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Wilts Books, Pamphlets, Articles, Sfc. 



a considerable amount of accurate information, both of which are rare in 

 guide books of the kind. The photo-process plates, especially that showing 



the Saxon windows of the Church, are excellent. 



History of Tilshead Parish, Wilts, by the Rev. Horace Vincent 

 Thompson. Reprinted from " The Bath Chronicle," May 28th, 1896. 

 Bath, 1896. A pamphlet, cr. 8vo, pp. 7. Price One Penny. The author 

 assumes, on what grounds do not appear, that the ancient Borough of 

 Tilshead is the survival of a Roman Municipium— though he does not say 

 that any Roman remains have ever been found there. Coming to the 

 Church, he tells us that the tower, " in the opinion of many visitors," is 

 raised upon British foundations — that the tower arches and pillars of the 

 nave are Saxon — and that the chancel is interesting inasmuch as it is 

 wider at the roof than at the base, said to have been thus built to represent 

 the ark, but doubtless intended to teach " the openness of Heaven to receive 

 the prayers and offerings of the saints "\ ! ! ! There is a list of vicars and a 

 nice process view of the Church. 



Guide to St. Peter's Church, Clyffe Pypard, by J. Gr. Wilson. 

 Price 3d. 24mo. 1896. A little pamphlet of 7 pp., simply giving the 

 facts as to the structure and contents of a Church which has now more 

 visitors than most other country Churches in Wilts. One mistake is to be 

 noticed : the monumental effigy now so grievously mutilated did not receive 

 its injuries "during the restoration," but some time early in the century. 



Excursion to Chippenham, Came, Kellaways, and Corsham, Whit- 

 suntide, 1896, by Rev. H. H. Winwood, F.G.S., and H. B. Woodward, F.G.S. 

 Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 339 — 354. Reprinted from " Proceedings of the 

 Geologists' Association," Vol. xiv., part 8, July, 1896. Many valuable 

 geological notes on the district visited, Mr. Winwood's account of the Box 

 and Corsham Quarries being full of most interesting information as to the 

 extent of the quarries, the manner of working the stone, the local terms 

 used by the quarrymen, and other matters as to which information is not 

 easily attainable elsewhere. 



Hungerford to Bath. Daily News, July 18th, quoted in Devizes Gazette, 

 July 23rd, 1896. One of a series of articles on "Cycling Highways." 



A Salisbury Housekeeping Account, 1748. Interesting extracts from 

 an old account book, which belonged to a Mrs. Towsey, are given amongst 

 the " Jottings on Local Antiquities " in Salisbury Journal, Aug. 8th, 1896. 



Trowbridge in 1820. A few recollections of the town in old days are printed 

 in Devizes Gazette, Sept. 17th, 1896. 



Local Birds. An interesting leeture on local birds, more especially those of 

 the New Forest district, was given at the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, by 

 the Rev. J. Kelsall, and is reported in the Salisbury Journal, May 16th, 

 1896. 



Weyhill Fair. Interesting descriptive article in Spectator, Oct. 24th, 1896. 



