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NOTES AND QUERIES. cio* s. i. JAN. IG, 1901.
so much an essay in biography as in the
more or less scientific use of the biographic
imagination." Mr. Asquith has hit the nail
on the head. GEOEGE STRONACH.
FIELD-NAMES, WEST HADDON, co. NORTH- AMPTON. Having been at work for some time past on the field-names of this village, I venture to send to ' N. & Q.' a list of all but the more common designations. I know there are many readers interested in this subject, and possibly they may be able to suggest meanings for some of the words. Where local corruptions occur I have placed them in parentheses after the names.
Hollow Long ("Ail-along"). Rodhill. Catchell. Neu Moor. Cuckoo Thorn. Duddemore Hill.
Riot Hill. (It is said that a fight between rival gleaners once took place in this field.) Rugby Gap. Hawk's Well. Lane Hills. Huckaback. Stonepit. Long Furlong. Peasborough Hill. Dungill (g soft). Lunches. California. Shoe Acres. Clay Pits. Peck Meadow. Lord's Piece. Tenterleys. King William. Fly Thorne Close. Buttit. Wignel. Coppy Moor. Nether Ground. Hollow Moor Head. Marl Pits. Toot Hill. Hedge Irons. Broad Hill.
Birch Leys ("By-Slays "). Forty Leys. Grizdell's Close. Elder Stubbs.
Top and Bottom Moor Farlands. Brown's Tongue. Rodmore. Narrow Well. Bretch. Cockle Close. Pykes. Shallons.
Upwards (" Uppards"). Rye Hills. Stainsborough. Near and Far Acre Dykes. Flexter's.
Penn Meadow or Poor Man's Close. Hollow Close or Hell Hole. Burnham's Pen.
Mixhill.
Stony Holms.
Lower and Upper Punch Bowl.
Mallow Field.
Taverner's Close and Meadow.
Black Hill Meadow.
Top and Bottom Jonathan.
Sedge Hollow ("Sag Holler ").
Bosworth's (" Bosuths ").
Presty.
Wheatborough.
Wad Close.
Great Castles.
Little Castles or Rush Hill.
Crump or Crumb Dyke.
Bush Hill.
Oakcutts.
Hunger Wells.
Brakehill.
Marker's Home.
Old Leys.
Slade Acres.
Felder Long and Hill.
Capshill Pit.
Great Close.
Thorn Tree Close.
Lime Pit Close.
Fox Hill Close.
Crogborough.
JOHN T. PAGE. West Haddon, Northamptonshire.
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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers maybe addressed to them direct.
WESTERN REBELLION OF 1549. lam engaged in writing an account of the risings in Devon and Cornwall against the introduction of King Edward VI.'s Prayer Book, commonly called the Western Rebellion of 1549. In the Camden Society publication, 'Troubles connected with the Prayer Book, <fcc.,' are a number of letters from the Privy Council to Lord Russell, Lord Privy Seal, afterwards the first Earl of Bedford, in which references are made to his letters to the Privy Council, describing the course of events in the West. So far I have been able to trace only one of these, a copy having been sent to Sir Philip Hoby, then in Brussels ; this is preserved among the Add. MSS. in the British Museum. So far as can be gathered, the missing letters of Lord Russell (excepting the above) bear date 12, 18, 22, 25 July, 7, 11, 19 August, and 7 September. There was also one of 22 September, addressed to the Duke of Somerset. I should be glad to obtain any information likely to lead to the discovery of these letters ; I have searched the MSS. at the British Museum and at the
