Records of Chippenham Relating to the Borough, from Its Incorporation by Queen Mary, 1554, to Its Reconstruction by Act of Parliament, 1889: Comprising Extracts from the Minute Books and Registers of Accounts of the Corporation, Together with Copies and R

Excerpt from Records of Chippenham Relating to the Borough, From Its Incorporation by Queen Mary, 1554, to Its Reconstruction by Act of Parliament, 1889: Comprising Extracts From the Minute Books and Registers of Accounts of the Corporation, Together With Copies and References From the Charter, Deeds, and Documents in the Borough Chest

The History of Chippenham as a topographical subject has not been much investigated. Though it may not contain much that is curious or remarkable, still the place has a history. The difficulty has been where to find it; for, in most of our more ancient chronicles, local memoranda are excessively rare. A short reference to ancient times will be necessary; but only so far as the better to understand the original condition of this neighbourhood, without which it is impossible to throw a proper light upon the early history of the town itself.

Everyone knows that Britain, as our island was at first called, was visited in turn, by what an old writer) calls four scourges; the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes.

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