The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 144
the Lord ; constructa 1606. This date wouldcoincide with the change of fortune which brought the family toLittle Brington. The dial is horizontal, and is cut on a round slabof sandstone 16J inches in diameter ; the numerals are placed so asto be read from the inside, and between the hours of 4 a.m.… … DALSTON. crescent, the mark of the second son, which would point to RobertWashington, second son of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave, as theowner of the dial. He died in 1622, and was buried in BringtonChurch ; and his nephew Lawrence, rector of Purleigh, Essex, wasfather of the two brothers, John…
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