256 Notes, Archaeological and Historical. 









Age. 



Age 

 of 

 Wiie. 



Age of 

 Children. 



Value of Goods 

 and Chattels. 

 £ s. d. 



49 

 50 

 51 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 

 fin 



61 

 62 

 63 



Sumsion, S., Widow - 

 Sumsion, S., Junior - 

 Sumsion, Samuel 

 Sumsion, Samuel 

 Sumsion, Michael 

 Tanner, John 

 Taylor, Daniel 

 Taylor, Ann 

 Tily, Thomas 



Tllflkpv T? i pTi a rrl 



Woodman, John 



\TIT _ 1 TIT* 1 1 • 



Woodman, William - 

 Walter, John 

 Walter, Ann 

 Wiltshire, William - 



Spinner 



ditto 

 Cooper 

 Publican 



ditto 

 Farmer 

 Glazier 

 Spinner 

 Labourer - 



YK 1 €\ •plrcTvn f.n - 

 JJlctUlvollJltiii ■ 



Labourer - 

 Scribbler 

 Labourer - 

 Spinner 

 Labourer - 



29 

 42 

 48 

 57 

 30 



53 



33 

 54 

 35 



35 



64 



24 



43 

 60 

 26 

 21 

 53 



41 



58 

 37 

 59 

 43 



26, 24 



5 children 

 7 children 

 26 



16, 14, 13 



6,4,£ 

 20, 16 

 11,2 

 34, 30 



31 15 7 

 13 13 10 

 18 10 0 



2 17 0 



3 - - 

 215 - - 



1 - - 



[Paper 

 torn off 

 here] 



6 9 6 

 9 15 11 







Total - 







186 



1334 17 3 



£ s. d. 



A general account of the damage sustained in the buildings, 

 surveyed, valued, and attested by Robert Powell, of Marsh- 

 field, Robert Hulbert, of Pickwick, and Daniel Davis, of 

 Colerne ... ... ... ... ... 2911 9 2| 



Goods and chattels ... ... ... ... 1334 17 3 



£4246 6 5£ 



The house and stock of Thomas Southwood were insured at £300, which is 

 the only insurance included in the estimate. 



[Note.— On the east end of Charterhouse Farm-house, at Colerne (lately 

 purchased by J. Walmsley, Esq.), are still to be seen traces of the fire, as also on 

 the cottage near. 



P. PlNCHIN. 



Examination of the Pits on Martinsell Hill, 

 and the adjoining barrow. 

 By Colonel T. Dunn and B. Howabd Cunnington, F.S.A. Scot. 



In the autumn of 1894 we made sundry excavations in the so-called pit- 

 dwellings on the eastern side of Martinsell Hill. Though we opened three or 

 four of these excavations no remains of ancient habitation of any description 

 were found. The local tradition that they are " soldiers' graves " and that the 

 mounds cover the remains of some noble warrior has nothing to justify it, as we \ 

 dug into two or three of these mounds but found that they consist of the ordinary 

 material of the hill (chalk) only. The earth from the excavations being thrown J 

 straight to the front there formed rude mounds. 



Mr. William Cunnington examined these pits in 1865, but found no remains 



