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Page vi
... Cotswolds rise out of the beautiful Evesham Vale , those historic mediæval houses of Southam and Postlip . It is often said that in books like these we paint arcadias that never did and never could exist on earth . To this I would ...
... Cotswolds rise out of the beautiful Evesham Vale , those historic mediæval houses of Southam and Postlip . It is often said that in books like these we paint arcadias that never did and never could exist on earth . To this I would ...
Page ix
... Cotswolds . CHAPTER II . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE . Far from the Madding Crowd - An Old Farmhouse and Its Occupants - The Manor House - Inscription on Porch - Interior of the House - The Garden - A Fairy Spring - The Village Club - Labouring ...
... Cotswolds . CHAPTER II . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE . Far from the Madding Crowd - An Old Farmhouse and Its Occupants - The Manor House - Inscription on Porch - Interior of the House - The Garden - A Fairy Spring - The Village Club - Labouring ...
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... COTSWOLDS , WITH SOME ANCIENT SONGS AND LEGENDS · Strange Travellers - Smoking Concerts - The Carter's Song - Village Choirs - The Chedworth Band- Sense of Humour of the Natives - Their Geography " a ... COTSWOLD TROUT STREAM X CONTENTS .
... COTSWOLDS , WITH SOME ANCIENT SONGS AND LEGENDS · Strange Travellers - Smoking Concerts - The Carter's Song - Village Choirs - The Chedworth Band- Sense of Humour of the Natives - Their Geography " a ... COTSWOLD TROUT STREAM X CONTENTS .
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... COTSWOLD TOWN Curious Names - The Windrush - Burford Priory- An Empty Shell - The Kingmaker - Lord Falkland -Speaker Lenthall - Bibury Races An Old Tradition - Valued Relics - Burford Church - Mr . Oman's Discovery - Burford during the ...
... COTSWOLD TOWN Curious Names - The Windrush - Burford Priory- An Empty Shell - The Kingmaker - Lord Falkland -Speaker Lenthall - Bibury Races An Old Tradition - Valued Relics - Burford Church - Mr . Oman's Discovery - Burford during the ...
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... COTSWOLD PASTIMES Whitsun Ale - Sports of Various Kinds - The Pere- grine Family at Cricket - Prehistoric Cricket - A Bad Ground - A " Pretty " Ball - Charles Dickens on Cricket - Dumkins and Podder , Limited - How Dumkins Hit a " Sixer ...
... COTSWOLD PASTIMES Whitsun Ale - Sports of Various Kinds - The Pere- grine Family at Cricket - Prehistoric Cricket - A Bad Ground - A " Pretty " Ball - Charles Dickens on Cricket - Dumkins and Podder , Limited - How Dumkins Hit a " Sixer ...
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