Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens (1905)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · Philadelphia : J.C. Winston · leaf 94
robablywas for purposes of defence. Along the road-sides of South Devon we find many lovely cottages similarto those at Cock-ington, with theirlong sweep ofthatched roof,and a wealth ofluxuriant foliagein the garden. The days arenot so very far re-moved when liter-ally every Eng-lishmans housewas… … A VILLAGE STREET, SHERE were erected, and the dangers of civil warvpere scarcely contemplated. Cromwells Ironsides and Prince Ruperts Malig-nants scoured thehills and vales ofmost of our coun-ties and terribly didour farmers ofBerkshire suffer onaccount of theforced requisitions,the cows andhorses,…
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