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by the King, stood about two miles south from Lodge Hill, ad of an imposing avenue of elms which led up hill and down famous, and the whole of the property was studded with fine f the park, and had always been let for farming, but in the illage of Waddesdon, where traces are still to be seen of its the Dukes of Marlborough had never set foot on the domain, he present Duke spent a brief hour in the village when the - been bought as an investment, the estate was only valued was abandoned to the most cruel neglect. The land on the ‘tpaths were made in every direction—the most objectionable uuncil in existence, I was able to close; short-sighted agents of the timber. Stately avenues of elm, chestnut, and beech, lown. Even the small Winchendon Wood was doomed and n in the nick of time. the offices, which was my own abode during the progress of my bailiff, was allowed to remain; while a high-road leading ast its windows, precluding the possibility of erecting a new ry still be identified by the lines of their terraces, have long sred with sheds, squalid cottages, and pigsties, presenting an | stands an ancient cottage, round which hangs a curious tale. nd’s Bower, where a Lord Wharton secreted a French lady, f his wife. But Lady Wharton discovered her rival, whom 5