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 227
ack-horse structure.There was a very narrow bridge at Eddington. Lord Cardigan,who would travel very fast in the old days of post-horses andstage-coaches, arrived at this bridge and discovered a waggonslowly wending its way across it. He shouted and swore at thepostboys and made them gallop through… … WEST HAGBOURNE, BERKS West Hagbourne cannot compare with its sister village, EastHagbourne, with regard to the beauty of its buildings. Withoutbeing anything remarkable, it is just one of those tranquil villagesmaking the true country of England the home of placid pleasure,as some one has written…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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