Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . From the Story of the Sherborne Pageant Produced in the Old Castle Ruins at Sherborne in June, IQ05 By Cecil P. Godden, Barrister-at-Law Kindness Francis Bardwell, Henry G. Vaughan, Esq. SHERBORNE, ENGLAN
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . From the Story of the Sherborne Pageant Produced in the Old Castle Ruins at Sherborne in June, IQ05 By Cecil P. Godden, Barrister-at-Law Kindness Francis Bardwell, Henry G. Vaughan, Esq. SHERBORNE, ENGLAND, AND SHERBORN, MASSACHUSETTS Final tableau of a pageant held in Sherborne, England, in 1905, to celebrate the twelve hundredth anni-versary of that town. The lady at the right, holding the American flag in one hand and the arms of Mas-sachusetts in the other, is a descendant of Richard Parker, one of the original settlers of Sherborn, Massa-chusetts. One of the Indian boys is holding a model of the Mayflower. The pageant was held onthe grounds of Sherborne Castle. SHERBORN, MASSACHUSETTS 169. From a photograph &? Co., Surrey, England SHERBORNE CASTLE Kindness Ian Forbes-Robertson, Esq. SHERBORNE, ENGLAND The older part of this building was built by Sir Walter Raleigh. In these grounds the pageant of 1905 washeld, at which time the Massachusetts town was represented, as shown in another illustration. from the Sherborne Vicarage in 1903 to our Sherborn told the story of the buildingby Sir Walter Raleigh of the present residence of the Lords of the Manor in Sher-borne. There is a seat in these grounds upon which Sir Walter was smoking sometobacco which he had just introduced into the country. The smoke exuding fromhis mouth caused his servant to think that his master was on fire, whereupon hethrew a jug of beer over him to put it out. The word Sherborne is supposed to be derived from Scir, meaning clear,and Burne, meaning a brook or spring, the monks having caUed the p
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