Chapters at the English lakes . he neighbouring proprietor, Mr. HughRedmayne, with the result that all three togetherinterviewed the owner, who though not particu-larly anxious to sell, was nevertheless willing ifhe could get his price, to part v/ith the twentyacres of land for £4000, and in addition, with theconsent of his brother who was part owner, tomake a handsome donation of £400 towards thepurchase. A local committee was called together ofinhabitants and townsmen of Ambleside, and theNational Trust was approached by them andasked to co-operate in raising the necessary th
Chapters at the English lakes . he neighbouring proprietor, Mr. HughRedmayne, with the result that all three togetherinterviewed the owner, who though not particu-larly anxious to sell, was nevertheless willing ifhe could get his price, to part v/ith the twentyacres of land for £4000, and in addition, with theconsent of his brother who was part owner, tomake a handsome donation of £400 towards thepurchase. A local committee was called together ofinhabitants and townsmen of Ambleside, and theNational Trust was approached by them andasked to co-operate in raising the necessary the local committee worked hard andthe neighbourhood subscribed liberally. It chanced that earlier in the year anotherscheme had been determined upon in the Winder-mere and Bowness neighbourhood, viz. the pur-chasing of Adelaide Hill and Miller Ground forthe nation. A committee had been appointedand an appeal was actually in print, when weheard of the Ambleside endeavour to obtain thefield of the Roman fort at Waterhead. Rather. 2 O < h BORRANS FIELD 217 than clash with this scheme^ the committee atWindermere determined to postpone their years option had kindly been given to Wordsworths committee for the comple-tion of the purchase of the Borrans, but suchinterest had been roused among archaeologistsand those interested in Romain remains and thecamp, that, long before the time of option hadexpired, the sum was raised. The Manchester Guardian had supported thescheme handsomely, and nearly £500 was raisedby their appeal and their printing of lists of sub-scriptions. Mr. W. G. Collingwood delivered alecture in Ambleside which was printed at therequest of the committee, and very considerablyhelped to interest subscribers. Professor Haver-fields letters to the Times, which showed howimportant it was to obtain for the nation the asyet unexcavated site of the Roman fort, increasedthe interest that was felt in the undertaking, andnotwithstanding that it was known
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