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contains his collections was printed many years ago, but so few copies 

 were made of it, that the book is seldom to be met with. Canon 

 Jackson has been for some time occupied in preparing another 

 edition, to be enlarged by notes and additions of his own, and to be 

 illustrated with plates, chiefly of the family heraldry formerly in the 

 windows of the churches and gentlemen's houses, the greater part 

 of which have long since perished. The volume is now passing 

 through the press, and is considerably advanced towards completion. 1 

 "Nor is that the only fruit of our labours since the last annual 

 meeting, another step having been taken in furthering the scheme 

 proposed a few years ago for collecting accurate details towards the 

 parochial History of Wilts. It will be in the recollection of the 

 Society, that at our General Meeting held in September 1855, a 

 scheme was proposed by the Rev. John Wilkinson for obtaining a 

 general Parochial History throughout the county of Wilts. This 

 was followed by the issue of a pamphlet, containing " Heads of 

 information suggested for Parochial Histories," but the scheme, 

 although carried out in some instances with success, did not produce 

 the result which was anticipated, partly perhaps from an unwilling- 

 ness in some of the clergy to make too minute an enquiry into pri- 

 vate affairs, and partly from a feeling of inability in others to work 

 in a somewhat intricate subject. The plan- however has received 

 fresh encouragement from the Bishop of Salisbury, who on the 

 retirement of Mr. Wilkinson has placed it under the more immedi- 

 ate patronage of our Society ; and his Lordship is most anxious 

 that its success may be secured by the clergy and laity rendering 

 such assistance as they are able to give. The " heads of information " 

 have been re-arranged, and put into the form of questions framed 

 as simply as possible. These we propose to circulate. 



" The Museum and Library have been augmented by sundry gifts, 

 through the liberality of Mr. Poulett Scrope, Mr. Tugwell, Mr. 

 Musselwhite, Mr. Spencer, Mr. JSTeate, Colonel Olivier, Captain 

 Gladstone, Mr. A. Stratton, Rev. H. Bartlett, Mr. Chant, Rev. W. 



1 It has since been published, under the title of " Collections for Wiltshire, by 

 Aubrey & Jackson." 4to. 



