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Cobbett's Hampshire
Transcription (45)1825, October
FROM CHILWORTH, IN SURREY, TO WINCHESTER.
[October- 1825]
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New Alresford
Medstead
woods
beech
hills
downs
Easton
Itchen, River
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Alton New Alresford Medstead woods beech hills downs Easton Itchen, River |
... At Alton we got some bread and cheese at a friend's, and then
came to Alresford by Medstead, in order to have fine turf to ride
on, and to see, on this lofty land that which is, perhaps, the
finest beech-woods in all England. These high down-countries are
not garden plats, like Kent; but they have, from my first seeing
them, when I was about ten, always been my delight. Large
sweeping downs, and deep dells here and there, with villages
amongst lofty trees, are my great delight. When we got to
Alresford it was nearly dark, and not being able to find a room
to our liking, we resolved to go, through in the dark, to EASTON,
a village about six miles from Alresford down by the side of the
Hichen River. next |
 
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