. Vanishing England . in title ofthree daughters of an Earl of Pembroke in the thirteenthcentury. It is fortunate that the old house has fallen intosuch good hands. The village has a Tudor manor-housewhich has been restored. Another court-house, that at Udimore, in Sussex, nearRye, has, we believe, been saved by the Trust, though theowner has retained possession. It is a picturesque half-timbered building of two storeys with modern wingsprojecting at right angles at each end. The older por-tion is all that remains of a larger house which appears tohave been built in the fifteenth century. The
. Vanishing England . in title ofthree daughters of an Earl of Pembroke in the thirteenthcentury. It is fortunate that the old house has fallen intosuch good hands. The village has a Tudor manor-housewhich has been restored. Another court-house, that at Udimore, in Sussex, nearRye, has, we believe, been saved by the Trust, though theowner has retained possession. It is a picturesque half-timbered building of two storeys with modern wingsprojecting at right angles at each end. The older por-tion is all that remains of a larger house which appears tohave been built in the fifteenth century. The manor be-longed to the Crown, and it is said that both Edward Iand Edward III visited it. The building was in a verydilapidated condition, and the owner intended to destroyit and replace it with modern cottages. We hope thatthis scheme has now been abandoned, and that the oldhouse is safe for many years to come. At the other end of the county of Oxfordshire remotefrom Thame is the beautiful little town of Burford, the. 1 i I! /
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