—Mention of this road, in the neighbourhood of Malmsbury, occurs in two charters of the Saxon kings Athelstan and Eadwig, Nos. 355. & 460. Cod. Dipl. Aevi. Sax. The road is said to be known in Wiltshire as King Athelstan's Way. Can any of your correspondents oblige me by pointing out its course, and the immediate purpose for which it was constructed? There is a King's-way Field (Cyngwey-ffeld) mentioned in the ancient terriers of Bampton, Oxon, and still known there.
B. W.
172. Marriages within ruined Churches.
—I have heard of marriages solemnized within ruined churches in Ireland within the last twenty years. What is the origin of this custom; was it general, and is it still observed?
R. H.
173. Fees for Inoculation.
—In an old Account Book of a Sussex county gentleman I find the following items:—
"1780. I paid for the inoculation of William and Polly Parker, £5 15s. 6d."
and again in 1784:
"Paid towards R. Stephen's inoculation, £1 11s. 0d."