. Transactions . ht, and this is only in analogy with whatwe trace in other German tribes.* At Sandringham, forwhich we set out at nine oclock on Wednesday morning, indelightfully fine weather, we expected to find, not a palace, buta private estate containing the home of an English gentleman whois heir to the crown of England. But before entering into any of thedetails of our journey, it may be desirable to say something aboutthe history of the place. The estate includes the parishes of Sand-ringham, Babingley, Wolferton, Appleton, West Newton, and partof Dersingham, and when it came into the
. Transactions . ht, and this is only in analogy with whatwe trace in other German tribes.* At Sandringham, forwhich we set out at nine oclock on Wednesday morning, indelightfully fine weather, we expected to find, not a palace, buta private estate containing the home of an English gentleman whois heir to the crown of England. But before entering into any of thedetails of our journey, it may be desirable to say something aboutthe history of the place. The estate includes the parishes of Sand-ringham, Babingley, Wolferton, Appleton, West Newton, and partof Dersingham, and when it came into the possession of Prince of Wales its area was about 8,000 acres, but by recentadditions it has been extended to something like 12,000. In thecourse of ages it has been owned by many families. A familynamed Hoste, of Flemish origin, resided at Sandringham for acentury and a half. From them it passed by the marriage of MissSusan Hoste, the heiress, in 1752, to Mr. Cornish Henley, of * Leos Anglo-Saxon 287 Leigh HousCj Somersetshire. In 1834, on the death of Mr. HosteHenley, it was sold to Mr. John Motteux, a gentleman of Frenchdescent, known as the little Huguenot. The cultivation of pearswas with him a favourite hobby, and we are told that at Sand-ringham he planted many of those picturesquely-growing treeswhich adorn with their silver blossom and gigantic golden pendantsthe venerable domestic walls, the blooming orchards, the verdantgardens of his native Normandy. At Beachamwell, a fig, whichhe covered in with glass, was celebrated for its luxuriance andfertility. In the neighbourhood he studded the bleak uplands withplantations, and was proud of a handsome, well-grown sycamorewhich he planted on the village green, and which is still flourishingthere.* The story of how the estate came into the possession ofthe Prince of Wales is charmingly told by the authoress from whomwe have just been quoting. She says : Some few days hadelapsed after John INIotteux had breath
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