The cottages and the village life of rural England . of untarnished loyalty and from such famous ancestry, Penelope was a diligent anddevout worshipper of God ; she was the great consolation of hermother (her only surviving parent) ; to the sick and needy shewas an exceptionally ready and generous benefactress. Humbleand chaste, and wedded to Christ alone, from this transitory lifeshe departed to her spouse, February 27, Anno Domini epitaphs are not to be entirely trusted, as the little girl seemedto realise when, after reading several, she asked her mother: Where ar
The cottages and the village life of rural England . of untarnished loyalty and from such famous ancestry, Penelope was a diligent anddevout worshipper of God ; she was the great consolation of hermother (her only surviving parent) ; to the sick and needy shewas an exceptionally ready and generous benefactress. Humbleand chaste, and wedded to Christ alone, from this transitory lifeshe departed to her spouse, February 27, Anno Domini epitaphs are not to be entirely trusted, as the little girl seemedto realise when, after reading several, she asked her mother: Where are all the bad people buried ? But doubtless Penelopewas a noble and distinguished gentlewoman, worthy of herillustrious kinsman. Returning to our crosses, it we motor from Evesham to thefamous Abbey of Tewkesbury, five miles from the former, we cometo a turn that takes us to Ashton-under-Hill, where we find a well-preserved village cross in a very pretty village. It has a squarebase with a calvary of three steps, and an octagonal shaft which is 114. LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND now crowned by a sundial. An illustration of this beautiful crossand its surrounding picturesque Gloucestershire village has beengiven by our artist. In the market-place at Middleham, in Yorkshire, there is a curiousstone which teaches the same truth which the presence of the crossinculcates. It consists of a platform on which are two carries the figure of some animal in a kneeling posture. Thecarving is rude and the identity of the creature can only be con-jectured. It is either a sheep or a cow, and the other supports anoctagonal object traditionally supposed to represent a farmers used to walk up the opposing flights of steps whenconcluding a bargain, shake hands over the sculptures, and thebargain was made and could not be afterwards broken. We have recorded several kinds of crosses, but our list is notexhausted. Crosses marked the boundaries of monastic estatesand also of counties. T
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