A History of the Borough And Town of Calne And Some Account of the Villages Et
A History of the Borough And Town of Calne And Some Account of the Villages Et
A E W Marsh
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Seen in the early summer-time, its grass green and fresh, the cows scattered about on it in picturesque attitudes, and backed by the red-bricked, brown-thatched cottages abutting on it, one sees in it, time and again, the pictures of English country life Sidney Cooper so loved to paint. On the opposite side of the Common is Cadenham Manor, one of the two seats in Bremhill parish of the Hungerfords, who were parties to the dispute with Dr. Townson. A portion of the old manor-house, with the Hung...erford arms over the doorway and windows, still exists, but now converted into a farmhouse. Enough of the ancient hall still remains to give us an idea of what it was in the days of its glory, and, in particular, its old wide and deep fireplace containing the beautifully fashioned wrought-iron semi-grate, that in the later days of wood fires took the place of the open hearth. Cadenham Manor. 231 With a cosy seat in the chimney corner the old hall appears just the spot in which to realise Leigh Hunt's ideal of happiness.^ Or, better still, it is the ideal place in which to sit and conjure up scenes of the bringing in of the Yule- log with due pomp and ceremony 'midst the singing of the old song : — " Come, bring with a noise, My merrie, merrie boys.
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