Description | 1. 23 Mar 1909 from the Western Daily Press about the visit of Queen Elizabeth I to Bath and the surrounding areas in 1574. 2. 3 Apr 1909 from the Wiltshire Times about the visit of Queen Elizabeth I to Bath, and the itinerary. 3. Undated cutting about the new vicar of Lacock, Reverend Edgar Moberly, and his forthcoming induction. 4. 22 Feb 1911 from the Western Daily Press about early smokers and that tobacco was not long in making its way into Bristol after its virtues were discovered by the English smoker. In 1593 the merits of the "weed" were becoming recognised. This was only eight years after the first consignment was landed in this country. 5. 2 Jan and 6 Feb 1909 from the Wiltshire Times about the Honour of Trowbridge which consisted of a number of manors forming a single lordship, of which the Earl of Hereford was once Lord. The Honour of Trowbridge consisted in the time of Henry III and Edward I of a great number of manors of which at one time the Earl of Hereford and at another time the Earl of Salisbury was supreme lord under the King. |