Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1919

is llQt It large as ilw~ i
011 three id
b)' well.kep'
otkr (-:.estem) slde a~d all
the biuu Ilod otber buj)d.
"Iell; beyond'tbat ~ long wood'
HIIIIID.,-W;luu·e.-.t€._ groulld . falls. streams- of
ing water e11t deep !fOrges in the bill
tbis house was the b~e 01
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ill. of which d parted m~.
t heir VIrtUes storied 00 ta blet in
I I.I"'~""- , Church.
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arouod tue deep glen;behind the born,
is a narrow gravelled path, 11 yo
cds the house. you come to a oarro.....
the lower end. where wllters of the
held UP. but if in tbe oppositt,
pnss through n charming .w
tSe snme spot. Great tree
the sides of·the glen. At,
'end are ' 'fofuld the. sWings
the liny lake; there it is ver,
and tbe apprOftches difficnlt, but at
end tbe water is from 10 to 12 feel
dt4~D--the llame of big trout. From uoder.
' narrow lawn lhe water ru het
fall into -1\ deep gorll'e. whioh
foot of t\ teep bop k on " 011,.a velv~t lawn on the other.
or the gOTjl'O are lllllJIy ferns,
ho~t·s tongue being quite com mon.
at this stream the wood ends, and alonl! U!
e Df the steep hnnk. through the tree ,
st the con8uence of our brook with Be~
erton tream. towards Lockinge House. tt.
MYrow path COlltinues, But the lawn pr..
sently pa
nnder an Invenlle of Sne treeJ;
and path and lawn accompany the brook to ';
the main road. un"der whieh-the latte ...a es
into the grounds 'of Lockinge .. '
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Here the stream is used in such a 1I"8y lilt'
to enhance even the II10ries of these pic.
turesque- garden~ . It fint pos,;es over s '
rocky bed, in a sucet' icn of tiny leap3.lunt~1
'Vl;lit:e.\l()"'!et it reaches a nlrtural fall in the ground~.'
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when it makes n biqer leap into a sh 110,,"
Hill.
b~. cl'096e<l by ateppinl/' tone. or. wh
taRe.
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narrowing, !ly a rustic bridge; bY·nnd.J,y
• This road ·
wo~hy of specinl note. It tlle waters .are restricted by the approaqh
follows t~e lin~ of the R.i~ewliy along the of higher ground. borde.red with bard rod:II. ·
whole Ie gth of th\, Down~ at n di lance amonl/ which many hoollti fll I nlnntq grow;
yar]inlt rom bollt three miles at Harwell and'then flowinl/ past beds of tall bulru he6.
to hall·a mile t Whitehorse Hill. It is a it passes on to the largest lake o( al\. Luter
marn road fro
nenr AvebuI'Y to HlHwell. on it emerges from the park as the A rdinltwhere a 1>ranc goes to Wallin,nord. nod ton Brook. which ioins that from Ginl{\!,
it is cotllinlto " with the road through noor Wl'st Hendred" formillltile Mill
Strent!ey to
dinl/. It is a mistake to call brook : this lIow8 on by Ste\'eruo • nr.d jOiM
it a Roman ro d. it being qllite clear that the Thames nt Sutton courte~
'n
From ita
it ill in ~tM
ain· the ancient Ickleton sources to West H endred.. f \lowed the
WaY. the llower wav corr Mponding to the COIl~ of these stream~, g 8 iog much
higher ridge way . It seem to have been knowledge. as will be !M'en.
used by the Roman • &11 temains have been
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found ~th nOlth and south of . it at Fril.
LADY WANTAGE'S KIN "ESS.
tord =-t L>tcomoo B
tt; obvioll IJ the
Such a plaee was pnt n\ our di posal by
naming of Stmu('y sbow" th.t its im1)Or· Lady Wantage. who for the tht,
' d time .hu
lance wail grea in IXOll tilDflll. Bnt it doe helPed us in th ' _yo Its I' eet on lIIlI
not seem to ha e been rl'gnrded b our lore- lads, in
mind and spirit. mny not P.e
fathers al~OlJ!ltlior in the MIDI! way ":~ wl!ll properly estlmnted here, nor is it poS6ible to
AuthentidOted Roman roads. for theIr v.I. · th:ll~k ner lady hip worthilf for one-hllllf of
laces SO Cltim Jie on it, and rarely at any h~r goodn
towards liS.
be looked upon
lJreat di noe from it..
Both north and ue a8 her goeet and lreated us as sucb. so
lIOuth of ,it 8re ancient camj15 to whieb one eTeryone with whom 'We c.ame in con t
may enn now frace well defined fraoks. and intend d that we 8hould beoefit full), by OJ-r,
lib the
'WiRy it h~ a beginnin.tt at A,-e- stay. Mr. H.nrri s and Mrs. HarrlS8. :both
bury. We .lclecided in odr own mmds that friends on other oc\:a~ion, did everythl1ll:
originally it Y8S' a rOllte to tbi~ latter place
could d.o to promote our comfort. I r,
from so~ewhe1e in East ADidia. once the
assiduous in carrying out Lady
home of thff Ie,ni:aB is the ·R.idteway
wieea ftgardin~ us. "
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it. As e1D.ph"l ing . tho imparlance
prepared our meals. ho ........e nte.
roOd tottle SallPD8, we noticed DOt
N!lrfn,I'11'IM our school duties. and slept.-lDu
The weather was very kiod, for
JDaJlJ Tma~ on or near it
namee, bllt al\l!l that ~uth of
morning when "e arose there was·
areas atill called feldA.
~-.i~idt~,,:,~~~,:te!t~~ promise of a fair day. A s we had
Charlton Field. and W . . tace.~
to lIM our, oil fitcves to cook ou~
,most of the aRa between
began -the day at 6 a,m. putling alit
the fl8JDe DOmer and the Down .
our two stoves. hoping they woyJd
.. )leld·· "e~ undoubtedly refers
the IIOt
us. But they did. for it WIIS' a.30
Saxon ~od 01 1)IIrceHiB.~ . 011t ,the land ' p.m. bef.. re we 88t down to our breakfast,
for the different communities that dwelt Thet over. all save tbe few who had to preDear by
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pa,re dinner went to -church.
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piuJp ED F~R. THE RAIN. ' .
For di.nDer we bad onl, to make n snladDuri~ the
urne it rained somewhat whielt.ee& no cookillg.. This we co ntri\"ed
heavily I we tire we I prepared for this- to DU\ke iD our big sallcepnn. used prdinarily
each Ind
rti ia his bag A very neat water. for Iidokinll' oats. "OCcaSionally for other
proof I:a ,. wh ell covers. him/ so that e,,!!n thing~uc& as .. washi ng ut>.' We made
artel' ho ... of continuolls ralll he 18 never it oC-lettu
,aod cucumbers from her lady·
seriou III wat. On this ocea ion there w"88 hip's garden; our d.r ~g wns eoncocted
no neMt when we reached )Jetterton, our1 from mu taro. rinetar. "K.or and oj); and
bome:for the n,xt Bve dap. to dry the I cls
verJ fioe salad it wa s. When dinner·time
garments, as Willi often tIII.e c.nse before we
the Inds enjoyed quit'e a umptuous
werll eq\II,Pe<I ...illl thOllli useful artlt:les by
of cold bo,i led ham. snlad.
the leind etI
Mr. A. W . Tudor .
. We n iced t e fin~er.post directing LIS to
Bett8l'to ,as t ougb It were 8 "iIIage of the
type - w, had ~n pa iug; bllt Betterton
is the b
e .gi en to a. house. a farm. '!Ome
delight! wood. a brook lind &fme sprlDgs.
a'" well S to a Down a\wo,s visible from
the h
. or farm, but quite two miles
.wal. . e tra"eller on the road woule! see
notliiac ·th~. nor wO\lld he perbap enn
dream
'the moSt de1ig~tful ' and eyen
Q.lI1te close to hIm;
rolDalltie lICone""
but ".
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