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We visited St. Peters, Poulshot on a bright winter's day in January 2001. John Jackson informs us the name anciently appeared a Paul's Holt. We were not able to go inside the church as it was locked, but Jackson wrote: "The older portion of the church is of Early English style. In the Chancel are several monuments to a family of White. Samuel White of Poulshot was buried in Bath Abbey Church 1663.

John Aubrey wrote "I was informed at my last being at the Devises, April 4, 1668, that in this village [Poulshot] are several springs which taste brackish. Which try. Ask the virtues from some of the Devizes, who have lately dranke thereof: viz., Mr. Allen, &c. An hectique and emaciated person, by drinking this water, did in 3 weeks increase in his flesh and get a quick appetite.

There are severall brackish drawing-wells, but especially that of Ric. Bolwell, blacksmith; two quarts whereof, by evaporation, did yield a very tart salt two good spoonfulls heaped. Dr. Charles Merrott believeth it to be vitriolic. In the highway, towards (Marston) in a ditch, a mile from the Devises, is a spring, which if you putt powder of Galls into it, presently becomes of a deep claret colour. In the ditches there is a kind of friable slatt, like Cornish slatt, lyeing bendwise: it is extremely friable, and I believe abounds with vitriol, or perhaps rather with vitriol and nitre.

Mem. All the low grounds of North Wilts abound with a sowre herbage, which makes it so proper for good cheese; the soyle of Cheshire is also of that nature."

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