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... head this bright summer evening , as from our railway carriage we note the great white dome of Stoke House peeping out amid the elms ! whilst every field reminds us of him who wrote those lilting stanzas long , long ago . “ Ah , happy ...
... head this bright summer evening , as from our railway carriage we note the great white dome of Stoke House peeping out amid the elms ! whilst every field reminds us of him who wrote those lilting stanzas long , long ago . “ Ah , happy ...
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... head and forelegs that want scouring worst of all . There is little sign of the trench , two feet deep , which in Buckland's time formed the outline of the horse ; the depth of the cutting is now only a matter of a very few inches . The ...
... head and forelegs that want scouring worst of all . There is little sign of the trench , two feet deep , which in Buckland's time formed the outline of the horse ; the depth of the cutting is now only a matter of a very few inches . The ...
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... heads and cudgel- playing for a gold - laced hat and a pair of buckskin breeches ; when a flitch of bacon was run for by donkeys ; and when , last , but not least , John Morse , of Uffington , " grinned agin another chap droo hos ...
... heads and cudgel- playing for a gold - laced hat and a pair of buckskin breeches ; when a flitch of bacon was run for by donkeys ; and when , last , but not least , John Morse , of Uffington , " grinned agin another chap droo hos ...
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... heads , elaborately carved in stone . In the centre is Queen Elizabeth ; to the right are portrayed what I take to be the features of Henry VIII .; whilst on the left is Mary . The other two are uncertain , but they are probably Philip ...
... heads , elaborately carved in stone . In the centre is Queen Elizabeth ; to the right are portrayed what I take to be the features of Henry VIII .; whilst on the left is Mary . The other two are uncertain , but they are probably Philip ...
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... head severely against the oak beam in the doorway , I nearly brought the whole ceiling down , a catastrophe which they tell me has happened before now in this rather rickety old manor house . Opening a door on the other side of the ...
... head severely against the oak beam in the doorway , I nearly brought the whole ceiling down , a catastrophe which they tell me has happened before now in this rather rickety old manor house . Opening a door on the other side of the ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree beautiful Berkshire Bibury birds Burford BURFORD PRIORY charm Chedworth church Cirencester Coln colour Cotswold district Cotswold Hills Cotswold labourer Cotswold sheep Cotswold village cottages covert cricket delight district doubtless earth England face Fairford farmers fields fish garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hand hounds hundred hunting keeper larvæ look lovely Lunnon manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges pass Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds river River Coln Roman Sairy Jane sausingers scent season seen shooting silvery song sport sportsman spring squire stand Stoke Poges stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns summer tell thou Tom Peregrine town trees trout stream turmut vale valley walk walls week whilst wild wind woods yards