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 169
mplement is doubtlesswell known to you. But I have not described half the contents of the homestead—the old linen-chest, the salt-box, the knife-box, the warming-pan,snuffers, reed-holders, which tell of the primitive mode of lightingadopted by our fathers, who dipped reeds in tallow and used… … Grannys Cottage, Henley Common,near mldhurst, sussex. LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND and was made by John Hocker, of Reading, who was apprenticedto John Martin and then to Edward Joselin, and became a memberof the Clockmakers Company in 1729. It has only one hand, andhas to be wound up every night; and the…
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