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BYGONE BERKSHIRE.

EDITED BY

P.H. DITCHFIELD, M.A., F.S.A.,

Editor of the "Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Archæological Journal,"
Secretary of Berkshire Archæological Society.
Author of "Our English Villages," etc.

LONDON:
WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE.
1896

HULL:
WILLIAM ANDREWS AND CO., THE HULL PRESS.

WINDSOR CASTLE.

Preface

The Royal County has many charms for the Antiquary and the Historian,and we trust that "Bygone Berkshire" will not be the least interestingvolume of the series which the publisher has so successfullyinaugurated. We have attempted to give some glimpses of bygone timesand episodes, sketches of the manners and customs of old Berkshirefolk, and a few biographical notices of our heroes and learned men.The story of our castles and abbeys shows how many great events in thehistory of England have been enacted on Berkshire soil, and Windsor,the home of our sovereigns, sheds additional glory on the annals of ourancient county. The editing of this volume has been a task congenial toone who for many years has made Berkshire his home. I desire to expressmy gratitude to the authors who have so kindly co-operated with me inthe preparation of this volume, and I trust that their labours willmeet with the approbation of all who reverence antiquity, and love thetraditions of the Royal County.

P.H. Ditchfield.

Barkham Rectory,
August, 1896.

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