Salisbury Plain Its Stones Cathedral City Villages And Folk Primary Source Edition

Author : Ella Noyes
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ISBN 13 : 9781332192687
Total Pages : 362 pages
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Download or read book Salisbury Plain written by Ella Noyes and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Salisbury Plain: Its Stones Cathedral City Villages and Folk Besides depending upon the classic authority of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, and the topographical and biographical writings of our earlier Wiltshire antiquary, the only and incomparable John Aubrey, I have drawn freely for information upon the Magazine of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, and upon Wiltshire Notes and Queries. I am especially indebted to Mr C. E. Ponting's Notes in the former upon the churches in this neighbourhood, and to Mr J. U. Powell's upon the history and folk-lore of South West Wilts both in the Wilts. Arch. Mag. and in the Journal of the Folk-Lore Society. On Salisbury and the Cathedral there are many books; among the more recent writings on special points I may mention those of the Rev. C. Wordsworth, Mr Malden, and Mr C. Haskins. I have hardly touched upon the fact - unhappy from all except, perhaps, a practical point of view - that the eastern part of the Plain has been adopted of late years as a military training ground, but it cannot be ignored. There is less change, however, than might be thought. The landscape is so large and open that the camps scattered here and there from April to September - and even a permanent settlement, such as Bulford Camp - are soon lost and forgotten in its immensity. A fold in the downs, which looks from a distance a mere wrinkle in the surface, can hide a whole army corps from sight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.