Highways and byways in Surrey . I could, with all my heart, have pulled the victuals out of mypocket and given it to them : but I did not like to do that which wouldhave interrupted the march, and might have been construed into a sort ofinsult. To quiet my conscience, however, I gave a poor man that I metsoon afterwards sixpence, under pretence of rewarding him for telling methe way to Thursley, which I knew as well as he, and which I haddetermined, in my own mind, not to follow. Chiddingfolds old inn is the Crown, which claims to havebeen standing for more than five centuries. According to ac
Highways and byways in Surrey . I could, with all my heart, have pulled the victuals out of mypocket and given it to them : but I did not like to do that which wouldhave interrupted the march, and might have been construed into a sort ofinsult. To quiet my conscience, however, I gave a poor man that I metsoon afterwards sixpence, under pretence of rewarding him for telling methe way to Thursley, which I knew as well as he, and which I haddetermined, in my own mind, not to follow. Chiddingfolds old inn is the Crown, which claims to havebeen standing for more than five centuries. According to acopy of a deed dated March 22, 1383, which hangs in thecoffee-room, Peter Pokeford, of the parish of Chudyngfold,gave and granted to Richard Gofayre, tfie said tenement. THE CROWN INN 169 namely, the Hall and the Chamber with a solar, and also thekitchen with a small house with their appurtenances for theterm of fifty years for four shillings of yearly rent payable tothe said Peter. The inn is pleasant and solid, and dark with. Tlie Croivn Inn, Chiddingfold. enormous wooden beams. Above a fine old open hearth hangthree engaging pictures—or used to hang—of actresses ofdays gone by. Madame Vestris, in a feather hat and a red cloak,plays Don Giovaniii; Miss Paton, spangled, trousered and red- I70 HASCOMBES BEECH slippered, would appeal to any Turk as Mandane ; Belvidera,in a sober grey gown, is an actress who knew Surrey well,Fanny Kenible. To the Fold Country belong two other villages, Hascombe,two miles north of Dunsfold, and Hambledon, a little morethan two miles west of Hascombe. The Hascombe yews.
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