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... Days - Fairford - Anglo - Saxon Relics Hatherop Coln - St. - Aldwyns The " Knights Templar " of Quenington - A Haunt of Ancient Peace - Bibury Village - Ancient Barrows -The Prehistoric Age - Deserted Villages - The Philosopher's Stone.
... Days - Fairford - Anglo - Saxon Relics Hatherop Coln - St. - Aldwyns The " Knights Templar " of Quenington - A Haunt of Ancient Peace - Bibury Village - Ancient Barrows -The Prehistoric Age - Deserted Villages - The Philosopher's Stone.
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Joseph Arthur Gibbs. -The Prehistoric Age - Deserted Villages - The Philosopher's Stone - True Nobleness - On Battues -Roman Remains - Chedworth Woods- An Old Manor House . COTSWOLD PASTIMES CHAPTER XI . Whitsun Ale - Sports of Various ...
Joseph Arthur Gibbs. -The Prehistoric Age - Deserted Villages - The Philosopher's Stone - True Nobleness - On Battues -Roman Remains - Chedworth Woods- An Old Manor House . COTSWOLD PASTIMES CHAPTER XI . Whitsun Ale - Sports of Various ...
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... Stone Floor of the Earth - Nature's Endless Cycle - Beauty of the Ash - Hedgehogs-- Trout and Snake - Sunset on the Hills . PAGE AUTUMN CHAPTER XVII . Remarks on Country Life - Thrashing - The Flail— Gipsies - Harvest Feasts - Fifty ...
... Stone Floor of the Earth - Nature's Endless Cycle - Beauty of the Ash - Hedgehogs-- Trout and Snake - Sunset on the Hills . PAGE AUTUMN CHAPTER XVII . Remarks on Country Life - Thrashing - The Flail— Gipsies - Harvest Feasts - Fifty ...
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... stone country " ; for all the houses and most of their roofs are built of the local limestone , which lies everywhere on these hills within a few inches of the surface . There is no difficulty in obtain- ing plenty of stone hereabouts ...
... stone country " ; for all the houses and most of their roofs are built of the local limestone , which lies everywhere on these hills within a few inches of the surface . There is no difficulty in obtain- ing plenty of stone hereabouts ...
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... stone divide field from field , and few houses are to be seen . But down in the valley all is fertile and full of life . villagers dwell . It is here that the old - fashioned How well I remember the first time I came upon it ! One fine ...
... stone divide field from field , and few houses are to be seen . But down in the valley all is fertile and full of life . villagers dwell . It is here that the old - fashioned How well I remember the first time I came upon it ! One fine ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree beautiful Berkshire Bibury birds Burford BURFORD PRIORY catch Chedworth church Cirencester CIRENCESTER HOUSE Coln colour Cotswold district Cotswold Hills Cotswold village cottages covert cricket deep delightful district doubtless earth England Fairford farmers feet fields fish gallop garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hand Hatherop horse hounds hundred hunting huntsman keeper killed large number larvæ Lechlade Loch Leven London look Lord lovely manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges passed Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds ride river River Coln Roman sausingers scent season seen Shakespeare shooting silvery sport sportsman spring squire stand stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns tell thou town trees trout stream vale valley wall week whilst wild wind wolds woods yards