Gloucestershire EDITED BY THE 581-15 REV. BEAVER H. BLACKER, M.A. "Vires acquirit eundo." "It is not without pleasure, and perchance it may not be without VOL. IV. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & Co., LIMITED, 23, PATERNOSTER Row, E.C. BRISTOL: WILLIAM GEORGE'S SONS, AND J. FAWN & SON; GLOUCESTER: DAVIES & SON; CHELTENHAM: GASTRELL & SON; CIRENCESTER: BAILY & SON; DURSLEY: WHITMORE & SON; TEWKESBURY: NORTH. 1890. [Entered at Stationers' Hall.] PREFACE. The fourth volume of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries is now completed; and the Editor gladly takes advantage of the opportunity afforded, to thank his many contributors and subscribers for their valued assistance during the last three years. Without the steady help of those who take an interest in arresting "the floating memories of men and things, as they pass down the stream of time toward the ocean of oblivion," it would be difficult to effect what is one of the chief objects contemplated in such a publication. The experience of the twelve years which have elapsed since the commencement of the work, has not been thrown away. In the fifth volume, of which the next quarterly part will form the opening portion, some slight changes will be made. They need not be enumerated here; but they will be found, without doubt, to tend to the increased value and improved appearance of the volume, and to the convenience of the reader. There are many "in our midst" who, though well qualified, have not as yet become contributors to these pages, nor sharers of the unavoidable expenses of publication by adding their names to the list of subscribers. From some at least of them the Editor hopes to receive a favourable response. Again thanking his numerous supporters in the past, he solicits a continuance of what they have so kindly done, to enable him to carry on what has long been, not (as some may imagine) a "profitable speculation," but a "labour of love" in the wide field of archæology. He is ready, for his part, as he has heretofore been, to give his time and labour. The approval of others, whether contributors or subscribers, will be a satisfactory return. BEAVER H. BLACKER. 26, Meridian Place, Clifton, Bristol, October 1st, 1890. |