Gloucestershire, Welsh March, England, British Isles

On 17th January 1824 William Henry Leigh 2nd Baron Leigh was born to Chandos Leigh 1st Baron Leigh (age 32) and Margarette Willes Baroness Leigh (age 25). He was baptised at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Adlestrop, and for a second time, at Church of the Virgin Mary, Stoneleigh [Map] on 10th September 1824. He was educated at Harrow School then Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 14th April 1905 Henry Pitt Cholmondeley (age 84) died. He was buried at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Adlestrop.

On 24th August 1906 Mary Leigh (age 78) died. She was buried at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Adlestrop.

On 16th August 1716 William Cann 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Chester were married at St Mary's Church, Almonsbury [Map].

On 27th April 1726 William Cann 3rd Baronet (age 32) died. He was buried on 5th May 1726 at St Mary's Church, Almonsbury [Map]. His first cousin Robert (age 43) succeeded 4th Baronet Cann of Compton Green in Gloucestershire.

Symond's Hall Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England 1002113

The monument includes a long cairn situated on the summit of a prominent Cotswold ridge between the heads of the valleys of the Marlees Brook and a tributary to the Little Avon River and close to the source of the former. The long cairn survives as a stony rectangular mound aligned from north east to south west measuring up to 82m long, 34m wide and 1.7m high with its side ditches preserved as buried features. A central hollow in the top of the mound is the result of partial excavation in c.1780.

Description of the Chambered Tumuli of Uley and Nympsfield. Ablington [Map]. — This tumulus stands north and south, and measures 270 ft. long, 100 ft. wide in the broadest part, and 12 ft. high. It was opened in 1854 by the Rev. S. Lysons, and was found to be surrounded at the base by a double concentric range of dry walling faced only outwards. This, at the broad end, makes the usual double curve inwards, and exactly at the point where the two walls meet was found a large upright flat oval stone, G feet high, 5 feet wide, and 3 inches thick, standing upon a rough perforated oolitic stone, such as is often found on the Cotteswolds (see fig. 15) Beneath the soil were found in several places wood ashes, and several pebbles of a geological character different from the stone of the district, which Mr. Fosbroke considered were sling-stones, stones of which character, he says, are often found upon the Cotteswolds.

Only one interment was discovered in this barrow, which was deposited in a grave formed of rough stones at the small end of the barrow, but both the grave and the skeleton found therein had been much damaged by the roots of the trees growing on the barrow. This barrow does not seem to have been adequately explored.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Lamborough Banks aka Ablington Barrow [Map]

(often described as "The Ablington Barrow.")

Gloucestershire, 44 N.W. Parish of Bibury. 34*.

Latitude 51° 46' 59". Longitude 1° 50' 38". Height above O.D. 500 feet.

This is the one described by Witts as Ablington Barrow. It is wrongly marked on his map immediately east of Deadman's Acre Copse. Really it lies along the S.W. side of " Lamborough Banks Covert " (which an old man on the spot described to me as " Fox Covert "). Witts says: " This is situated in the parish of Ablington, about 3I miles south of Northleach. It was opened in the year 1854 [by Lysons]. Direction, north and south; its length is about 270 feet, and greatest width 100 feet; its height at the northern end being 12 feet. It is com- posed of the common oolitic stone of the county. Unlike other barrows in the county, it is surrounded by a double wall of masonry, each having a face outwards and filled with rubble. Towards the north, these walls make a double curve inwards, and in the centre of this curve, between the two walls, stands a large stone, 6 feet high and 5 feet wide. An interment was found near the north end of the tumulus in a grave made of rough stones; a few worked flints were also found, but the barrow has never been thoroughly examined. Adjoining the barrow are the remains of a round hut built underground, formed of dry walling similar in char- acter to that found in the tumulus."

All Saints Church, Bisley [Map]. There is a marble tablet in the tower of Bisley Church to Thomas Stephens, barrister-at-law, of the Inner Temple, who died un- married in 1745. His nephew, Farrington, eldest son of John Stephens, the last of Lypiatt, died and was buried in the family vault at Stroud Church in 1755. Fisher's history describes how in 1833 workmen, employed to repair the floor over the vault, disturbed his coffin and found that even after 78 years the features of a handsome young man were still well preserved.

4 Bisley Barrow. Bisley Long Barrow [Map]

A long barrow was opened in 1863 a little to the south of Bisley. A short account of it appeared in the local papers at the time, but I have been unable to find it. The barrow has since been entirely destroyed.

See "Archaeologia," vol. XLII, p201.

In 1683 James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 38) bought Northwick Park Blockley, Gloucestershire.

Fosse Way 5d Cirencester to High Cross. From Corinium Dobunnorum [Map] aka Cirencester the Fosse Way continues straight through Fossbridge, Gloucestershire [Map] where it crosses the River Coln, then past Northleach [Map] where it crosses the modern A40, then past Bourton-on-the-Water [Map] after which Icknield Street continues towards Alcester, Warwickshire [Map] and Lichfield, Staffordshire [Map]. 4.5km after Bourton-on-the-Water the Fosse Way makes a change in direction heading north passing through Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [Map], Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire [Map], Halford, Warwickshire [Map], past Fosse Way, Compton Verney [Map], Princethorpe, Warwickshire [Map], then Bretford, Warwickshire [Map] where it crosses the Warwickshire River Avon. After it crosses the River Avon it continues straight to Venonae [Map] aka High Cross where it crossed Watling Street.

Icknield Street 18a Bourton to Alcester. From Bourton-on-the-Water [Map] the Icknield Way travels to Slaughter Pike [Map] where it changes direction northwards to Lower Swell, Gloucestershire [Map], Condicote, Gloucestershire [Map], Hinchwich, Gloucestershire [Map], Springhill, Gloucestershire [Map], Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire [Map], Ullington, Warwickshire [Map] to Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [Map] where it crosses the Warwickshire River Avon before continuing through Wixford, Warwickshire [Map] to Alauna [Map] aka Alcester.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. A curious story is attached to the field next (on the north) to that in which Woodbarrow [Map] is situated. It is called Royal Oak, and I was told by an old countryman (Frederic Norman, of Chedworth) that the name was applied to an oak in the adjacent wood which broke into leaf "a fortnight afore the rest." The story may have no connection with the barrow, but I cannot help thinking that it has.

On 19th June 1877 Major Rupert Chabbert Meyricke was born to Edward Meyricke (age 33) and Evelyn Maria Richardson. He was baptised at All Saints Church, Cheltenham on 30th May 1877.

On 17th November 1845 Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 66) died at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was buried at Leckhampton Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

In 1727 Thomas Wyndham (age 41) commissioned the building of Clearwell Court Clearwell, Gloucestershire.

Coberley Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England

This monument includes a long barrow situated on the east facing slopes of a ridge overlooking the confluence of two tributaries of the River Churn. The barrow survives as a rectangular mound of uneven profile which measures up to 38m long, 12m wide and 3.2m high, with its side ditches preserved as entirely buried features. Partial early excavations allegedly produced the skeleton of a small male.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Coberley Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 34 N.E. Parish of Coberley. 17*.

Latitude 51° 50' 20". Longitude 2° 03' 53". Height above O.D. about 750 feet.

This barrow is undoubtedly a Long Barrow. It is almost certainly to be identified with Witts' No. 22 (Round). Witts copied his description from that of Dr. Bird in the Proc. of the Cotteswold Field Club for which was as follows in the original paper:- "A tumulus of this description (round) was discovered at Cubberley, to the north of the

residence of the late Mr. Hutchinson; the skull, and some of the bones with the balls of clay, and flints were taken to the house, and the skull was afterwards sent to the Ethnological Society. It was a small skull, long and narrow, and was slightly twisted from the pressure of the clay. The thigh and arm bones were short; and the stature of the individual vras not more than five feet. A flint flake from this tumulus is preserved in the Museum of Cheltenham College." [Dr. Bird, whose general ideas were hopelessly confused, divided tumuli into three classes, (i) Round Earth Tumuli; (2) Round Stone Tumuli; (3) Long Barrows; he rather implies that that is also their chronological order; but he does not explain the difference between (i) and (2), nor why he classes this barrow, most clearly a Long one, amongst the first].

39 Cold Aston Long Barrow. Cold Aston Long Barrow [Map]

This is situated in the parish of Cold Aston or Aston Blank, one mile north-west of the village, and one and a half miles from Bourton-on‑the‑Water. Its length is 120 feet; greatest width 48 feet, and height about seven feet. Its direction is south-south‑east and north-north‑west, the highest portion being at the south-south‑east end. A great number of flint arrow-heads have been found at various times in the immediate vicinity.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Colnpen Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 43 S.E. Parish of Coin Rogers. 20*.

Latitude 51° 46' 25". Longitude 1° 54' 06". Height above O.D. about 520 feet.

This barrow is marked on the Ordnance Survey Map, but is not mentioned by Witts. It is a fine specimen, but the ends have, as usual, been tampered with, especially the east end. It is, however, so long (300 feet) that it is practically certain to contain chambers in the central portion; and as a matter of fact, the digging appears less extensive than is usually the case. A trench seems to have been dug along the centre at the west end. It stands in a ploughed field, but is not under plough, the mound being covered wdth grass; there are four thorn bushes. Close by the east end is a Round Barrow, and less than 300 yards to the north, on the edge of the valley, are three unopened Round Barrows in a row.

None of the four were marked on the map. There appears to be a spring about a quarter of a mile to the S.W. where two valleys meet, that of Calmsden and the one above which the barrows stand. It is oriented E. and W. (slightly north of east).

Visited December 22nd, 1920.

9 and 10 Crickley Barrows. Crickley Barrows [Map]

There are two long barrows at Crickley Barrow, two miles south of Northleach, adjoining the ancient Salt Way, but as far as I know they have never been examined or described, and, without a thorough exploration with pick-axe and shovel, it would be impossible to say anything definite about them.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Crickley Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 44 N.W. Parish of Coin St. Dennis. 22*.

Latitude 51° 48' 15". Longitude 1° 51' 10". Height above O.D. 576 feet.

Referring to this and to the other Crickley Barrow (W. 10), Witts says: "There are two Long Barrows at Crickley Barrow, two miles south of Northleach, adjoining the ancient Salt Way, but as far as I know they have never been examined or described, and without a thorough exploration with pickaxe and shovel, it would be impossible to say anything definite about them."

There is an unconscious irony in the above description. Evidently Witts had never seen either barrow, for this one has been so thoroughly dug over that it is hardly to be recognised as a barrow at all! The grass, too, grows thick and close all over its pitted surface, showing that the digging took place a very long time ago, probably over a hundred years ago, when the road which runs past it was first metalled. Its mangled remains now lie on a piece of waste land at the meeting-place of four roads, one of which - the Salt Way - is followed by a parish boundary As far as I could judge when I visited it (December 22nd, 1920), it was originally between 250 and 280 feet long. Its original shape, and even its outline as a barrow, is entirely lost, so that it is not possible '1 to say which end was highest. It is oriented N.N.W. and S.S.E. The Salt Way crosses the southern end, as is shown by a hump in the road. A sign-post stands on the northern end.

W. 9.

Archaeologia Volume 16 Appendix. November 20, 1806. An account of a Tumulus [Hoar Stone Long Barrow [Map]], opened on an estate of Matthew Baillie, M. D. in the parish of Duntesbourne Abbots, in Gloucestershire, communicated to Samuel Lysons, Esq. Director, by the Rev. Anthony Freston, Rector of Edgeworth, in the same county.

The length of the Barrow was about forty yards, and the width thirty; it contained about eight or nine bodies of different ages; it was composed of loose quarry stones; the largest stone, at the east end, has been long known, in that County, by the name of the Hoar Stone. It is of the calcareous kind, twelve feet high, fifteen in circumference, and weighs probably about five or six tons. All that part under the dotted line was below the surface of the ground.

See Plate LV.

N° 1. South east view before it was opened. 2. The Hoar Stone.

Plate LVI. 3. The Kistvaen before it was opened. 4. The same, after it was opened.

12 Duntisbourne Barrow. Duntisborne aka College Plantation Barrow [Map]

There are two high circular mounds in Cherry Wood, near Duntisbourne Heath, five miles north-west of Cirencester, which have always been considered round barrows. Through the kindness of Lord Bathurst I superintended some excavations there this year (1882), and discovered that the two mounds formed the ends of a huge long barrow, having a total length of 210 feet. The central portion of the tumulus must have been removed ages back. The circumscribing wall is in a good state of preservation on the south side. The direction of the barrow is nearly east and west. Further examination will, I hope, enable me to give a fuller description of this very interesting pre-historic monument at a future time. During the late excavation one very perfectly formed flint scraper was found, and several small bones. Part of the outside wall at the west end was removed a few years back, but no interments have yet been found. There are several round barrows in the immediate neighbourhood, and Pinbury Camp is only one mile distant on the south.

40 Farmington Long Barrow. Farmington Long Barrow [Map]

This lies inside the intrenchments of Norbury Camp, in the parish of Farmington, one mile north-east of Northleach. It is 200 feet in length, 100 feet wide, and five feet high, its direction being south-east and north-west. There is a large stone lying flat on the surface which may probably belong to one of the chambers. The barrow has never been examined.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Farmington Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 36 N.E. Parish of Eastington. 25*.

Latitude 51" 50' 15". Longitude 1° 49' 14". Height above O.D. about 620 feet.

"This lies inside the entrenchments of Norbury Camp, in the parish of Farmington [sic, for Eastington]. ... It is 200 feet in length 100 feet wide and 5 feet high, its direction being S.E. and N.W. There is a large stone lying flat on the surface which may probably belong to one of the chambers. The barrow has never been examined."

Visited November 20th, 1920. It stands in the S.W. corner of Norbury Camp, in a ploughed field, and is ploughed all over. It is therefore in danger of eventual destruction. The large flat stone mentioned by Witts is no longer visible. The barrow appears perfect and unmutilated. It is broader at the S.E. end.

W. 40. (Quoted above).

23 Lodge Park Barrow. Lodge Park Barrow [Map]

There is a fine long barrow in Sherborne Lodge Park, two miles south-east of Northleach; its length is about 150 feet, greatest width 70 feet. Some of the stones forming the chambers are visible on the surface. Its direction is south-east and north-west, the highest portion lying towards the south-east. No examination has ever been made of the mound.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Lodge Park Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 36 S.E. Parish of Farmington. 37 *.

Latitude 51° 48' 40". Longitude 1° 47' 35". Height above O.D. about 520 feet.

" There is a fine Long Barrow in Sherborne Lodge Park. ... Its length is about 150 feet, and greatest width 70 feet. Some of the stones forming the chambers are visible on the surface. Its direction is S.E. and N.W., the highest portion lying towards the S.E. No examination has ever been made of the mound."

Marked by hachures as a long mound on the Ordnance Survey Map, but without any descriptive name on the 1903 edition.

13 Edgworth Barrow. Juniper Hill aka Edgeworth Long Barrow [Map]

This barrow lies three-quarters of a mile north-west of the village of Edgworth, and two miles east of Bisley. I have not heard of any excavation or exploration having been made, but I mention it here as one of the Gloucestershire long barrows.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Juniper Hill aka Edgeworth Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 42 S.E. Parish of Edgeworth. 33*.

Latitude 51° 45' 20". Longitude 2° 05' 58". Height above O.D. about 720 feet.

No excavation known. Visited December 6th, 1920. This is one of the most perfect and interesting Long Barrows I have seen any- where. It is also one of the longest. It appears to be perfect except for a break near the middle, which does not however, look quite like the usual damage done by plunderers. The most striking peculiarity is a kind of " tail " at each end, consisting of a narrow prolongation of the mound itself. Otherwise the barrow is perfect and undisturbed. It is very narrow and steep for its size. There are no signs of any sur- rounding wall, or large stones anywhere. It stands in a wood and is thinly planted with firs. A large sycamore stands at the S.W . end, where also a fox (?) has recently made an excavation in the " tail," on the S.E. side. It is about 210 feet long, oriented N.N.E.-S.S.W. It is in no apparent danger.

It is just possible that this may be two Long Barrows placed end to end as (according to Witts) at Camp. The fact that the greatest height occurs at the south end of what would be the northern barrow supports this conjecture.

W. 13. (Called " Edgworth Barrow.").

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Westwood Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 50 N.E. Parish of Edgeworth. 53*.

Latitude 51° 44' 45". Longitude 2° 05' 33". Height above O.D. about 710 feet.

This barrow is marked on the Ordnance Map, but is not mentioned at all by Witts. I visited it on December 6th, 1920. It is evidently the remains of a chambered Long Barrow which has been almost totally destroyed by quarrying. Its length is 160 feet; originally it was a little more, the E. end being cut off by a wall. Of the chambers only five large stones remain. Probably the barrow was destroyed to get materials for building the wall on the N.E. side, not more than 100 years ago, I should say, and probably less. It is noticeable that the least disturbed portion of the barrow is the W. end which is furthest from the wall in question. It is hardly worth any further protection, as it could scarcely be more effectually destroyed than it has been.

In November 1695 John Guise 2nd Baronet (age 41) died of smallpox. He was buried in St John the Baptist's Church, Elmore. His son John (age 18) succeeded 3rd Baronet Guise of Elmore in Gloucestershire.

14 Eyford Barrow. Eyford Barrow [Map]

This lies in the parish of Eyford, three miles from Stow-on‑the‑Wold. Its length is 108 feet, its greatest width being 41 feet, and greatest height three feet six inches, though it was probably much higher. Its direction is east-north‑east and west-south‑west. The interior of the barrow consisted of oolitic rubble and slabs, and it was surrounded by a wall of thin Stonefield slates. At the east end it assumed the "horned" form, the north-eastern horn being narrower and longer than the other. Four chambers were discovered, one of which contained six human skeletons and one dog's skeleton lying in situ, also scattered bones of the ox and sheep. This chamber was situated eighty feet from the east end, and measured five feet six inches by four feet. In another chamber, seven feet eight inches in length, were found the remains of ten bodies, and close in front of the neck of one of the bodies — that of a woman — was a bead or amulet, composed of kimmeridge shale or similar substance. The bead is slightly oval in outline and much flattened; the perforation has been made from both ends and is very wide, having, no doubt, been made with a flint borer. I call especial attention to this bead, as it was the first ornament ever discovered in connection with a primary interment in a long barrow; and it is a remarkable fact that the only ornament I have discovered in a long barrow is of precisely the same character (see Notgrove Barrow). Other skeletons were found and various portions of pottery.

See "British Barrows," p514.

Also "Jour. Anthrop. Inst.," vol. V, p120.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Newclose Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 2i S.E. Parish of Eyford. 40 *.

Latitude 51° 55' 44". Longitude 1° 47' 29'. Height above O.D. about 620 feet.

Situated about 200 yards S.E. of the Eyford Barrow (W. 14). It is about 150 feet long and very much higher at the N.E. end. It stands in a ploughed field and is ploughed over annually and consequently in great danger of total destruction. It appears to be perfect and never excavated. There are no depressions anywhere upon it. There are no signs of a ditch. Close to it on the south is a large Round Barrow.

Discovered and visited November 16th, 1920.

Gatcombe Lodge Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England: The monument includes a long barrow situated on level ground 400m east of Gatcombe Farm. It overlooks a valley to the south and west and is set in the Cotswold Hills. The barrow, which is sometimes known as the Gatcombe Lodge long barrow, has a mound composed of small stones, is trapezoidal in plan, and orientated north east to south west with maximum dimensions of 62m in length and 25m in width. The long barrow has a height of c.2m at the eastern end and 1.5m at the western end. Flanking the mound on each side is a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. These have become infilled over the years, but survive as buried features c.5m wide. The long barrow was partially excavated by S Lyons in 1870 and was found to have a forecourt or recess which was flanked by extensions of the barrow mound. Within this was a 'false entrance' or blocked doorway set into the mound, but which could not have provided physical access into the monument. Within the blocking associated with the 'false entrance', a human skull, animal bones and potsherds were found. The mound was also found to have a dry stone revetment wall and this is thought to have enclosed the entire barrow mound. The revetment wall remains visible as a stoney outcrop on the southern side of the monument. In 1871 workmen discovered a burial chamber on the north eastern side of the monument about 9.75m from the false entrance. The chamber was composed of drystone walling and had five upright slabs, with an entrance defined by two additional upright slabs and a large slab as a roof; it was found to contain an inhumation burial. This chamber remains visible as a group of three large stones protruding from a deep depression on the north eastern side of the monument. This monument forms one of at least three long barrows which occur as a dispersed group in the vicinity.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Gatcombe Lodge Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 50 S W. Parish of Minchinhampton. 27*.

Latitude 51° 41' 45". Longitude 2° 10' 05". Height above O.D. about 580 feet.

This barrow is unaccountably omitted by Witts, though marked on the Ordnance Map. The following is the only published account of it:-

"The belief that these tumuli contained treasure led to the dis- turbance of the remarkably fine barrow (No. 4), which occupies the ridge immediately above the northern entrance to Gatcombe Park. About 60 years ago [this would be in 1810] a poor woman, who, from the faith she placed in her dreams of hidden treasure, gained the sobriquet of 'Molly Dreamer,' spent much time in digging into this and other barrows of the neighbourhood. Within the present year [1870] this tumulus has been opened by our associate. Canon Lysons, and at the eastern end two very large stones occupying the centre of the mound, were uncovered. Dwarf walls neatly constructed of Stonesfield slate curve in from the east and terminate at these stones, and by openings made in the sides of the tumulus indications were obtained that this dwarf wall extends round the whole mound."

On 27th November 1245 Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke (age 46) died at Goodrich Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]. He was buried at Tintern Abbey [Map] next to his mother Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke His brother Anselm (age 37) succeeded 6th Earl Pembroke although he only enjoyed the title for one month dying on 23rd December 1245.

In 1332 Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot was born to Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot (age 27) and Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot at Goodrich Castle, Gloucestershire [Map].

1788 . John Warwick Smith (age 38). "The Ferry at Goodrich Castle [Map] on the Wye, South Wales".

Baderon Monmouth Lord Monmouth undertook building works at Goodrich Castle, Gloucestershire [Map].

The River Wye rises on Plynlimon [Map] after which it travels through, under, or near, Rhayader [Map], Newbridge-on-Wye [Map], Builth Wells [Map], Llanstephan Suspension Bridge [Map], Glasbury-on-Wye [Map], Hay-on-Wye [Map], Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map], Bredwardine, Byford, Herefordshire [Map], Wye Bridge Hereford [Map], Holme Lacy, Herefordshire [Map], Capler Camp, Herefordshire [Map], through Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire [Map], past Goodrich Castle, Gloucestershire [Map], Monmouth, Monmouthshire [Map], Tintern Abbey [Map] and Chepstow Castle [Map] joining the Severn Estuary 800m south-east of Thornwell, Monmouthshire [Map].

1787. Joseph Nollekens (age 49). Design for monument to Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 68) at St Mary Church, Great Barrington.

On 29th May 1709 Mary Blomer Lady Webb died. She was buried at Saint Nicholas' Church, Hatherop.

On 5th June 1844 Barbara Ashley-Cooper Baroness Mauley (age 55) died. She has a monument at Saint Nicholas' Church, Hatherop.

Starveall Bowl Barrow [Map]. Historic England 1002472

The monument includes a bowl barrow, situated on the upper north-facing slopes of a ridge, overlooking the head of a valley of a tributary to the Little Avon River. The barrow survives as a circular mound measuring up to 16m in diameter and 1.6m high. It is surrounded by a buried quarry ditch, from which the material for its construction was derived. Further archaeological remains in the vicinity are the subject of a separate scheduling.

Starveall Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England 10024734

The monument includes a long barrow, situated on the upper north facing slopes of a ridge, overlooking the head of a valley of a tributary to the Little Avon River. The long barrow survives as a roughly rectangular mound aligned north to south which measures approximately 23m long and up to 7.5m wide. It stands from 1.7m up to 2m high with the side ditches preserved as entirely buried features. At one time it was surrounded by a retaining wal,l although there is now little surviving trace of this feature. Further archaeological remains survive in the vicinity some of which are the subject of a separate schedulings.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Hazleton North Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 28 S.W. Parish of Hazleton. 30*.

Latitude 51° 52' 06". Longitude 1° 53' 40". Height above O.D. about 820 feet.

"The original length. . must have been about 174 feet; greatest width, 78 feet; its present height being 9 feet. Its direction is east and west, the highest part being towards the east. The interior is composed of stone similar to the last (W. 16). I found a well-worked flint flake on the surface. This barrow has never been thoroughly examined, though many stones have been removed for road-making and wall building."

Visited November 20th, 1920. It is in a fallow field and is being ploughed over, and therefore in danger of eventual destruction. The highest part now is to the W.S.W. which would appear to be about 9 feet high. The rest of the barrow is very much lower. It stands 80 yards N.E. of W. 16. There are otherwise no signs of disturbance.

W. 17. (Quoted above).

16 Hasleton Barrow. Hasleton Barrow [Map]

This lies on top of the Cotteswold hills, in the parish of Hasleton, four miles north-west of Northleach, in a field known as the Barrow Ground, and close to the ancient Salt Way. Its length is 150 feet, greatest width 70 feet, and present height about five feet; but originally it must have been more than double this height. Its direction is north-west and south-east, the highest part being towards the south-east. The top of two upright stones, evidently forming sides of a chamber, are visible on the surface of the ground near the south-east end; they lie parallel to each other and ten feet apart. One stone measures on the top one foot six inches by five inches; the other, two feet by five inches; but it is impossible to say what height they are without excavation. I found several worked flakes on the surface of the barrow, and I have heard of others being found since. The barrow has evidently been much damaged by the plough, but has not, I think, ever been examined. The interior is composed of oolitic slabs and Stonesfield slate.

On 11th September 1702 Robert Southwell (age 66) died at King's Weston House Kings Weston, Gloucestershire.

In 1139 Kingswood Abbey, Gloucestershire [Map] was founded by William of Berkeley, provost of Berkeley, in accordance with the wishes of his late uncle, Roger II of Berkeley, and colonised from the Cistercian house at Tintern, Monmouthshire.

Around 1246 Hospital of St John, Lechlade was founded by Isabel Ferrers.

Transactions of the Woolhope Club 1969 Page 413. 1246. Lady Isabelle de Ferrers led a good simple life, and after the death of her lord, she had built a religious house at Lechlade⁴⁷ for the soul of her lord and her own, and endowed it generously with fine lands and rents for ever, and there she is buried.

Note 47. The date of foundation of this house is unclear. An early charter in the Black Book of Wigmore (B. M. Harl. MS 1240 f44v) terms it "the hospital of St. John" and records the endowment there by Isabel of a chantry priest in the episcopate of bishop Walter Cantelupe (age 55) (1237-66). VCH Gloucs. assigns its origins to 1246, RM Clay to 1228 in The Medieval Hospitals of England (1909) 292 but cites no authority for this.

Lechlade Bridge [Map] is over the River Thames.

The River Coln rises near Whittington, Gloucestershire [Map] and Brockhampton, Gloucestershire [Map] from where it flows through Andoversford, Gloucestershire [Map] and Withington, Gloucestershire [Map], Cassey Compton, Gloucestershire [Map], Colne St Denis, Gloucestershire [Map], Coln Rogers, Gloucestershire [Map] to Bibury, Gloucestershire [Map], from where it flows to Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire [Map] then Fairford, Gloucestershire [Map] after which it joins the River Thames a kilometre west of Lechlade Bridge [Map].

Around 1250. Newbridge, Oxfordshire [Map] is a 13th Century bridge over the River Thames one of three bridges built on the orders of King John to facilitate the wool trade; the other two being St John's Bridge Lechlade [Map] and Radcot Bridge [Map].

Boxwell Lodge aka West Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England:

The monument includes a long barrow situated on level ground in an area of the Cotswold Hills. The barrow, known locally as West Barrow, has a mound composed of small stones; it is trapezoidal in plan and orientated east-west with maximum dimensions of 82m long, 50m wide and up to c.4m high. The mound is flanked on either side by a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. The southern ditch has become infilled, but survives as a buried feature c.5m wide. On the northern side of the monument the ditch is visible as an earthwork 5m wide and c.0.4m deep. The barrow was partially excavated in around 1700 by Matthew Huntley who uncovered three burial chambers which he described as 'vaults arched over'. Each chamber had a separate entrance which was associated with an urn containing cremated human bones and ashes. The interior of each chamber was found to contain the remains of unburnt human skulls and long bones. The dry stone walls overlying the monument are excluded from the scheduling, although the underlying ground is included.

21 Leighterton Barrow. Leighterton aka Boxwell Lodge aka West Long Barrow [Map]

This is situated in the parish of Boxwell, six and a half miles west of Tetbury; it is locally known as "West Barrow," and was opened about the year 1700 by Matthew Huntley. It contained three vaults arched over like ovens, and at the entrance of each was found an earthen jar containing burnt human bones, but the skulls and thigh-bones were found unburnt.

See Atkyn's "History of Gloucestershire," p155.

Also Rudder's "History of Gloucestershire," p306.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Boxwell Lodge aka West Long Barrow [Map]

(often referred to as "The Leighterton Barrow")

Gloucestershire, 65 N.W. Parish of Boxwell-with-Leighterton. 51*.

Latitude 51° 37' 13*. Longitude 2° 15' 40". Height above O.D. about 590 feet.

Aubrey says: "Near Layterton in the field is an oblong barrow like Hubba's Low [Map] but broader; it is made of the field stones as the other, and lies west and eastward. At the great end (in a place digged) is a stone, standing as here in the figure. On the other side of the village is such another barrow."

Witts says: "Opened about the year 1700 by Matthew Huntley. It contained three vaults arched over like ovens, and at the entrance of each was found an earthen jar containing burnt human bones, but the skulls and thigh bones were found unburnt."

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Ganborough Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 22 N.W. Parish of Longborough. 26*.

Latitude 51° 57' 31". Longitude 1° 44' 50'. Height above O.D. about 730 feet.

Situated immediately west of the Stow-Evesham main road, about too yards north of the entrance to Banks Fee House. It was marked as a tumulus on the Ordnance Map (edition of 1903) and is mentioned by Witts as a round barrow (W. 52 Round). It is however, undoubtedly a Long Barrow. It is about 160 feet long, and is higher and broader at the S.E. end, which is slightly truncated by the wall separating the field from the main road. At this point in the wall, and on the highest point of the barrow, stands an ash tree. There is a depression at the east end, which doubtless represents some unrecorded excavation. The whole barrow is ploughed over and stands in an arable field without any protection. Visited November i8th, 1920.

29 Swell Barrow 1. Swell Barrow 1 [Map]

This barrow is situated in a field called "Cow Common," in the parish of lower Swell, two and a half miles from the village, and three miles from Stow-on‑the‑Wold. Its length was about 150 feet, greatest width 77 feet, and greatest height five feet; its direction is east-south‑east and west-north‑west. It is entirely composed of slabs and rubble, and is surrounded by a carefully constructed wall of Stonesfield slate; this wall was two feet three inches high on the south side. The chief chamber was on the north side, fifty-five feet from the east end, and was discovered by the Rev. David Royce in 1867. The sides of the chamber were constructed of large upright stones, one being three feet six inches by two feet four inches, the chamber itself being three feet square. It contained three skeletons, and to the south-west of it five other skeletons were found. The chamber had a passage leading to it from the surrounding wall. Another chamber was found thirty feet from the east end, measuring six feet by four feet eight inches, of an oval form; it contained bones of two adults and one infant, two flint flakes, several fragments of pottery, &c. This barrow assumed the "horned" shape at the east end. There are eight round barrows in the same field.

See "Jour. Anat. and Phys.," vol. III, p252.

Also "Jour. Anthrop. Inst.," vol. V, p120.

Also "British Barrows," p513.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Cow Common Long Barrow [Map].

Gloucestershire, 21 S.E. Parish of Lower Swell. 21 *.

Latitude 51° 56' 04*. Longitude 1° 48' 12". Height above O.D. about 620 feet.

This is WittsVNo. 29, Rolleston's "Swell," and Greenwell's 229. Witts' measurements are, length, 150 feet; greatest width, 77 feet; greatest height, 5 feet. It is oriented E.S.E. and W.N.W. He says: "It is entirely composed of slabs and rubble, and is surrounded by a carefully constructed wall of Stonesfield slate; this wall was 2 ft. 3 ins. high on the south side. The chief chamber was on the north side, 55 feet from the east end, and was discovered by the Rev. David Royce in 1867. The sides of the chamber were constructed of large upright stones, one being 3 ft. 6 ins. by 2 ft. 4 ins., the chamber itself being 3 ft. square. It contained three skeletons, and to the S.W. of it five other skeletons were found. The chamber had a passage leading to it from the surrounding wall. Another chamber was found 30 ft. from the east end, measuring 6 ft. by 4 ft. 8 ins., of an oval form; it contained bones of two adults and one infant, two flint flakes, several fragments of pottery, etc. This barrow assumed the 'homed' shape at the east end."

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Lower Swell Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 22 S.W. Parish of Lower Swell. 39 *.

Latitude 51° 55' 48". Longitude 1° 45' 09". Height above O.D. about 560 feet.

Situated a quarter of a mile W.N.W. of Swell Church. It is not marked on the Ordnance Map or mentioned by Witts. It is covered by a thin growth of firs with elders round the lower edge. It is about 135 feet long. A narrow trench has been cut across it near the eastern end, but no chamber appears to have been found (to judge by its present appearance), and otherwise it appears to be unmutilated. There are no signs of a surrounding wall. It is in danger of being eventually destroyed, as it is unprotected by any fence in a ploughed field; and ploughing appears to encroach yearly upon it. It is oriented W.N.W. and E.S.E. On the south side the scarp of the hillside is cut into, probably by the makers of the barrow, thus giving the appearance of a ditch on the north side. It is much higher at the east end. There are rabbit burrows (mostly abandoned) on the north side. Discovered and visited Novem- ber i8th, 1920; and revisited October 21st, 1922.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Whittlestone aka Whistlestone Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 22 S.W. Parish of Lower Swell. 107.

Latitude 51° 55' 49*'. Longitude i°44' 57". Height above O.D., between 500 and 600 feet.

The site only is marked on the Ordnance Map. It is on the top of a ridge caused apparently by the outcrop of a seam of hard rock. There are no signs of a mound anywhere. The ground is occupied by allotments. Not mentioned by Witts.

Finds Near Stow on the Wold. Nether Swell. — Within a stone's throw from the north-west angle of the church, on the summit of the rising ground, in the allotments, stood, within the memory of the writer of this paper, a familiar, yet most venerable monolith. It was known as the Whistlestone [Map] (so called, perhaps, from this, the Wheat Hill, as the one beyond was the Oat Hill). This stone was the last, most probably, of a cist. Many bones were found at its base. A witticism, amongst the villagers, was this: — "When the Whistle-stone hears Stow clock (a mile off) strike twelve, it goes down to Lady-well (at the Hill's foot) to drink." Alas, poor Whistlestone! Farmer Illes, one of the olden time, one day picked up two of a perfect set of teeth, in plowing by the stone, but so harried was he by the weirdy teeth, that he replaced them speedily where he found them. But a later occupier did what the good folk of the village declared could not be done — for "All the King's horses and all the King's men" could not cast down nor carry away Whistlestone — but it was carried away — yet rescued from the roads or profane use. In the vicarage-paddock the pre-historic block now finds asylum.

At St Andrew's Church, Miserden St Andrew [Map], adjacent to the life-size effigies of Sir William Sandsys and his wife is the recumbent effigy of William Kingston (1614), high sheriff of Gloucestershire and a descendantof Sir Anthony Kingston, who died in 1557. He is represented in half armour, with the addition of trunk hose and long wrinkled leather boots, and it is said that the armour was made to resemble bright steel by a coating of silverfoil from cigars applied about 80 Years ago by Squire Leatham of Miserden Park. The manor of Miserden came to the Kingstons about 1537 and was left through a niece of Sir Anthony Kingstonto the Jerningham family, whoheld it until 1620. The manor passed out of the direct line of heirs, because William Kingston's father, Anthony, had been declared illegitimate.

William Kingston's ancestor, Sir Anthony (1519-1556), was at one time provost-marshal of Cornwall and having defeated the praver book rebels, accepted the ospitality of the Mayor of Bodmin and then proceeded to hang his host, Nicholas Boyer, on a gallows erected outside his own ront door at Bodmin. He was M.P. for Gloucestershire in 1545 1552-3 and 1555. He was lord of the manor Painswick, but never lived there, as had his father, Sir William (d. 1540), who when constable of the Tower had received Anne Boleyn. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, had purchased the manor of Painswick in 1539 and wen after his execution in the following year Sir William had no difficulty in acquiring it from Henry VIII.

St Andrew's Church, Miserden St Andrew [Map]. Two monuments in chancel: Renaissance wall monument contains kneeling effigies of Anthony Partrige, died 1625, and his wife by Baldwin of Stroud; entablature surmounted by crest. Tablet with bolection moulding surmounted by mourners and crest, inscribed to William Wolley, died 1670. Chapel contains fine set of monuments, central chest with effigies in Derbyshire alabaster, possibly carved by Edward Marshall, depict Sir William Sandys of Misarden Park, died 1640, and wife Margaret Culpeper, died 1644. Around base are effigies of all the children including, at the west end, the infant mortalities. Further chest tomb with painted stone effigy by Baldwin of William Kingstone Of Miserden, died 1614. Wall monuments in chapel include one with relief of weeping angel inscribed to Reverend Sir Edwin Winsor Bayntun Sandys Baronet, died 1848; and Baroque style monument to Michael Wills, died 1943. Further fine nave monuments.

On 16th January 1830 John Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 81) died at Batsford Park Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. His son John (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baron Redesdale of Redesdale in Northumberland.

Fosse Way 5d Cirencester to High Cross. From Corinium Dobunnorum [Map] aka Cirencester the Fosse Way continues straight through Fossbridge, Gloucestershire [Map] where it crosses the River Coln, then past Northleach [Map] where it crosses the modern A40, then past Bourton-on-the-Water [Map] after which Icknield Street continues towards Alcester, Warwickshire [Map] and Lichfield, Staffordshire [Map]. 4.5km after Bourton-on-the-Water the Fosse Way makes a change in direction heading north passing through Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [Map], Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire [Map], Halford, Warwickshire [Map], past Fosse Way, Compton Verney [Map], Princethorpe, Warwickshire [Map], then Bretford, Warwickshire [Map] where it crosses the Warwickshire River Avon. After it crosses the River Avon it continues straight to Venonae [Map] aka High Cross where it crossed Watling Street.

Notgrove Long Barrow [Map] is a Severn Cotswolds Tomb located on the crest of a ridge in the Cotswold Hills. The long barrow mound was trapezoidal in plan and orientated east-west.

2800BC. Nympsfield Long Barrow [Map] is a chambered tomb of the Severn Cotswolds type.

In 1862 Buckman and the Cotteswold Naturalist's Field Club excavated the site.

In 1937 by E. M. Clifford excavated the site.

Nympsfield Skulls. Report on the Skulls from the Tumulus at Nympsfield [Map]. By John Thurnam (age 54), M.D., F.S.A.

Nympsfield. Notes on an Ancient British Tumulus at Nympsfield [Map], opened by the Cotteswold Club. By James Buckman, F.G.S., F.L.S., F.S.A., &c., Professor of Botany and Geology.

Description of the Chambered Tumuli of Uley and Nympsfield. Description Of The Chambered Tumuli Of Uley [Map] and Nympsfield [Map], Visited by the Society on 22nd July, 1880, with remarks on other Tumuli in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire. By Sir John Maclean, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Royal Archaeological Institute, Hon. Member of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, &c.

25 Nympsfield Barrow. Nympsfield Long Barrow [Map]

This is situated on the escarpment of the Cotteswold Hills, in the parish of Nympsfield, on an eminence known as Crawley Hill, half a mile north of the barrow at Uley, and two miles north-east of Dursley. It was examined by the Cotteswold Field Club in 1862. Its length was 120 feet, and greatest breadth 85 feet; its direction was east and west, the highest part being towards the east. Twenty-four upright stones were discovered forming a central passage, with a double set of cruciform chambers on either side almost identical in dimensions to those at Uley and Notgrove; in one of these was partitioned off a smaller chamber or cistern, probably for the remains of an infant found therein. In some parts the spaces between the upright stones were filled up with dry walling. The remains of sixteen human skeletons were found, also some bones of the ox, hog, dog, and birds, a few fragments of pottery, and some flint flakes. All the skulls were of pronounced dolicho-cephalic type.

See "Journal Anthrop. Soc.," vol. III, p66.

Also "Proceedings Cott. Nat. Field Club," vol. III, p184.

Also "Transactions Bristol and Glou. Archae. Soc.," vol. V, p95.

In 1914 the building of Hilles, House, Gloucestershire [Map] was commenced to the design of architect Detmar Jellings Blow (age 46) whose home it was to be; building was completed in 1939.

On 7th May 2007 Isabella "Issy" Blow aka Delves Broughton (age 48) died at Gloucester hospital having deliberately consumed the weedkiller paraquat two days before at her home Hilles, House, Gloucestershire [Map].

After 1623. St Mary's Church, Painswick, Gloucestershire. The Seaman family of Painswick also provide a curious mixture. The effigies in Painswick Church are to John Seaman and his wife, who lived at one time at the Court House. He was chancellor of the diocese of Gloucester and the effigies were originally placed in the chancel before being moved to their present position probably about 1800. The canopy is of late Tudor workmanship and formed part of the tomb of Sir William Kingston, K.G., d. 1540. Probably by Samuel Baldwin.

John Seaman died in 1623. In St. Clair Baddeley's history of Painswick we read that his son, Edward Seaman of the Sheep- house, Painswick, was hanged for murder in 1636. After Giles Sea- man died in 1689 the Court of the Quarter Sessions made an Order to jodge a constable there. Seaman had died there, con- siderably in debt and probably occupying but a gastion of it. "In 1691," says St, Clair Baddley's history, "his widow (?), Elizabeth Jolmin, was brougnt before the ustices (probably the Petty Sessions, held at the Falcon Inn). The last mention of het peers Ss after which te the name of Seaman vanishes from history.

On 12th September 1826 Robert Lowe and Charlotte Atwell were married at St Mary's Church, Painswick, Gloucestershire.

Lineover Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England

The monument includes a long barrow situated immediately below a crest on the north eastern edge of the Cotswolds, on level ground which falls sharply away to the north. The barrow mound, which is orientated east-west, has been reduced by cultivation. The western part survives as a slight rise, 0.3m high, in the ploughsoil but reaches a maximum height of 1.8m, at the eastern end. A circular depression in this end of the mound is probably the result of an unrecorded antiquarian excavation. Although no longer visible on the surface, side ditches will flank either side of the mound and will survive as buried features 3m wide.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Lineover Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 27 S.W. Parish of Dowdeswell. 36*.

Latitude 51° 51' 55". Longitude 2° 00' 41". Height above O.D. about 910 feet.

This is certainly the remains of a Long Barrow. It is included by Witts under Round Barrows, but as he merely mentions it without describing its appearance, it is probable that he never examined it closely. From a distance it is a conspicuous object, and from the main road (Stow-on-the-Wold to Gloucester) which passes a few yards to the south of it, it has all the appearance of a Round Barrow. But from the top of the mound (and also from below it on the north) the faint stony remains of a prolongation westwards can be detected. In its present condition, therefore, it recalls Norn's Tump (No. 11) but on a smaller scale. The existing mound is probably the eastern (and presum- ably highest) end, which has escaped the plough by its greater height. It now stands in a ploughed field but is not itself ploughed over, being grass-grown. The annual encroachments of the plough will however, eventually destroy it. The surviving mound has been dug into from the north side probably by someone who mistook it for a Round Barrow. Like the Withington Barrow (No. 57), it stands on the edge of the hill, but not on the highest point. I estimated its original length at 140- 150 feet. The present height of the grass mound is about 5 to 6 feet. Visited December 21st, 1920.

W. 73. (Round).

26 Randwick Barrow. Randwick Barrow [Map]

This lies on the top of Randwick Hill, a quarter of a mile from the village of Randwick, and two miles north-west of Stroud; it is 150 feet long, its greatest width being 86 feet, and greatest height 13 feet; its direction is east and west, the highest part being towards the east. It is composed of oolitic rubble and slabs, and is enclosed by a well-built wall formed of thin stones; this wall is exposed in two places on the west side, where a portion of the barrow has been destroyed by quarrying operations. The stones of the interior are for the most part laid at an angle of 45 degrees, overlapping one another. At the east end it appears to have two well-developed "horns." On visiting the barrow in March, 1881, I found a portion of a human tibia, much stained with manganic oxide and black fungus. There are two round barrows within a few hundred yards, and some earthworks cutting off the neck of the hill, thus forming a camping ground. The three barrows are within the defended area.

Archaeologia Volume 9 Appendix. Nov. 22, 1787.

Mr. Lyson's exhibited an urn taken out of a tumulus or barrow [Windmill Tump aka Rodmarton Long Barrow [Map]], in a field called Inlands, near Hazleden, in the parish of Rodmarton and county of Gloucester, in the year 1779. It was deposited in the centre of the tumulus, in a pentagonal cell about two feet five inches in depth, formed by five large hewn stones, over which was placed another very large stone to secure it.

The tumulus from the top of it to the level of the field in which it stood was somewhat more than ten feet in depth, and consisted of fine black earth mixed with wood ashes, except a stratum of rubbish twenty inches in depth from the top. In the urn was a considerable quantity of ashes and burnt bones.

Another smaller tumulus adjoining to the one above mentioned was also opened at the same time, in which the urn was not deposited in a cell, but buried in the earth, so that it could not be taken out entire. Such parts as could be preserved of it were exhibited, from which it appears to have been of the same kind as the preceding.

St Kenelm's Churtch, Sapperton [Map]. There is a very fine collection of monuments. In the north transept is a large Renaissance tomb of Sir Henry Poole who died in 1616, with kneeling marble effigies of him and his family. There is also a recumbent stone knight and Renaissance canopy, on the east wall of the north transept, by Gildo or Gildon of Hereford. In south transept there is a substantial monument to Sir Robert Atkyns, the historian of Gloucestershire who died in 1711, by Edward Stanton.

The Toots Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England 1002131

The monument includes a long barrow situated on the north western summit of an extremely prominent ridge forming the watershed between numerous tributaries to the Nailsworth Stream and River Frome. The long barrow survives as a roughly rectangular mound with an undulating profile which measures up to 73.1m long, 27.4m wide and 3.5m high. Aligned ENE to WSW it has been the subject of numerous partial early excavations leaving a profile resembling two smaller mounds and at least one excavation in 1880 produced part of a stone built chamber and an interment.

Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club Volume 5 Page 277. The largest tumulus of this district stands on Selsley Hill; it is known as "The Toots [Map]," and has been opened in three places, but I am not aware that any record has been preserved of the results of this disturbance. The Bown Hill Tumulus [Map] (Fig. 2) was opened by the Club in May, 1863, and found to have been formed over stone chambers; particulars of this examination are given in the " Proceedings of the Club," Yol. III., page 199. The tumulus on Minchinhampton Common, popularly known as "Whitfield's Tump [Map]," has been so thoroughly distiirbed as to render it difficult to ascertain its original form and dimensions.

28 Selsley Hill Barrow. Selsey Hill aka The Toots Barrow [Map]

This barrow is generally known as "The Toots," and is situated high up on Selsley Hill, two miles south-west of Stroud. Its length is 210 feet, its greatest width 90 feet, and height 11 feet; its direction is east-north‑east and west-south‑west, the highest part lying towards the east-north‑east. From these dimensions it will be seen that this is one of the largest long barrows in Gloucestershire. It has been opened in three places, but, unfortunately, no record has been preserved of the results of these excavations.

See "Proceedings Cott. Nat. Field Club," vol. V, p279.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. The Toots Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 49 N.W. Parish of King's Stanley. 50 *.

Latitude 51° 43' 33". Longitude 2° 15' 01". Height above O.D. 689 feet.

"This barrow is generally known as 'The Toots' and is situated high up on Selsley Hill, two miles S.W. of Stroud. Its length is 210 feet; its greatest width, 90 feet, and height, 11 feet; its direction is E.N.E.-W.S.W., the highest part lying towards the E.N.E. From these dimensions it will be seen that this is one of the largest long barrows in Gloucestershire. It has been opened in three places, but unfortunately, no record has been preserved of the results of these excavations."

The River Churn is a tributary of the River Thames that rises at Seven Springs [Map] in Gloucestershire. Some consider this to be the source of the River Thames since its is further from the mouth of the Thames than the official source Thameshead. The River Churn joins the River Thames near Cricklade.

Thameshead, Gloucestershire [Map] is considered to the source of the River Thames although the head of the River Churn at Seven Springs [Map] is further away from the mouth of the Thames than Thameshead, Gloucestershire [Map].

In 1291 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 26) was appointed Governor of St Briavels Castle.

On or before 11th June 1715 John Webb of Church Stanway in Gloucestershire was born. He was baptised on 11th June 1715 at St Peter's Church, Stanway.

On or before 26th March 1749 Francis Webb was born to John Webb of Church Stanway in Gloucestershire (age 33). He was baptised at St Peter's Church, Stanway on 26th March 1749.

On 18th December 1769 Francis Webb (age 20) and Mary Garritt were married at St Peter's Church, Stanway.

On 15th April 1790 Frances Skey (deceased) was buried at St Peter's Church, Stanway.

On 21st August 1791 John Webb of Church Stanway in Gloucestershire (deceased) was buried at St Peter's Church, Stanway.

Chapter. On a failure of heirs male, in a not very diftant branch, Thomas Stothard ftood as the heir-at-law to an old family manfion and a large landed property, I believe, in Gloucefterfhire. Many years ago that failure took place, and he was advifed to assert his claims, and take the ufual legal meafures in such a cafe. But he not only felt a great repugnance to difturb the tranquillity of his own mind, and the delightful indulgence of his imagination at the easel, with the turmoil and hazard and vexatious delays of a lawfuit, but a generous motive alfo prevailed with him; as, at the time he was so much urged to proceed in the affair, he remarked, with the accuftomed Simplicity of his character, "that he mould not like to difturb with law the three maiden ladies who had the property in pofTeffion." Burke would not have faid that a fpirit of chivalry was dead in England, could he have heard this anecdote of Stothard. To return from this digreffion.

Chapter. [Note. Thomas Stothard's mother was Mary, one of three nieces and heiresses of Danvers Hodges who owned Broadwell House, Gloucestershire]

Around 10th June 1722 John Grubyham Howe (age 65) died at Stowell Park Stowell, Gloucestershire.

The River Windrush rises near Taddington [Map] in Gloucestershire. It travels broadly south-west through Bourton-on-the-Water [Map], Burford, Oxfordshire [Map], Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map], Witney, Oxfordshire [Map] joining the River Thames at Nebridge.

Stanway House is a Jacobean house constructed in the late 16th and early 17th century for the Tracy family after the land was leased to Richard Tracy.

Before 20th March 1413 John Berkeley (age 52) died at Beverstone, Tetbury.

Around April 1421 Richard Poynings (age 21) and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 39) were married at Beverstone, Tetbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 11th February 1266 Constance Tosny (age 32) died at Alveston Thornbury, Gloucestershire.

Guillaume Fitzwarin died at Alveston Thornbury, Gloucestershire.

In 1066 Beorhtric son of Aelfgar held the manor of Thornbury Manor Thornbury, Gloucestershire.

On 23rd April 1686 Henrietta Marie Wentworth 6th Baroness Wentworth (age 25) died. She was buried at St George of England Church, Toddington. Her aunt Anne (age 62) succeeded 7th Baroness Wentworth, de jure 11th Baroness Despencer.

On 20th March 1688 Frances Devereux (age 29) died. She was buried at St George of England Church, Toddington.

In 1431 Richard Greville was born at Lemington Todenham, Gloucestershire.

On 7th August 1924 Berkeley Reynolds-Moreton 4th Earl of Ducie (age 90) died. He was buried at St Leonard's Church, Tortworth [Map]. His son Capel (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl Ducie, 8th Baron Ducie.

3000BC or before. Uley Barrow aka Hetty Pegler's Tump [Map] is a Severn-Cotswolds Tomb with a transepted gallery grave with a stone-built central passage with two chambers on each side and another at the end.

John Thurnam 1854. Description Of A Chambered Tumulus, Near Uley [Uley Barrow aka Hetty Pegler's Tump [Map]], Gloucestershire by John Thurnam (age 43). 1854.

Llewellynn Jewitt 1870. Another extremely important mound of this description is the one at Uley, in Gloucestershire [Map], of which an able account has been written by Dr. Thurnham.¹ The mound is about 120 feet in length, 85 feet in its greatest breadth, and about 10 feet in height. It is higher and broader at its east end than elsewhere. The entrance at the east end is a trilithon, formed by a large flat stone upwards of eight feet in length, and four and a half in depth, and supported by two upright stones which face each other, so as to leave a space of about two and a half feet between the lower edge of the large stone and the natural ground. Entering this, a gallery appears, running from east to west, about twenty-two feet in length, four and a half in average width, and five in height; the sides formed of large slabs of stone, set edgeways, the spaces between being filled in with smaller stones. The roof is formed, as usual, of flat slabs, laid across and resting on the side-slabs. There are two smaller chambers on one side, and there is evidence of two others having existed on the other side. Several skeletons were found in this fine tumulus when it was opened, many years ago.

Note 1. Archaeological Journal, vol xi., p. 315.

Description of the Chambered Tumuli of Uley and Nympsfield. Description Of The Chambered Tumuli Of Uley [Map] and Nympsfield [Map], Visited by the Society on 22nd July, 1880, with remarks on other Tumuli in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire. By Sir John Maclean, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Royal Archaeological Institute, Hon. Member of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, &c.

Before 1854 Francis Edward Witts (age 70) was appointed Rector of St Peter's Church, Upper Slaughter.

Reverend Edward Francis Witts was appointed Rector of St Peter's Church, Upper Slaughter.

31 Swell Barrow 3. Swell Barrow 3 aka Pole's Wood East Barrow [Map]

This is in the parish of Upper Swell, half a mile west-south‑west of the village, and the same distance north of Lower Swell. The extreme length was 120 feet, and extreme width 40 feet; its direction was north-north‑east and south-south‑west, its horned end being at the north-north‑east end; its greatest height was five feet. It was surrounded by a wall which measured four feet in height at the north end. The principal interment was in a trench about twenty-eight feet long, six feet four inches wide, and two feet deep, and this was sunk below the original surface of the ground, similar to the trench described under the "West Tump." In this trench-chamber were found nineteen skeletons, also bones of the roe deer, red deer, ox, wild board, goat, pig, &c., bone implements, one vessel of coarse pottery, and a considerable number of worked flints. Three Saxon skeletons were found near the surface of the barrow.

See "Jour. Anthrop. Inst.," vol. V, p120.

Also "British Barrows," p524.

Finds Near Stow on the Wold. Upper Swell Barrows. — [Pole's Wood East Barrow [Map] or Pole's Wood West Barrow [Map]] Had the programme been adhered to, the road from Upper to Nether Swell would have taken our party under the two horned barrows, described in "British Barrows," which, it was hoped, the Society would have inspected. A detail or two of "finds," subsequent, and too late for insertion in the above work, may be worth recording, viz: secondary Saxon interment, on that favourite spot, the horned end of Long Barrows. Two Saxons were interred, after their wont, in pure earth, on a barrow of sheer stones. No 1, a young man, arms bent; left, on breast; right, on stomach — clavicle, scapula, tibia, fibula wanting; only half of right femur; under right pelvis, a small iron knife; spear on right side. The bones were "mashed" by heavy stones over them. No. 2, spear-head, like that of No. 1, only horizontal over head; left arm down by side; a large knife below. This skeleton more perfect, was that of a strong tall man; yet tibia, fibula, feet and finger bones were not found with the body; but bones that might have belonged to it were found on the top of the barrow, lower down. The bones of both were, in part, decayed and weatherworn. Both lay on their backs in line with the harrow, a foot to 18 inches below the surface and 17 ft. from the curve in the horns.

30 Swell Barrow 2. Swell Barrow 2 aka Pole's Wood South [Map]

This is in the parish of Upper Swell, half a mile from the village, and one and a half miles from Stow-on‑the‑Wold. Its length was 173 feet, its greatest width 57 feet, and greatest height eight feet six inches; its direction was east by north and west by south, the highest portion lying towards the east. Like the others in this neighbourhood it is composed of oolitic rubble and slabs, and is surrounded by a wall, which at the east end reached to a height of five feet, and here it assumed the "horned" shape. Only one chamber was found in the whole of this mound; this was twenty-four feet from the west end, and on the north side of the barrow; it had a passage leading to it similar to the last. The chamber was seven feet long, four feet wide, and three feet eight inches high. At least nine skeletons were found here, together with bones of the goat or sheep, ox, pig, and two pieces of pottery. In the passage were found three other skeletons. Near the surface of the barrow three bodies were discovered, evidently Saxons, as proved by the articles found with them, viz., two bronze buckles, an iron knife, and an amber bead.

See "Jour. Anthrop. Inst.," vol. V, p120.

Also "British Barrows," p521.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Pole's Wood South Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 22 S.W. Parish of Upper Swell. 45*.

Latitude 51° 56' 06". Longitude 1° 45' 23". Height above O.D. about 710 feet.

Finds Near Stow on the Wold. Barrow 2 [Pole's Wood South Barrow [Map]] — seen at times, by those gifted with second sight, swathed in unearthly flame. On its surface, at the horned end, with her head south, broken, and her bones displaced, lay a lady — between her knees, a small iron knife; below her breast, an amber bead, whilst two circular cabled fibulae fastened her shroud, one on each shoulder.

But, "place aux dames!" as Dr. Rolleston exclaimed, on further removal of the soil, the remains of other bodies appeared. The frame of a man, lying north-east by south-west, had been displaced to receive the lady's body. Skulls and bones of two infants were found. A Saxon family, prematurely cut ofi", would seem to have been committed to this particular spot, on the, even then, revered and ancient cairn. A singular circumstance attending this "find," was the arrival of a telegram, at a British barrow, summoning Dr. Rolleston, from the grave of the Saxon lady, to the sick bed of his sister. Progress indeed!

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Pole's Wood West Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 22 S.W. Parish of Upper Swell. 45a*.

Latitude 51° 56' 13'. Longitude 1° 45' 30". Height above O.D. 700 feet.

The remains of this barrow were discovered accidentally on Oct. 17th, 1922. It lies in the field adjoining Pole's Plantation on the west, and is 730 feet N.W. of the Pole's Wood South Long Barrow (No. 45) and 1820 feet west of the Pole's Wood East Long Barrow (No. 44). Its length by tape is 118 feet, and its distance from the western (north and south) wall of Pole's Plantation, 312 feet, measured along the north wall of the field. Its orientation is N.N.W. and S.S.E. The elevation is low and it has certainly been dug into in places. There are several bare stoney patches on its surface, and many big (but hardly " megalithic ") stones lying about over its southern end. It probably conceals a good deal of unrifled material. The field in which it lies is under permanent grass. This discovery confirms the remarkable concentration already referred to, and makes a total of four Long Barrows within a space of 1,000 yards square. If, as is probable, the Whittlestone and the " tump " 700 yards to the west of it are both remains of Long Barrows, this number would be raised to six.

Finds Near Stow on the Wold. Upper Swell Barrows. — [Pole's Wood East Barrow [Map] or Pole's Wood West Barrow [Map]] Had the programme been adhered to, the road from Upper to Nether Swell would have taken our party under the two horned barrows, described in "British Barrows," which, it was hoped, the Society would have inspected. A detail or two of "finds," subsequent, and too late for insertion in the above work, may be worth recording, viz: secondary Saxon interment, on that favourite spot, the horned end of Long Barrows. Two Saxons were interred, after their wont, in pure earth, on a barrow of sheer stones. No 1, a young man, arms bent; left, on breast; right, on stomach — clavicle, scapula, tibia, fibula wanting; only half of right femur; under right pelvis, a small iron knife; spear on right side. The bones were "mashed" by heavy stones over them. No. 2, spear-head, like that of No. 1, only horizontal over head; left arm down by side; a large knife below. This skeleton more perfect, was that of a strong tall man; yet tibia, fibula, feet and finger bones were not found with the body; but bones that might have belonged to it were found on the top of the barrow, lower down. The bones of both were, in part, decayed and weatherworn. Both lay on their backs in line with the harrow, a foot to 18 inches below the surface and 17 ft. from the curve in the horns.

37 Willersey Barrow. Willersey Barrow [Map]

There is a mound in Willersey Camp, on the top of the Cotteswold Hills, one and a half miles from Broadway, very much like a long barrow, though without excavation it would be impossible to be certain as to its nature. Its length is 160 feet, greatest width 66 feet, and greatest height four feet six inches. Its direction is east and west, the highest portion being at the east end. The interior seems to be composed of oolitic rubble and slabs, similar to that found in other Gloucestershire barrows.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Withington Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire, 35 S.E. Parish of Withington. 57*.

Latitude 51° 49' 33". Longitude 1° 57' 19'". Height above O.D. about 730 feet.

About 150 feet long. Oriented N.E. - S.W. "Several stones - forming chambers- are exposed, and it is evident that excavations have been made at some time, and some of the chambers examined; but no record has been kept and nothing is known as to what was found."

Visited December 21st 1920. It lies to the west of Swilly Bottom (which joins the Coin Valley at Woodbridge) on the edge of Pear-tree Bank. (These names were told me on the spot by a game-keeper). I had comparatively little difficulty in finding it, as the whole of that part of the wood in which it lies has now been cut down. It is oriented N.E.-S.W., the N.E. end being the highest, about 6 feet. It is perfect, except at the ends, both of which have been disturbed. At the S.W . end are some large stones, but as the small crater on whose sides they lie was covered with felled underwood, it was difficult to make exact observations. They are of no great size and do not appear to be arranged in any order. The surface at present is stony and loose and much covered by moss. The stools of two or three large trees remain. Otherwise both it and its surroundings are bare of all vegetation. It does not stand on the biggest part of the hill, but it does lie close to the edge of the steep western side of Swilly Bottom. There are many "Roman" snail shells of the wood. About a quarter of a mile to the N.W. is a Round Barrow, not marked on the map (1903 ed).

W. 38 [A mistake for 37?].

Bown Hill Long Barrow [Map]. Historic England:

The monument includes a long barrow orientated approximately east-west on the crest of a hill in the Cotswolds. It is visible as a barrow mound 56m long by 22m wide and ranging between 2m high at its western end to 4.5m high at its eastern end. At the east end of the mound is a large depression measuring approximately 12m by 9m, while in the centre of the mound is a second depression about 8m wide, both of which are thought to have been due to the partial excavation of the barrow in 1863. Two parallel ditches, from which material was excavated during the construction of the barrow, lie on either side of the barrow mound to the north and south. These ditches are no longer visible at ground level, having become infilled over the years, but survive as buried features about 3m wide. The barrow was partially excavated by Dr Paine and Mr Witchell in 1863. At the east end, between dry stone wall horns, was a megalithic portal which lead straight into a rectangular burial chamber measuring 2.6m by 1.2m. The chamber contained the remains of at least six individuals, animal bones and some Neolithic pottery. Some Romano-British pottery and a coin of Germanicus (struck approximately AD19) were also recovered. The dry stone walls and wire fences which run immediately to the west and north of the mound are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included.

Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club Volume 5 Page 277. The largest tumulus of this district stands on Selsley Hill; it is known as "The Toots [Map]," and has been opened in three places, but I am not aware that any record has been preserved of the results of this disturbance. The Bown Hill Tumulus [Map] (Fig. 2) was opened by the Club in May, 1863, and found to have been formed over stone chambers; particulars of this examination are given in the " Proceedings of the Club," Yol. III., page 199. The tumulus on Minchinhampton Common, popularly known as "Whitfield's Tump [Map]," has been so thoroughly distiirbed as to render it difficult to ascertain its original form and dimensions.

5 Bown Hill Barrow. Bown Hill Long Barrow [Map]

This lies on Bown Hill, above Woodchester, three miles south-west of Stroud, and two miles north-west of Nailsworth. It is 180 feet long, its greatest width being 50 feet. Its direction is east-north‑east and west-south‑west, the highest end being towards the east-north‑east. It was opened by the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club in May, 1863. The interior of the barrow was constructed of angular masses of stone, heaped together without any order, amongst which were scattered blocks of considerable size. Only one chamber was found; this was formed of five large stones, two on each side and one placed transversely, measuring eight feet six inches by four feet. The remains of six skeletons were found, and several bones of cattle, teeth of the horse and ox, several boars' tusks, a small flint flake, and some pieces of rude pottery. The barrow had evidently been previously disturbed, and this fact will probably account for the presence of a brass coin of the Roman Emperor Germanicus.

See "Proceedings Cott. Nat. Field Club," vol. III, p199.

Also "Proceedings Cott. Nat. Field Club," vol. V, p279.

Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Blackquarries Hill Long Barrow [Map]

Gloucestershire 56 S.E. Parish of Wotton-under-Edge. 14 *.

Latitude 51° 38' 14". Longitude 2° 19' 29". Height above O.D. about 750 feet.

This barrow is mentioned only by Witts and is included by him in his list of Round Barrows [W. 94 Round]. There can however, be no doubt that it is a Long Barrow. It is surrounded by a wall and is planted thinly with firs, the whole being called "The Clump." A young farmer who accosted me knew little about it except that there was a tradition of "soldiers" being buried here. That alone is, I think, sufficient to put out of court the suggestion of an old quarry dump which occurred to me when I first looked at it. It is 114 feet long. It is oriented N.E. - S.W. and has been very roughly dug over. There are no loose stones lying about. The plantation on the S.E. covers a maze of old quarries and is known as Tile Plantation, from the fact that roof-tiles were quarried here. W. 95 (Round) lies 1000 feet due south, in a field where I found several flints, all worked.

Visited, December 8, 1920.

W.94. (Round).

Monumental Effigies. Thomas Lord Berkeley (Died 1417) and Margaret (Warine) [Note. His wife is Margaret Lisle who was a daughter of Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle] his wife (died 1382). From a brass in Wotton under Edge Church, Gloucestershire.

Margaret Lisle Baroness Berkeley 3rd Baroness Lisle: Around 1362 she was born to Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle and Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle at Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire. On 28th June 1382 Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle died. His daughter Margaret succeeded 3rd Baroness Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire. On 20th March 1391 Margaret Lisle Baroness Berkeley 3rd Baroness Lisle died at Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle continued to hold Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire by courtesy.