The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

an old aqueduct, and coins, dug up occasionally, bearing the impress of Constantine,
Marcus Aurelius, and other Roman emperors. The name is of Saxon
origin, intended to designate the importance or the relative position of the
town. Here, according to tradition, was the Palace that belonged to the West
S.^XON Kings. There are three principal streets, irregularly built, branching
off toward Frome, Ijradford, and East Savington. The inhabitants are sup-
plied with water from springs and a small stream that falls into the Avon.
The clothing trade formerly flourished here, one house alone employing a
thousand persons. The principal manufactures Were broadcloth and kersey-
mere. There were in and near the town eight manufactures, and several
others within the parish.
Bryan Edwards, the liistorian, and Dr. Philip Withers, a writer of some
eminence, were natives of \\'eslbury.
The Westburv Parish Chitrch.
The Westbury Parish Church dates to the time of William the Conqueror,
who reigned from Dec. 25, 1066, to Sept. 9, 1087. A new church edifice was
erected in 1315, during the reign of Edward II., which was still standing in
1884. as here represented. This fine Gothic structure, nearly six hundred
years old, was built in the form of a cross. The nave was seventy-nine feet
long and twenty-six feet wide. The transept was seventy-seven feet long
and sixteen feet wide. The chancel was forty-eight feet b\- twenty-four feet.
The height of nave was forty feet. The height of chancel was twenty-six
feet. The height of the tower was eighty-four feet from the ground. The