Calne. 



pride and gratification to you as it is to us to say that we have for 

 our President the Ex-Governor of Canada, now Viceroy of India. 



J. E. J. 



APPENDIX. 

 No. I. 



Dr. Campbell, of Calne, has favoured me with the following 

 original suggestions as to the derivation of the name of Calne and 

 a few other places in the neighbourhood. 



1. — Calne. 



Calne is probably derived from two Gaelic words, and signifies a 

 " narrow stream/' to distinguish it from the stream or 

 Avon into which it flows above Chippenham, 



Caol=narrow ; amhain=a stream or river. 



9 a0 J~^ a ^ \ =Calavon=Calaan or Calain= Calne. 



Amham=avam=avon J 



Mh, in Gaelic,=v or f, and a of avon is pronounced as a in bah. 



2. — Calstone. 



Calstone, a narrow ditch, is likewise derived from the Gaelic 



!Calstaing= Calstone, the narrow ditch, or stream, 

 whose waters join the Marden or Calne a few 

 yards below the waterworks and which separates 

 Mr. MaundrelFs farm from Mr. Spackman's. 



Calstone is situated on it, and it is the marked feature as 



you come to it. 



A " staing," or ditch, serves in many parts of the moors 



of Scotland as a boundary or " march " between two farms 



or properties. 



3. — Avebury. 



Avebury, or Aurebury, as in Doomsday Book, is derived from a 



Gaelic word, and means " place of worship." 



Aoraidh=aorai=aora=aure*> A i in i- 



Yy UY y j Aurebury=place tor worship. 



Aoraidh is the Gaelic for the act of worship, and is itself 

 derived from the Latin oro, orare, to pray. 

 The dh is silent, 



