W7W69 CONTENTS OF VOL. I. No. X. COMMEMORATIVE LATIN INSCRIPTION : By Rev. F. KILVERT GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING, viz.:- REPORT of the Provisional Committee . INAUGURAL ADDRESS of the President, G. P. SCROPE, Esq., M.P. GENERAL ADDRESS, by the Rev. J. E. JACKSON On the ORNITHOLOGY OF WILTS. No. 1. By the Rev. A. C. SMITH QUERIES relating to the Archæology, Topography, and Natural History The MUSEUM-List of Articles exhibited ON CERTAIN WILTSHIRE CUSTOMS: By F. A. CARRINGTON, Esq.: 1. The Wootton-Basset Cucking Štool. WILTSHIRE CHURCH Goods seized 1553: By F. A. CARRINGTON, Esq. 97-104 On ORNITHOLOGY. No. 2. The Classification of Birds : By the Rev. A. C. SMITH. 105-115 On WAYLEN'S HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH: By G. P. SCROPE, Esq. 116-131 LELAND'S JOURNEY THROUGH WILTSHIRE, A.D. 1540-42. With a Memoir and Notes : By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON 132-195 [Cricklade, 135. Malmesbury, 137. Corsham, Haselbury, South Wraxhall, 142, Bradford, 148.' Trowbridge, 150. Farley Castle, 152. Bath, 155. Salisbury, 157. Old Sarum, 161. Burials in Salisbury Cathedral, 164-71. Fisherton Delamere, 173. Stone- henge, 175. Ramsbury, Bedwyn, and Marlborough, 176. Silbury Hill and Avebury, 179. Ludgershall, 179. Devizes, 180. Steeple Ashton, 182. Brooke Hall, near Westbury, 182. Edington, 185.9 Westbury to Trowbridge and Bath, 190. Marshfield* to Trowbridge and Frome, 191. Bradford, 191. Selwood Forest, 192. Maiden Bradley, 193. Stourton, 193.] ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY AT HARNHAM HILL, near Salisbury: By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON 196-208 WILTS TITLES' REGISTRATION : By J. WAYLEN, Esq. 208 MALMESBURY ABBEY_Corrody at: By J. WAYLEN, Esq. 210 135 NATURAL HISTORY-Rare specimens occurring in Wilts: By Mr. W. Icthyosaurus Campylodon (Fossil) Snake Fly, and Chalcis Aptera. WILTS NOTES AND QUERIES—Calne, 131. Dog-whippers, 212. Stone- henge (a Pastoral), 212. Rev. W. Harte, 212. Queen Anne at at Devizes, 214. THE EARL OF HERTFORD'S CORRESPONDENCE, relating to Co. Wilts : Temp. Jas. I.: By J. WAYLEN, Esq. (To be continued.). BOYTON CHURCH. No. 1: By the Rev. A. FANE. ON ORNITHOLOGY. No. 3. The Structure and Faculties of Birds : MALMESBURY ABBEY. License for its conversion into a Parish Church : MAUD HEATH'S CAUSEY : By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON . KINGSTON HOUSE, BRADFORD: By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON. [The House, 265-270. Family of Hall of Bradford, 270. Of Baynton, 273. Of the Dukes of Kingston, 274. Pedigree showing the Descent to Lord Manvers, 275. Miss Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, 274-8. House restored by Mr. Moulton, 278]. SCHEDULE No. 1.—Ancient Deeds discovered at Kingston House.. 279-295 SCHEDULE No. 2.—Extracts from other Papers found there.. Ditto relating to the Manvers estate at Bath 299 SILBURY HILL. Lines on the Excavation : By Miss E. FISHER.. WINTERBOURNE MONKTON. Tumulus found at: By Mr. W. HILLIER 303-304 MURDER OF HENRY LONG, Esq., A.D. 1594 : By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON 305-321 THE ANCIENT STYLES AND DESIGNATIONS OF PERSONS: By F. A. CAR- WILTS NOTES AND QUERIES--Salmon Fishing in Wilts, 350. Rebecca Riots, 350. Steeple-Flying, 351. A Peep at the Wiltshire As- Illustrations. PAGE 74 Cucking Stool at Wootton Basset.. Ditto near Worthing Ditto Sir Alex. Giffard's Effigy Ditto Wood carving of Arms 118 PREFACE. In laying before the public, under the present form, an Account of the Inaugural Meeting of the Wilts Archæological and Natural History Society, an opportunity is offered of explaining the character of the Publication which the Society now proposes to put forth. It will be seen in the Rules, that a General Meeting is to be held once in every year, at some time and place to be fixed by the Committee, for the purpose of receiving an Annual Report, transacting business, and reading such Papers as may have been prepared for the occasion. These, with the Proceedings of each Meeting, will of course appear in print. But it has been thought advisable not to confine the Society's efforts to an Annual Report. In the hope of sustaining a more lively interest in the objects for which it has been established, it is proposed to commence, as a medium of intercourse, a series of publications, of which the present is the First, relating to the general History and Antiquities of the County of Wilts. To those who reside in the more remote parts of it, such a means of communication, will be, it is presumed, particularly acceptable. In order to place it within the reach of readers of every class, it will require to be of a more inexpensive kind than is common in Archæological and Topographical works : so that illustrations in engraving or lithograph, cannot frequently be introduced, unless |
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