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THE LIBRARY TABLE.
[Under this heading it is intended to give, from time to time, short notices of books,
or other publications concerning Essex, or which may treat of matters of special
interest to us as a County Society. As the number of Essex books issuing from
the press is very limited, and the books themselves are often of varied contents, it
is not proposed to exclude any from notice in our pages on the plea that their
principal subject-matter is outside the scope of the Club, our object being to call
attention to publications which may serve in any way to illustrate the county, its
history and inhabitants, in times past and present.—Ed.]
" The Ancient Chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the town
of Epping . . . . &c."—By Benj. Winstone, F.C.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S.;
4to. pp. 122 and Postscript, pp. 15. With maps, plans, transcripts of deeds, and
other illustrations. London, 1885. [Printed for private circulation only.]
This volume, which has been recently prepared by our member, Mr. Winstone,
owes its origin to the desire to preserve in the durable guise of print the deeds and
other documents belonging or relating to the Chapel of St. John at Epping. Mr.
Winstone undertook to have these printed at his own cost, and extending his plan
by the introduction of explanatory matter, by adding maps, plans, &c, the result
is the handsome book before us. The bulk of the volume is necessarily occupied
with details of the legal, ecclesiastical, and financial history of the building; but
Mr. Winstone has interpolated amid his deeds and grants so many interesting
scraps of information respecting the topography, archaeology, and history of the
Epping district, that we are sure our readers will thank us for directing attention
to the book. Among the plates are representations of "Epping Street" in former