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Addendum to School Places Strategy 2017-2022 – Explanation of the Differences Between Wiltshire Community Areas and Wiltshire School Planning Areas
Addendum to School Places Strategy 2017-2022 – Explanation of the differences between Wiltshire Community Areas and Wiltshire School Planning Areas This document should be read in conjunction with the School Places Strategy 2017 – 2022 and provides an explanation of the differences between the Wiltshire Community Areas served by the Area Boards and the School Planning Areas. The Strategy is primarily a school place planning tool which, by necessity, is written from the perspective of the School Planning Areas. A School Planning Area (SPA) is defined as the area(s) served by a Secondary School and therefore includes all primary schools in the towns and surrounding villages which feed into that secondary school. As these areas can differ from the community areas, this addendum is a reference tool to aid interested parties from the Community Area/Area Board to define which SPA includes the schools covered by their Community Area. It is therefore written from the Community Area standpoint. Amesbury The Amesbury Community Area and Area Board covers Amesbury town and surrounding parishes of Tilshead, Orcheston, Shrewton, Figheldean, Netheravon, Enford, Durrington (including Larkhill), Milston, Bulford, Cholderton, Wilsford & Lake, The Woodfords and Great Durnford. It encompasses the secondary schools The Stonehenge School in Amesbury and Avon Valley College in Durrington and includes primary schools which feed into secondary provision in the Community Areas of Durrington, Lavington and Salisbury. However, the School Planning Area (SPA) is based on the area(s) served by the Secondary Schools and covers schools in the towns and surrounding villages which feed into either The Stonehenge School in Amesbury or Avon Valley College in Durrington. -
Memorials of Old Wiltshire I
M-L Gc 942.3101 D84m 1304191 GENEALOGY COLLECTION I 3 1833 00676 4861 Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2009 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center http://www.archive.org/details/memorialsofoldwiOOdryd '^: Memorials OF Old Wiltshire I ^ .MEMORIALS DF OLD WILTSHIRE EDITED BY ALICE DRYDEN Editor of Meinoriah cf Old Northamptonshire ' With many Illustrations 1304191 PREFACE THE Series of the Memorials of the Counties of England is now so well known that a preface seems unnecessary to introduce the contributed papers, which have all been specially written for the book. It only remains for the Editor to gratefully thank the contributors for their most kind and voluntary assistance. Her thanks are also due to Lady Antrobus for kindly lending some blocks from her Guide to Amesbury and Stonekenge, and for allowing the reproduction of some of Miss C. Miles' unique photographs ; and to Mr. Sidney Brakspear, Mr. Britten, and Mr. Witcomb, for the loan of their photographs. Alice Dryden. CONTENTS Page Historic Wiltshire By M. Edwards I Three Notable Houses By J. Alfred Gotch, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. Prehistoric Circles By Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Bart. 29 Lacock Abbey .... By the Rev. W. G. Clark- Maxwell, F.S.A. Lieut.-General Pitt-Rivers . By H. St. George Gray The Rising in the West, 1655 . The Royal Forests of Wiltshire and Cranborne Chase The Arundells of Wardour Salisbury PoHtics in the Reign of Queen Anne William Beckford of Fonthill Marlborough in Olden Times Malmesbury Literary Associations . Clarendon, the Historian . Salisbury .... CONTENTS Page Some Old Houses By the late Thomas Garner 197 Bradford-on-Avon By Alice Dryden 210 Ancient Barns in Wiltshire By Percy Mundy . -
Placename Index 1819-1826
PLACENAME INDEX Number of ENTRIES in which a particular Place occurs PLACE ALT SPELLING / NOTES, ETC 1819 1820 1821 1823 1824 1825 1826 Totals Abbey, the Fonthill, Westminster, etc 2 5 1 8 Abury 4 4 Acton 1 1 Albion Place, No.3, Brighton 1 1 Alfred Place 1824, Mrs STANDEN 1 1 Almondsbury 1 1 Almshouses Alms House /s 6 6 7 19 Alresford 2 1 3 Alvediston Alvedistone 1 2 2 5 America North America / American 1 1 2 Andover 1 1 Ansty Anstey 1 1 Arcade, Bath 1 1 Armitage (Hermitage, Dorset) 7 7 Ashcombe Ash combe 16 16 13 2 4 7 3 61 Ashcombe Hill (The "Alps" or "The Hill") 2 1 3 Ashcombe Lane 1 1 3 5 Ash Grove 1 1 Ashley Wood (Blandford area?) 1 1 Attick/s / Attic / Garret Nursery Attick / Yellow Attic 1 1 1 3 Avebury 1 1 Avenue, The Zeals / Mere 1 1 Back Lane (Coker) 2 2 Bakers Street (Donhead) 1 1 Bank Savings Bank 1 2 3 Bank of England 1 1 Barbados (Barbadoes) 1 1 Barford 2 2 3 7 Barker's Hill 1 1 Barter's Cottage / Barter's (see also Surnames) Clay Lane 1 3 2 6 Barton 1 1 Basingstoke 1 1 PLACENAME INDEX Number of ENTRIES in which a particular Place occurs PLACE ALT SPELLING / NOTES, ETC 1819 1820 1821 1823 1824 1825 1826 Totals Bath 7 7 3 3 6 2 28 Bath, The (local) 1 1 Bath Cottage, The (local) 1 1 Bath Infirmary 1 1 Bath Road 1 1 2 Bazaar London 4 4 Beddington 1 1 Bedford House, 11 Henrietta St, Covent Garden 1 1 Bemerton Bremerton 1 1 Bericourt / Berricourt Berry Court 31 9 1 6 5 7 2 61 Bericourt Cottage Berry Court Cottage 1 1 Berwick (near Coker) 3 1 4 Berwick Coombe/Combe Berwick's Combe 1 1 Berwick Farm (Barick Farm / The Farm) 1 1 1 -
Compton Chamberlayne War Graves A. G. PAIRMAN
Compton Chamberlayne War Graves Lest we Forget World War I 4900 LANCE CPL. A. G. PAIRMAN 59th BN. AUSTRALIAN INF. 26th NOVEMBER, 1916 Age 31 NAY NOT DEAD BUT PASSED TO HIGHER SERVICE STILL Commonwealth War Graves Headstone for Lance Cpl. A G Pairman is located in Front Row Grave Plot # 8 of Compton Chamberlayne Cemetery ©Wiltshire OPC Project/Cathy Sedgwick/2012 Alexander George Pairman was born at Kyneton, Victoria on 28th November, 1885, to parents Alexander & Isabella Pairman. He was a Butter maker, single & aged 29 years & 7 months from Box Hill, Victoria when he enlisted on 16th July, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements of the Australian Army. His service number was 4900 & his religion was Presbyterian. His next of kin was listed as his father – Mr A Pairman of Cambridge Street, Box Hill, Victoria. Alexander George Pairman had served with the 6th Infantry Brigade for 2 ½ years before he enlisted with the A.I.F in 1915. Pte A G Pairman embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 7th March, 1916 & disembarked at Suez, Egypt. On 6th January, 1916, Pte Pairman was promoted to Acting Sergeant. On 20th April, 1916, his rank reverted back to Private. On 30th May, 1916 Pte Pairman was appointed Lance Corporal whilst with the 59th Battalion. On 3rd June, 1916 L/Cpl Pairman was admitted to 15th Field Ambulance with Scarlet Fever then transferred to the Hospital at Moascar, Egypt. In July, 1916 L/Cpl Pairman was discharged & embarked from Alexandria to Marseille, France on 8th August, 1916. He was transferred back to England on 21st August, 1916 with 15th Training Battalion. -
WILTSHIRE Extracted from the Database of the Milestone Society
Entries in red - require a photograph WILTSHIRE Extracted from the database of the Milestone Society National ID Grid Reference Road No. Parish Location Position WI_AMAV00 SU 15217 41389 UC road AMESBURY Church Street; opp. No. 41 built into & flush with churchyard wall Stonehenge Road; 15m W offield entrance 70m E jcn WI_AMAV01 SU 13865 41907 UC road AMESBURY A303 by the road WI_AMHE02 SU 12300 42270 A344 AMESBURY Stonehenge Down, due N of monument on the Verge Winterbourne Stoke Down; 60m W of edge Fargo WI_AMHE03 SU 10749 42754 A344 WINTERBOURNE STOKE Plantation on the Verge WI_AMHE05 SU 07967 43180 A344 SHREWTON Rollestone top of hill on narrow Verge WI_AMHE06 SU 06807 43883 A360 SHREWTON Maddington Street, Shrewton by Blind House against wall on Verge WI_AMHE09 SU 02119 43409 B390 CHITTERNE Chitterne Down opp. tank crossing next to tree on Verge WI_AMHE12 ST 97754 43369 B390 CODFORD Codford Down; 100m W of farm track on the Verge WI_AMHE13 ST 96143 43128 B390 UPTON LOVELL Ansty Hill top of hill,100m E of line of trees on Verge WI_AMHE14 ST 94519 42782 B390 KNOOK Knook Camp; 350m E of entrance W Farm Barns on bend on embankment WI_AMWH02 SU 12272 41969 A303 AMESBURY Stonehenge Down, due S of monument on the Verge WI_AMWH03 SU 10685 41600 A303 WILSFORD CUM LAKE Wilsford Down; 750m E of roundabout 40m W of lay-by on the Verge in front of ditch WI_AMWH05 SU 07482 41028 A303 WINTERBOURNE STOKE Winterbourne Stoke; 70m W jcn B3083 on deep verge WI_AMWH11 ST 990 364 A303 STOCKTON roadside by the road WI_AMWH12 ST 975 356 A303 STOCKTON 400m E of parish boundary with Chilmark by the road WI_AMWH18 ST 8759 3382 A303 EAST KNOYLE 500m E of Willoughby Hedge by the road WI_BADZ08 ST 84885 64890 UC road ATWORTH Cock Road Plantation, Atworth; 225m W farm buildings on the Verge WI_BADZ09 ST 86354 64587 UC road ATWORTH New House Farm; 25m W farmhouse on the Verge Registered Charity No 1105688 1 Entries in red - require a photograph WILTSHIRE Extracted from the database of the Milestone Society National ID Grid Reference Road No. -
The Church in an Age of Danger: Parsons and Parishioners, 1660-1740 Donald A
Cambridge University Press 0521353130 - The Church in an Age of Danger: Parsons and Parishioners, 1660-1740 Donald A. Spaeth Index More information INDEX Abingdon (Berks.), 90 ars moriendi, 222 Act for the Better Maintenance of Curates Articles of Religion, 5, 153, 177 (1714), 38 Ashe, Samuel, 40 Act for the Better Observation of the Lord’s Aske, Nathaniel, rector of Somerford Magna, Day (1676), 189 67, 159–60, 161, 162, 165, 173, 174–6, 177, Act for the More Easy Recovery of Small 194, 196 Tithes (1696), 73, 74, 77, 78–80, 136 atheism, 180 Act of Toleration (1689), 11, 61, 64, 66, 67, Atterbury, Francis, bishop of Rochester, 63 155, 157, 160, 171, 174, 201 Atworth, 54. See also Lewis, John Act of Uniformity (1662), 19, 57, 92, 111, 113, Aubrey, John, 134, 158, 204, 207, 209, 232 114, 115, 153, 155, 166 Avebury, 78, 79, 89, 92, 134–41, 148, 149, Addison, Joseph, 11, 12, 31, 39, 41, 83 150–1. See also White, John Addison, Launcelot, rector of Milston, 12, 15, Ayliffe, Sir George, 42–3 213 Aldbourne, 166, 171 Baily, William, of Horningsham, 168 Alderbury, 198 bands, parish, 252, 253 Alderbury hundred, 163 baptism, 195 Aldermaston (Berks.), 217 fees, 152, 198 Alderton, 92, 102 lay, 198 alehouses, 4, 125, 181, 188 of older child, 68, 160 and good fellowship, 57 of sick infant, 197, 198, 199 licensing, 106 private, 198 unlicensed, 20, 42 social significance of, 198, 200–1 use by clergy, 33, 50, 122–3, 124, 126 Baptists, 158, 197, 202, 242 Allington, 67, 68, 69, 190, 192 Barber, Charles, vicar of Combe Bissett, 72 Amesbury, 68, 213 Barcroft, -
Compton Chamberlayne - 1871 Census
Compton Chamberlayne - 1871 Census YEAR OCCUPATION/ SCHEDULE SURNAME FORENAMES RELATIONSHIP CONDITION SEX AGE BORN DISABILITY WHERE BORN ADDRESS 1 Targett William Head Married M 42 1829 Farmer 189 Acres employing 17 Men, 4 Women 5 Boys Dinton Naishes Farm 1 Targett Sarah Wife Married F 42 1829 Dorset Thornford 1 Targett Arthur W. Son M 10 1861 Scholar Barford St. Martin 1 Targett James H. Son M 9 1862 Scholar Barford St. Martin 1 Targett Ernest E. Son M 8 1863 Scholar Compton Chamberlayne 1 Targett Clara T. Daughter F 7 1864 Scholar Compton Chamberlayne 1 Targett Maria A. Daughter F 5 1866 Scholar Compton Chamberlayne 1 Targett Walter J. Son M 3 1868 Compton Chamberlayne 1 Turner Maria A. Niece Unmarried F 14 1857 Scholar Berkshire Reading 1 Tucker Fanny Unmarried F 19 1852 Teacher I. of Wight Newport 2 Bailey Charles Head Married M 24 1847 Ag. Lab. Compton Chamberlayne Rd 10 Naishes Farm 2 Bailey Ann Wife Married F 25 1846 Teffont Magna 2 Bailey Maria J. Daughter F 0 1871 Compton Chamberlayne 3 Cuff John Head Married M 46 1825 Dairy Man Dorset Stalbridge Rd 10 Naishes Farm 3 Cuff Sarah J. Wife Married F 42 1829 Dairy Woman Dorset Iwerne Minster 3 Cuff Bertha Daughter Unmarried F 16 1855 Dorset Lydlinch 3 Cuff William J. Son M 14 1857 Cow Boy Dorset Lydlinch 3 Cuff George Son M 10 1861 Scholar Dorset Lydlinch 3 Cuff Alfred J. Son M 8 1863 Scholar Dorset Lydlinch 3 Cuff Louisa Daughter F 5 1866 Scholar Dorset Lydlinch 3 Cuff Alice Daughter F 4 1867 Scholar Dorset Lydlinch 3 Cuff Walter P. -
WILTSHIRE. (KELL\'S • - 'L'he Gib, R Mile South-East·, East Dunley, and West Sunday Delivery
1:18 LIT'ILETON DREW • WILTSHIRE. (KELL\'S • - 'l'he Gib, r mile south-east·, East Dunley, and West sunday delivery. The nearest money order office is at Dunley, I mile south-east, are hamlets of the parish. .Acton Turville & Grittleton the nearest telegraph office Post Office. Miss Fanny Nation, sub-postmistrEss. Let- Elementary School (mixed), with residence for mistresa, ters through Chippenham, delivered at 7.40 a.m. & erected about 1845• for 46 children; ave1age attend- 7·5 p.m.; dispatched at 8.10 a.m. & 7-IS p.m.; nv ance, 2o; Miss Edith Guy, mistress Bentley Rev. Robert Ernest, Rectory Dring Francis, farmer, Church farm Porter Francis, butcher Green man .A.lbt. saddler & frmr. Gib Porter Hannah (Mrs.), The Plough P.B COMMERCIAL. Hall Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer, West Spackman John, boot maker Chapp"ll Jas. farmer, Townsend farm Dunley White Harry (exors. of), farmers, Clau David, butcher, Gib hill Hall Henry William, miller (water), Manor farm 1 J>aniels .A.rth. Jn. farmer, Ba1·tun farm J Gatcombe mill Wdght William Simon, shopkeeper • LITTLETON PANELL, see West Lavington. LONGFORD, see Britford . • LONG NEWN'TON, see Newnton. LONGBRIDGE DEVERILL with CROCKERTON. This is a parish on the xoad from Warrninster to Shaftes- decease part of the interior was left unfinished, and his IWD bury,3 miles south from Warminster station on theSalis- did not live to complete the w1>rks; his descendant, Thos. bury branch of the Great Western railway, 4 sout,h-west Thynne, who was shot in his coach in Pall .Mall, in r682, from Heytesbury and 8 south-east from Frome, in the formed the road to Frome, which is planted with elms, West-ern division of the county, South Damerham hun- i uml the whole was completed by the first Viscount Wey dred, Warminster union, petty sessional division and mouth: alterations were made in the disposition of county court district, rural doonery of Wylye (Heytes- the grounds by Thomas, third Viscount Weymouth, bury portion}, archdeaconry of Sarum and diocese of when the ga!'dens were remodeLed by Lancelot, Salisbury. -
26 Bus Time Schedule & Line Route
26 bus time schedule & line map 26 Gillingham View In Website Mode The 26 bus line (Gillingham) has 5 routes. For regular weekdays, their operation hours are: (1) Gillingham: 2:15 PM (2) Hindon: 2:15 PM (3) Salisbury: 9:30 AM - 12:38 PM (4) Swallowcliffe: 7:18 AM (5) Tisbury: 10:40 AM - 12:40 PM Use the Moovit App to ƒnd the closest 26 bus station near you and ƒnd out when is the next 26 bus arriving. Direction: Gillingham 26 bus Time Schedule 58 stops Gillingham Route Timetable: VIEW LINE SCHEDULE Sunday Not Operational Monday Not Operational New Canal, Salisbury 31 New Canal, Salisbury Tuesday 2:15 PM Clock Tower, Salisbury Wednesday Not Operational Water Lane, Salisbury Thursday Not Operational 90 FIsherton Street, Salisbury Friday Not Operational Fisherton Street (Rail), Salisbury Saturday Not Operational Windsor Street, Salisbury Fountain Way, Salisbury 26 bus Info University Technical College, Salisbury Direction: Gillingham Stops: 58 Canadian Avenue, Bemerton Trip Duration: 87 min Line Summary: New Canal, Salisbury, Clock Tower, Skew Bridge, Bemerton Salisbury, Water Lane, Salisbury, Fisherton Street (Rail), Salisbury, Windsor Street, Salisbury, Fountain Skew Road, Quidhampton Way, Salisbury, University Technical College, Salisbury, Canadian Avenue, Bemerton, Skew Bridge, Bemerton, Skew Road, Quidhampton, Foots Hill, Foots Hill, Quidhampton Quidhampton, White Horse Gate, Quidhampton, Fugglestone, Wilton, Wilton Roundabout, Wilton, White Horse Gate, Quidhampton Minster Street, Wilton, Wilton House, Wilton, West Street, Wilton, Shaston -
Biographical Appendix
Biographical Appendix The following women are mentioned in the text and notes. Abney- Hastings, Flora. 1854–1887. Daughter of 1st Baron Donington and Edith Rawdon- Hastings, Countess of Loudon. Married Henry FitzAlan Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, 1877. Acheson, Theodosia. 1882–1977. Daughter of 4th Earl of Gosford and Louisa Montagu (daughter of 7th Duke of Manchester and Luise von Alten). Married Hon. Alexander Cadogan, son of 5th Earl of Cadogan, 1912. Her scrapbook of country house visits is in the British Library, Add. 75295. Alten, Luise von. 1832–1911. Daughter of Karl von Alten. Married William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, 1852. Secondly, married Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, 1892. Grandmother of Alexandra, Mary, and Theodosia Acheson. Annesley, Katherine. c. 1700–1736. Daughter of 3rd Earl of Anglesey and Catherine Darnley (illegitimate daughter of James II and Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester). Married William Phipps, 1718. Apsley, Isabella. Daughter of Sir Allen Apsley. Married Sir William Wentworth in the late seventeenth century. Arbuthnot, Caroline. b. c. 1802. Daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. Stepdaughter of Harriet Fane. She did not marry. Arbuthnot, Marcia. 1804–1878. Daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. Stepdaughter of Harriet Fane. Married William Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley, 1825. Aston, Barbara. 1744–1786. Daughter and co- heir of 5th Lord Faston of Forfar. Married Hon. Henry Clifford, son of 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, 1762. Bannister, Henrietta. d. 1796. Daughter of John Bannister. She married Rev. Hon. Brownlow North, son of 1st Earl of Guilford, 1771. Bassett, Anne. Daughter of Sir John Bassett and Honor Grenville. -
Sutton Mandeville
Foot and Mouth Disease Sutton Mandeville FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE A return of parishes and places in the county of Wilts in which contagious or infectious disease exists among animals for the week ending Saturday, the 13th July, 1872 :- Police Divisions of Bradford and Trowbridge – Bradford-on-Avon, Broughton Gifford, Cottles, ……Hindon – Brixton Deverill, Donhead St. Mary, East Knoyle, East Tisbury, Fonthill Bishop, Kingston Deverill, Monkton Deverill, Mere, Sutton Mandeville, Wardour, West Knoyle, West Tisbury. Malmesbury – Ashton Keynes, Ashley………… (Salisbury and Winchester Journal - Saturday 20 July, 1872) A return of parishes and places in the county of Wilts in which contagious or infectious disease exists among animals for the week ending Saturday, 3rd August, 1872 :- POLICE DIVISIONS PARISHES Foot and Mouth Disease Bradford and Trowbridge – Bradford-on-Avon, Broughton Gifford, …….. Chippenham – Alderton, Avon, ………… Devizes – Beechingstoke, Bishop’s Cannings, …………. Hindon - Brixton Deverill, Donhead St. Mary, Dinton, East Knoyle, East Tisbury, Fonthill Bishop, Kingston Deverill, Monkton Deverill, Mere, Sedgehill, Semley, Stourton, Sutton Mandeville, Teffont Magna, Upper Pertwood, West Tisbury, West Knoyle, Wardour. ……….. (Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette - Thursday 8 August, 1872) ©Wiltshire OPC Project/Cathy Sedgwick/2013 A return of parishes and places in the county of Wilts in which contagious or infectious disease exists among animals for the week ending Saturday, 21st September, 1872 :- POLICE DIVISIONS PARISHES Foot and Mouth Disease Bradford and Trowbridge – Bradford-on-Avon, Broughton Gifford, …….. Chippenham – Alderton, Bremhill, ………… Devizes – Allcannings, …………. Hindon – Ansty, Brixton Deverill, Compton Chamberlayne, Dinton, Donhead St. Andrew, Ebbesborne, East Knoyle, East Tisbury, Fonthill Gifford, Kingston Deverill, Mere, Semley, Sutton Mandeville, Wardour, West Knoyle, West Tisbury. -
Two Elizabethan Women Correspondence of Joan and Maria Thynne 1575-1611
%iltalJir2 imzturh éutietp (formerly the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society) VOLUME XXXVIII FOR THE YEAR 1982 THIS VOLUME IS PUBLISHED WITH THE HELP OF A GRANT FROM THE LATE MISS ISOBEL THORNLEY'S BEQUEST TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Impression of 450 copies TWO ELIZABETHAN WOMEN CORRESPONDENCE OF JOAN AND MARIA THYNNE 1575-1611 EDITED BY ALISON D. WALL DEVIZES 1983 © Wiltshire Record Society ISBN: 0 901333 15 8 Set in Times New Roman 10/1 lpt. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY J. G. FENN LTD. (Print Division) STOKE-ON-TRENT STAFFS. CONTENTS Frontispiece P4895 ii. vi Ralph Bernard Pugh ix Preface xi Abbreviations xiii List of Frequently Mentioned Persons xv INTRODUCTION Joan Hayward and the Thynne Marriage xvii Expansion to Caus Castle xxii A Secret Marriage xxv The Documents and Editorial Method xxxii THE LETTERS, nos. 1 to 68 I APPENDIX Other Relevant Letters, nos. 69 to 75 54 Joan Thynne’s Will, no. 76 61 INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES 63 INDEX OF SUBJECTS 70 List of Members 72 Publications of the Society 78 RALPH BERNARD PUGH Ralph Bernard Pugh, President of the Wiltshire Record Society, died on 3rd December 1982. Ralph Pugh was the principal founder of the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, which in 1967 became the Wiltshire Record Society. Editing the first volume himself he remained general editor and honorary secretary of the Branch until 1953. From that date until his death he was continuously Chairman of the Branch, and President of the Society. Three further volumes were edited by himself, and in every other one he took a close personal interest.