OF THE DEVONSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, [TAVISTOCK, JULY, 1914.] VOL. XLVI. [VOL. VI, THIRD SERIES.] PLYMOUTH: W. BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS. 1914. Copyright 1914. The Council and the Editor desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any statements, observations, or opinions appearing in any paper printed by the Society; the authors only are responsible. The Transactions of the Society are not published, nor are they on sale to the public. They are printed for Members only. Twenty-seventh Report of the Committee on Scientific Memoranda Twenty-seventh Report of the Committee on Verbal Provincialisms Thirty-third Report of the Committee on Barrows in Devonshire Tavistock Abbey. Mrs. G. H. Radford, F. R. HIST.8. Some Notes on Tavistock History. 1st Series. J. J. Alexander, M. A., The Hundred of Lifton in the time of Testa de Nevil, A. D. 1243. St. Urith of Chittlehampton: A Study in an Obscure Devon Saint. Rev. J. F. Chanter, M.A., F.S.A. The Activities of "The National Society of Colonial Dames of America," more particularly with reference to certain Devonians. Colonel Sir R. T. White-Thomson, K. C.B.. The Use of a Norse Standard of Measurement by the Normans in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Buildings, as exemplified in the structure of Torre Abbey and the Churches of Kingskerswell and Cockington. The Baptismal Fonts of Devon. Part II. Miss Kate M. Clarke Illustrations of History from the Act Book of the Chamber of the City of Exeter, 1560-1581. Part II. Professor Walter J. Harte, M.A.. Savery, Newcomen, and the Early History of the Steam-Engine. tagenet Period (1399-1485). J. J. Alexander, M.A., J.P. Some Birds of Interest on Dartmoor. E. A. S. Elliot, M. R.C.S., M. B. O. v. [7] PLATES. To face p. 93 BARROW REPORT Plan of Kistvaen at Lakehead Hill TAVISTOCK ABBEY Plate I. Charter of King Henry II. Plates II. and III. Initials on Grant of King Edward III. STRAY NOTES ON DARTMOOR TIN-WORKING— Plate I. Fig. 1.-Plan and Section of Mouldstone, Upper Blowing house, Right Bank, Yealm Fig. 2.-Plan of Mouldstone, Marchant's Bridge, Meavy. III. Fig. 5.-Sketch Plan of Blowing-house, Brisworthy, Plym Fig. 6.-Plan of Base Stone of Furnace, Brisworthy Burrows V. Fig. 8.-Section of Mortar Stone, Brisworthy Fig. 9a.-Plan of Elevation of Mortar Stone, Brisworthy Fig. 12.-View of Portions of Oak Strut, Redlake, Erme USE OF A NORSE STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT, ETC.- "A MOTHER OF MEN" Ivory Seal found at Wallingford SOCIAL WASPS IN DEVONSHIRE— Plate I. V. crabro, V. vulgaris, V. Germanica II. V. rufa, V. sylvestris, V. Norvegica, V. Austriaca THE ANGLICAN INVASION OF DEVON, ETC. Sketch Map BAPTISMAL FONTS OF DEVON Fonts at West Anstey and Bere Ferrers South Milton and Dunkeswell 430 SAVERY, NEWCOMEN, AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE Newcomen Engine at Griff, 1723 460 |