BRITTON

John ( eld. son of Mr. Britton of Kington St. Michael near Chippenham Wilts., farmer ). b. Kington St. Michael 7 July 1771; author of The beauties of Wilts hire 3 vols. 1801–25; The architectural antiquities of Great Britain 4 vols. 1805–14; Cathedral antiquities of England 14 vols. 1814–35; Dictionary of the architecture and archæology of the middle ages 4 parts 1830–8; edited with E. W. Brayley The beauties of England and Wales 10 vols. 1801–14; granted civil list pension of £75, 5 April 1852. d. Burton cottage Burton st. London 1 Jany. 1857. Autobiography of John Britton 1850; G.M. ii , 126, 185–92, 258 (1857).