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178 Addenda. the brow of the hill is seen» but not the broken shaft o£ the old cross (p. 17). Having been asked about Bulstone, or Bulhomstone, Crossr near South Brent, it may be well to explain that it is merely a name given to the point where the road from Aish to Bui- homstone Farm and Owley crosses a lane leading up towards Aish Ridge. I could never learn of any stone cross standing there. What has been thought to be the base of one, was really made for a millstone. It was intended for the mill at Owley, but owing to a flaw was never taken there, but was placed in the centre of the cross roads. I gathered these par- ticulars many years ago from an old man who remembered ji^en the stone was cut. ^^ On p. 46, read 'Bidlin ; p. 96, set up for upset; p. 103^ Stascombe; p. 114, Forstall.