



