. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. l, approached by grassy ramps. There is a hexagonal maze, of some complexity, in thesplendid gardens of the Hon. J. Egerton Warburton atArley Hall, Cheshire. It is formed of lime trees, plantedabout half a century ago. We may also mention one, of circular and rather simplethough distinctive design, at Belton House, the residenceof Earl Brownlow, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. In Gloucestershire there is one in the grounds ofSudeley Castle, the home of H. D. Brocklehurst, Esq.,, where, according to Kellys county dire
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. l, approached by grassy ramps. There is a hexagonal maze, of some complexity, in thesplendid gardens of the Hon. J. Egerton Warburton atArley Hall, Cheshire. It is formed of lime trees, plantedabout half a century ago. We may also mention one, of circular and rather simplethough distinctive design, at Belton House, the residenceof Earl Brownlow, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. In Gloucestershire there is one in the grounds ofSudeley Castle, the home of H. D. Brocklehurst, Esq.,, where, according to Kellys county directory, theold pleasaunce, with its paths and fountain, was dis-covered in 1850 and now forms part of the garden. In Nottinghamshire there is one, planted by ColonelThos. Coke in the fifties, at Debdale Hall, MansfieldWoodhouse (F. N. Ellis, Esq., ). Mr. W. W. Rouse Ball, in his Mathematical Re-creations and Essays, gives a drawing of an elaboratemaze which he has erected in his own garden, presum-ably at Cambridge. Possibly there are many others in the seclusion of140. [Photo: 121. Maze in Bridge End Gardens, Saffron Walden, looking South.
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