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Confirmation of the Guild of the Holy Ghost, 



complete reference to the immense number of hooks he lias consulted, 

 that this cannot fail to take its place among our standard works of 

 reference. 



But perhaps, after all, the great feature of the book is the pains- 

 taking effort to elucidate the nomenclature of the district, and obtain 

 what historical evidence can be had from the place-names. Every 

 section of the map is dealt with in detail, all noteworthy place-names 

 being fully discussed : and thus, what may be termed the physical 

 archaeology of this hundred square miles, is complete. 



There is an admirable index, and an appendix gives the altitudes 

 of the bench marks. We rise from a perusal of this book with a 

 deep sense of obligation to its author, and a feeling of satisfaction 

 that in these days of accurate historical research another book has 

 been produced worthy to take its place beside those for which 

 Wiltshire is already so distinguished. Would that other counties 

 were so fortunate. 



Confirmation of % (Mfo of % polg 6]jo$, 

 at fjSasittgstofa, frg Cjjarte % Jfmst 



By W. W. Ravenhill, Recorder of Andover. 



iiOME interest still lingers about that picturesque pile of ruins, 

 which meets the traveller's eye as he passes Basingstoke 

 Station, known as the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, though the 

 culture and perhaps spirit of the Guild which built it may have 

 passed to the modern u Queen's Free School " of that neighbour- 

 hood. 



All who were fortunate enough to be of the Society's party when 

 " The Vine" and Silchester were visited (1883) will recollect this, 

 the final object of our excursions. 



A short document in the Record Office, which appears not to have 

 been previously noticed, has recently come into my hands, and adds 

 to our knowledge of the events connected with the place. 



