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Charles Thomas Mayo, died September 12th, 1895, aged 61. Buried ai> 

 Corsham. Mr. Mayo died whilst away from home in Switzerland. As 

 resident in Corsham for the last twenty-five years he has taken a leading 

 part in all local matters. In politics he was a strong Liberal, and an earnes 

 advocate of temperance. He had represented Corsham on the County j 

 Council since 1888, and was an active member of most of the parochial an< 

 local institutions and committees. So completely bad he identified himsel 

 with the life of the place that his death will be felt as a severe loss throughou 

 the district. Obituary notice in Devizes Gazette, September 19th, 1895. 



Eev. Herbert Frederick Crockett, died September 3rd, 1895, aged 67 

 Educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxon. B.A., 1851. Curate o: 

 Llandenny, Monmouthshire, 1852—54 ; Codford St. Mary, 1854—62 ; Map; 

 powder, 1862—64 ; and Poulshot, 1864-1874; Kector of Upton Lovell, l&l 

 till his death. During his incumbency the Church was well restored at s | 

 cost of £700. He was much esteemed in the parish and neighbourhood 

 Obituary notices in Salisbury Journal ; Guardian, September 11th j 

 Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, October, 1895. 



James Dommett Bishop. Born July 19th, 1813, at Broken Cross, nea.J 

 Calne. Died June 27th, 1895, aged 82. Buried at Trinity Churchyard! 

 Calne. Well known as a doctor in Calne from 1862, when he gave up |l 

 London practice to return to his native town. A Liberal in politics and if 

 Nonconformist. He took a leading part in all local and municipal matters*? 

 having been town councillor and alderman for thirty-four years, four time 

 mayor, and chairman of the local board for twenty } r ears. Under a somewhau 

 brusque manner he carried a singularly kind heart, as many of his poore: 

 patients had good cause to know. His death will be felt as a great loss ir 

 Calne. Notices in Devizes Gazette, June 27th, and July 4th, 1895. 



J ohn Gray Attwater. Died August 5th, 1895, aged 69. Born at Nuntoni 

 1826, buried at Britford. He held a prominent position as an agriculturist 

 more especially as a breeder of Shorthorns and cart horses, and as a judge oi 

 cattle and sheep at agricultural shows. Amongst the tenant farmers oi 

 Wilts few were more widely known and respected ; and in Britford, when 

 he had occupied the Bridge Farm since 1865, and had acted as church warder 

 for many years, his loss is very deeply felt as that of a man of strong 

 character, strict integrity, and unassuming piety of life. Obituary notices 

 in Wilts County Mirror, August 9th ; Salisbury Journal, August 10th ; 

 Mark Lane Express ; and Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, September, 1895 



James Brown. Died September 3rd, 1895, aged 69, from the effects of an 

 accident. Much respected in Salisbury, and regretted by many throughout 

 the County of Wilts, as a keen and competent archaeologist of singularly 



