The Natural History of Wiltshire eBook

John Aubrey
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 257 pages of information about The Natural History of Wiltshire.

The Natural History of Wiltshire eBook

John Aubrey
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 257 pages of information about The Natural History of Wiltshire.

Chap.  IV.  Gardens:- At Lavington, Chelsea, Wilton, Longleat

Chap.  V. Arts, liberal and mechanical:- Learning, Colleges; Trades,
Inventions, Machinery

Chap.  VI.  Architecture:- Stonehenge, Avebury, Old Sarum, Salisbury
Cathedral, Wardour Castle, Calne Church, Painted Glass, Bradenstoke
Priory, Market Crosses, Paving Tiles, Old Mansions, Church Bells

Chap.  VII.  Agriculture:- Manures, Water Meadows, Butter and Cheese,
Malting and Brewing

Chap.  VIII.  The downes:- Pastoral Life, Sydney’s Arcadia; Sheep,
Shepherds, Pastoral Poetry

Chap.  IX.  Wool:- Qualities of Wool; its Growth, and Manufacture

Chap.  X. Falling of rents in Wiltshire attributed to the reduced price of Wool

Chap.  XI.  History of the clothing trade:- Merchants of the Staple;
Introduction of the Cloth Manufacture

Chap.  XII.  Eminent clothiers or Wiltshire:- John Hall, of Salisbury;
William Stump, of Malmsbury; Paul Methuen, of Bradford, &c.

Chap.  XIII.  Fairs and markets:-At Castle-Combe, Wilton, Chilmark,
Salisbury, Devizes, Warminster, Marlborough, Lavington, Highworth,
Swindon

Chap.  XIV.  Hawks and hawking:- Extraordinary Flight, Historical
Details

Chap.  XV.  The race:- Salisbury Races, Famous Race Horses,
Stobball-play

Chap.  XVI.  Number of attorneys in Wiltshire:- Increase of Attorneys the Cause of Litigation

Chap.  XVII.  Fatalities of families and places:- Norrington, Castle-
Combe, Stanton St. Quintin, Easton Piers

Chap.  XVIII.  Accidents, or remarkable occurrences:- Destruction of
Marlborough by Fire; Cure of the King’s Evil, Pretended Witchcraft,
Mysterious Knockings at North Tidworth, Witches Executed at Salisbury,
Phantoms

Chap.  XIX.  Seats:- Merton, Ivy-church, Littlecot, Longleat,
Tottenham Park, Wardour Castle

Chap.  XX.  Draughts of the seats and prospects:- Aubrey’s Instructions to the Artists for a Map of the County, with Engravings of the Principal Buildings and Views

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        Naturallremarques

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        County of Wilts: 

        Towhich are annexed,

        OBSERVABLES of the same kind

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