The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930, Quinton, A.R · London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 138
dhouses was substituted for it. Houses were taxed according tothe number of windows they possessed, a rough-and-ready methodof determining their size and importance. Hence people shutout the light of day from their dwellings by sealing up as manywindows as they could spare. Mediaeval cottages had… … THE CHURCH GATE, WELFORD-ON-AVON, GLOUCESTER This second view of Welford shows some of its characteristiccottages, and the old lych-gate, or gate of the dead, where thebodies of the defunct villagers rest ere they are borne to their lastresting-place in Gods hallowed acre. The spring-blossom is…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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