. The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike. Horses; Dover road (England). THE DRELLINGORE STREAM 239 rains, or long accumulation of springs, there comes an overflow, generally doing more than fill the usually dry bed. The Drellingore stream will then very often flood the FLOODS AT ALKHAM: THE DRELLIXGORE STREAM. The romantic name comes from the old Norman- French " Drelincourt," the name of an extinct manorial family once holding land in these parts. The water- course is often dry for years, and the filling of it is thus a local event, long ago made the subject of legend
. The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike. Horses; Dover road (England). THE DRELLINGORE STREAM 239 rains, or long accumulation of springs, there comes an overflow, generally doing more than fill the usually dry bed. The Drellingore stream will then very often flood the FLOODS AT ALKHAM: THE DRELLIXGORE STREAM. The romantic name comes from the old Norman- French " Drelincourt," the name of an extinct manorial family once holding land in these parts. The water- course is often dry for years, and the filling of it is thus a local event, long ago made the subject of legends of dread and prophecies of scarcity. Thus the old saying : When Drellingore stream flows to Dover town, Wheat shall be forty shillings and barley a pound. So much a quarter is understood by that. Well, then, Drellingore stream burst out with exceptional floods in April, 1914, and flowed to Dover town, and flooded the valley at Alkham. Wheat was then round about 37^. lOld. a quarter, and barlev was 20s. ^cl Wheat had been steadily rising from its lowest, at 22s. lOd. in 1894 ; and barley from 21^. lid. in 1895. Barley was never so low as 206-. What, therefore, is the implication of the ominous legend, in respect of barley ? In less than four months the Great War, 1914-18. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harper, Charles George, 1863-1943. Hartford, Conn. : Edwin Valentine Mitchell
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