Swindon and Its Environs
•/ BY THE SAME AUTHOR. ARTHUR YOUNG ANNOUNCES FOR PUBLICATION DURING 1897. THE HISTORY OF MALMESBURY ABBEY by Richard Jefferies, Edited, with Histori- cal Notes, by Grace Toplis. Illustrated by Notes on the present state of the Abbey Church, and reproductions from Original Drawings by Alfred Alex. Clarke (Author of a Monograph on Wells Cathedral). London : SiMPKiN, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. V* THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES OF THIS EDITION PRINTED FOR SALE r JEFFERIES' LAND A History of Swindon and its Environs pi o I—I I—I Ph < u -^ o u > =St ?^"^>^ittJ JEFFERIES' LAND A History of Swindon and its Environs BY THE LATE RICHARD JEFFERIES EDITED WITH NOTES BY GRACE TOPLIS WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS London Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd Wells, Somerset : Arthur Young MDCCCXCVI ^y^' COPYRIGHT y4// Rights Reserved CONTENTS CHAP. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAP. PAGE 1. Ivy-Church. Avebury Font , Fro7itispiece 2. Jefferies' House, Victorl^, Street, ' Swindon I. i 3. The Lawn, Swindon I. 4. Ruins of Holyrood Church 5. The Reservoir, Coate . 6. Wanborough Church , . 7. Entrance to Swindon from Coate 8. Marlborough Lane 9. Day House Farm, Coate 10. Chisledon Church 11. Jefferies' House, Coate 12. West Window, Fairford Church Note. —The illustrations are reproductions from drawings by Miss Agnes Taylor, Ilminster, mostly from photographs taken especially by Mr. Chas. Andrew, Swindon. viii INTRODUCTION T IFE teaches no harder lesson to any man I ^ than the bitter truth—as true as bitter— that ''A prophet is not without honour, save hi his own country, and in his own housed Andfo7'ei7iost among modern prophets who have had to realize its bitterness stands Richard '' Jefferies, the ''prophet'' of field and hedge- " row and all the simple daily beauty which lies " about tis on every hand.
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