Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1915

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1aay. ·before ' the
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,.been done only
'ooQn of the daY' on
\ beard-too. late for him ,
justices
61,,/ court. He,' ,however;
}'Ohi) lere.' w ,view t!,e road.
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.tb~ .~ine nigh'- ..t:n9.er tIll' .cll'<lumstanc~ · h';l
I18lied ' leave to Wlt.hdraw. the summOJ.l8. "
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~ anewe'r to ,a ' ~ue.t!on
the cba~rulan)
Holmes .lI(I.ld the mfOllllatlon ;w'IWI'·· II£i!1 on.
" ' Ap iI Srd, the c.aBe ,_was hea:rd '~on ;Apiil 17.t h,
an . the .i/l6pactlOn ·1 W:&8 : on April 19t1;1, : .Whtl8 ~
. ~a compWLIt' waa.:. p;ep!~.' ae~'j}l€l. r~'p~.ira , were
(!oi.ng on, 'and no lIlenj,w.!l.,;",jIe . m.~~: of , the· fact.
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Sir R.. T.~ '~e-Ml)on-~~~e.
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bour, who ' wel'l!. ~eputed ·b 1 _·the B ench ,
.peot £he rOM, reported ~ foll~w8' :­
The .eotion of the bridl~ -pa~h ~.rom C!l.ompe
Park to Harli! Loqk W000 ' liegiDB -with .. shQrt
but ~e'lY - 8tkep &ljd (downN ll pitcJ;t, which' h,ns
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been aupp.lem!ln¥ pll the D?rth eide by . a zlgsag way_ ThiS 2I'g,~ag , r,~ IS narrow a '1d ·concave; . and owing t<j I~ m steepness - hae worn
v-e,ly rough: Owing t<\ tiie gradient it can only
b e improved ~y: a ' ~ns ia:~t>le' a~dition to its
length: On ' rJ61Dg I.the h ln t-here· ls a length .
aool!t 6{) 'yard",- wlllch apP!3aJ;',S to ;ba.ve
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~n'.tire'y- ·groWn Qv.e t' wi~jj .. b)lshes, 6.0 ,a~ to
impassable.. Proba~ly I~ : looked , hke ~ very.,
- . " wide, untrimmed do.ub)E\ ~ge. On a' ,vidtb '.Qf'·
ro)lht 'feeb through the . "Jl~,ee haVe b~eI) . 'cut, .
&.I)d the eoil re<;l"mtiyJev,elLed, eo that now

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c, ic1!;ete.1'l!, , •~o
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on Cintra: ''but
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order. It was !' nl~t. <lrl~eme)y improper -ceeding. If, a.a Mr., Brai~, &11.elJe4.. ' th~re ~w~ ·
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the foo~..th, why -ha It
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Lifepuoy. Soap'_ ,a _tr~al .to~·day • .. It~ :. ~bUrn~:~ilt, ~ntise~tic .Iather . wi~~

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. Th e chairm&n sa:d,' a mp~t..i¥lJlroper> ~ing
·'beendone. It. w!I": Wf<?!lS <?~ those 'Iw~o
· re~pon.>ble · for g'lVif g hIm , (th,e , , auryero,r}

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la.nd were tal<en from otb'er people. , Unless this
: zig·"a!': path ' were
ope~tion" b~fo!e. :4he '~ig?­
.w ays Act of 1813, tlje pu~hc h~ Ilot",tO ,keep.-lt; lD
. repair. With re/lard ' to the. old fo6~pa.th, 'a fter
,. ·th.e ,I!ummona had ' bie e.n t.~AA out, andl aft~r .
. dei'kl : the eurvey~, ~imaeJ;f •. ~iid '-" &iio~}!flr .
haldmapected the . 1an~" r. t!!~ ) ,!t'.'~lord l thlNmurb"I
whili!l.e· land tI!e p~~ "ytE\IlI!:; W/UI ,..aked .
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· ba.bli: 'th~-. h"",h... w.l\j,cPr:P5"'f~ .: ov!'l' "
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patti. ~e'·~ur.eyo;r!ip~l! t.q tlie .
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pa.i't i.n qU8!ltion, 1and, "a: ;f~,!.' !~et <'~-W;~ 'J'
• levelled. Even befbre- ~,e '~r)~lr8 we~e cal~*~
·out. the ·tlve of. them ltad -1I::d· -no dlfficuliy
w..tkinl!
it.
Mr. M4II ard, the 'surveyor ' to,'the 'rural distric;
· co~ncil , ~aid' th&t .afte., · ~~HI:: 8rd th~r fdotpatJi
WIIoS repalloo.
He 'had' on11 I16ked the OWller8,; a~
the inata.nce .Qf ~e< c'Jullc,ll, . ··to· . 'cut do~ fhe'
bushes ~ and tile <?v.erh!!"8~l'/I; J>r ..n"he8.~ I :: For a.
few feet -the p&th . waa al£o· l~ ..e\)ed. ~
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The chairmlll1: You ·k'ilew··ti.bolit . thn,e~Qii~~~:t:N

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Mr. Br"in (for the. 'lpnlJ:cilJ!i;ai~. u"at :. the."';·
zag .path 1"'as I19t ·.", 11j>9rt . ~f ~e. orlgmal
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Eve? .Mr. ' H<>lmeB n8.(l ~';~19 .. ",p,othillg last ..
about this path. Stlpppsitig .i.t .. .haq been.
cll~d to the p;Ublic, it:.dwh nct ,fo.1lpW : that
public beoame re8p9nsible for ita repair.
· pa.~h by tho very n~tu~e ·, .of th~ . grad~ent could
not .be mooe "" Mr. Holmes wa.nted \t, unless

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, Our· 'op;nion on tb ~ , w»cil~·
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·the excei>tiQn~ mElnti<jJledj abQv,e there . is ."flEd fQr, ..py replloH- :pr. f'll' {the . remo~ al · of

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, The· se<;ltk)li through·;). Ha.rts ". Lock Wood "is
a.n ordinary \Toodlan¢" ·roa~· level M to
width, firm 'under- foot) 'itid"'wlthout ob8tacl.ea.~
It haB .all average ~jdth ~ <i!-'.,iIollletJiing .' uu d"t
seven feet , a.nd bears'no eVIdence that, it bas at
.ilY time been :ov.ider: . II} three 'p\BdI!s. along
t~e.;lO&d sprays of bnshes .alld emaIL, ·l:!ra.nches
<'If t neeB, whIch probably overhung ' the l"Qad"
.;\In.ve· been cut ont and r~1'loved quite. recently',
. With ·re.~llrd to the : eecl,ion i' 'fl'ORI Har·tS
Lock Wood to Ga.teh&nipton and 'beyond, the
roBd goeR alongsidc ·:· thti· ~edp:""' ,: . '.
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.. ,The flelde ' aro in turf. ·..hi~h iOJ · Y~rv
a.nd the rond iB Jevel. a':;1l sound.
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liedJ!e on only one sid'e-;" B\> tnat · tb~re 18 .
restriction R6 to width, and easeeHg~ appeiLl'
·to go a.s wide as they'. ,will, up' 1,,);,'20 "feet .o;nd

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age ;" . ell6Y , . Before. tJilS" ;WaB don e <MLV P, lIP'r""
went on to the field, which is in turf. ~

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