Kieron wrote:
Also, although the caption on the Benett watercolour states that the stone fell on Rev Blakeney's estate, do we necessarily believe that?
Hi Kieron,
We can get a sense of Etheldred Bennet's character by reading "Miss Etheldred Benett (1775-1845): A Preliminary Note on her Correspondence" by R.J. Cleevely. There's a copy scanned from Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine here. We can see an example of here work here. Benett authored other papers, on the subject of geology and fossils. I haven't found copies on-line yet, but I'm sure they are available, if not on line. I feel confident in saying Bennet was a diligent and meticulous person.