RECORDS BY SPADE AND TERRIER... By The Rev. J.D.C. Wickham, B.A.

.# ND (1912) 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxxi,438,ii. Fold-out frontispiece and othe b/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and upper board.

.# "... Historical Side-Lights from the discovery of Stone-Age, Celtic, and Roman remains; also from the Etymology of local Place and Family Names, from Customs and Folk-lore, garnered from the Tithe-maps and registers of Holcombe-by-Mendip and surrounding District; with illustrative anecdotes, being personal Reminiscences". A detailed and scholarly parish history. (The Terrier in question has nothing to do with dogs, but is a term for a record of land ownership; likewise the word Spade is reference to archaeology).