The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . hed. Horley—the Hurle of old maps—is veryscattered : a piece here, another there, and the parishchurch standing isolated at the extreme southern endof the wide parish. It is situated on an extensiveflat, reeking like a sponge with the waters of the Mole,but, although so entirely undesirable a place, is underexploitation for building purposes. A stranger firstarriving at Horley late at night, and seeing its longlines of lighted streets radiating in several directions,would think he had come to a town ; but morningwould show him that long pe
The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . hed. Horley—the Hurle of old maps—is veryscattered : a piece here, another there, and the parishchurch standing isolated at the extreme southern endof the wide parish. It is situated on an extensiveflat, reeking like a sponge with the waters of the Mole,but, although so entirely undesirable a place, is underexploitation for building purposes. A stranger firstarriving at Horley late at night, and seeing its longlines of lighted streets radiating in several directions,would think he had come to a town ; but morningwould show him that long perspectives of gas-lampsdo not necessarily mean houses to those responsible for the lamps expect acoming expansion of Horley ; but that expectationis not very likely to be realised. Much of Horley belongs to Christs Hospital, whichis said to be under obligation to educate two childrenof poor widows, in return for the great tithes longsince bequeathed to it, and is additionally accusedof having consistently betrayed that V ??- ?????? \ \
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