By the Rev. E. K. Ankefell, Vicar. 75 



Herberts, of Dolforgan, both of whom died in the same year, 184-7), 

 William Honey-wood, Esq., Capt., now Sir Thomas, Eraser Grove, 

 Bart., and Mr. Pierrepont, It is now rented by Captain Cotes, of 

 the 12th Regiment. The following are the names of the fields 

 attached to this house :— The Heath, Little Mead Plat, Oak Hill, 

 Little Oak Hill, Beech Tree Grove, Knapps, The Home Ground. 



At the back of Seagry House are the Seagry Woods, celebrated 

 for their beauty, covered with a rich carpet of flowers in early spring 

 and summer, the tints of whose trees are unsurpassed in autumn, 

 and through whose dells the horn of the Beaufort Hunt echoes in 

 winter. In the year 1700 Robert Hollis built a large brick house 

 in Upper Seagry, which now belongs to his great grandson, William 

 Teagle, of Little Somerford. Attached to this house are two fields* 

 The Long Close and Homestead ; it is rented by Meredith Brown, 

 Esq , of Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London. Mr. Teagle is 

 also the owner of some cottage property in the parish, situated in 

 Hen Lane. Upper Seagry is divided by a stream known as Jordan's 

 Gutter, which crosses the Chippenham Road a little above the school, 

 separates the vicarage from the churchyard, and empties itself into 

 the Avon. A little above this stream, and in Upper Seagry, is the 

 house occupied for many years by the Vines family, one of whom — 

 the late Mr. William Vines — took much interest in the history of 

 his native parish ; he had the old registers bound and interleaved, 

 and left several notes, which, through the kindness of his relative, 

 Mrs. Sampson, I have been able to make use of in compiling this 

 history. The house is now occupied by Mrs. Sampson. The fields 

 attached to this house are " The Provinces.'" 



2. — BaylihVs purchases. Manor Farm, now rented from the ex- 

 ecutors of the late John Searle Bayliffe, consists of one hundred and 

 sixty acres. This property was bought by Henry Bayliffe, Esq., 

 of Monkton, Chippenham, from Sir Hichard Norton, A.D. 1618. 1 

 There is an ancient house, built by the Bayliffes, but it has been 

 considerably modernised, and few of the ancient features remain 



1 The first member of this family who settled here was Mr. Charles Bayliffe, 

 who died 1737. 



