The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 3Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1857 - Archaeology Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... late Mr. Giller , at Corsham . An ancient sword , four feet in length , the hilt inlaid with silver , found in cleaning out the moat surrounding the ancient manor house at Kington Langley , Wilts ; also a large iron key found at the ...
... late Mr. Giller , at Corsham . An ancient sword , four feet in length , the hilt inlaid with silver , found in cleaning out the moat surrounding the ancient manor house at Kington Langley , Wilts ; also a large iron key found at the ...
Page 18
... late for insertion in that place . It is an exquisite manuscript probably of the fourteenth century , and appears to have been executed on the continent . The initial letters contain representa- tions of various saints , in gilt and ...
... late for insertion in that place . It is an exquisite manuscript probably of the fourteenth century , and appears to have been executed on the continent . The initial letters contain representa- tions of various saints , in gilt and ...
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... late Rev. Henry Barry , Rector of Draycote , in a little treatise called " Cæsar and the Britons . " Mr. Barry maintains , ingeniously and with much learning , that the Britons could not have been the absolute savages described by Cæsar ...
... late Rev. Henry Barry , Rector of Draycote , in a little treatise called " Cæsar and the Britons . " Mr. Barry maintains , ingeniously and with much learning , that the Britons could not have been the absolute savages described by Cæsar ...
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... late Sir R. C. Hoare , at Stourhead . Since the time of Aubrey , this tumulus has been K 2 On the Barrow of Lanhill near Chippenham . 67 On Lanhill Barrow near Chippenham; and the Battles of Cynuit Ethandun: By Dr THURNAM 67-86.
... late Sir R. C. Hoare , at Stourhead . Since the time of Aubrey , this tumulus has been K 2 On the Barrow of Lanhill near Chippenham . 67 On Lanhill Barrow near Chippenham; and the Battles of Cynuit Ethandun: By Dr THURNAM 67-86.
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... late as towards the end of the 9th century . Aubrey , as we have seen , alludes to a popular tradition to this effect , when he says , here " they say one Hubba lies buried . " Of such a tradition there are , now at least , no traces in ...
... late as towards the end of the 9th century . Aubrey , as we have seen , alludes to a popular tradition to this effect , when he says , here " they say one Hubba lies buried . " Of such a tradition there are , now at least , no traces in ...
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Abbey afterwards ancient appears Archæological Aubrey barrow Bedwyn bird Bishop Borough Braddon buried bustard called Calne Castle Combe Cathedral century Cerne chancel chapel Charles Chippenham church cists Colerne Corsham Coulston Court cromlech Danes Devizes died ditto Draycot Draycot Cerne Drogo Earl east Edington Edward Elizabeth England engraved Falcon feet Godolphin heiress Henry VIII Horningsham Hubba Hungerford inhabitants interesting James King Knoyle Lackham Lacock Lambe Littleton Drew London Longleat Lord Manor Market House Marlborough Melksham Mode Music neighbourhood notes parish possession present probably REGNAL remarkable Richard Robert Salisbury Salisbury Plain Sarum Saxon says Scrope Seal seems Sheriff Sir John Sir R. C. Hoare Society Somerset species specimen Steeple Ashton stones Thomas Thynne Tilshead town tumulus Walter Warminster WAYLEN Westbury William Wilton Wilts Wiltshire window Wraxhall
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Page 313 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 302 - ... he was a father to the poor ; and the cause which he knew not he searched out.
Page 270 - In the elder days of Art, Builders -wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 178 - I to the Church the living call, and to the grave do summon all, AR 1728.
Page 293 - Vrats told a friend of mine who accompanied him to the gallows, and gave him some advice, that he did not value dying of a rush, and hoped and believed God...
Page 303 - THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. Look up— your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds— that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.
Page 56 - s kill all the lawyers. Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man...
Page 66 - Next to the immediate discharge of my holy office, I know not how in any course of studies I could have better served my patron, my people, and my successors, than by preserving the memoirs of this parish and the adjacent parts, which before lay remote from common notice, and in few years had been buried in unsearchable oblivion.
Page 138 - ... the young birds (before they were able to fly) with greyhounds. So far from this possibility existing with the present remnant of the breed, the young birds, upon being alarmed, constantly squat close to the ground, in the...
Page 101 - Be sober and watch : because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour : whom resist ye strong in faith ; knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world.