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Bensington
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"Bensington (locally pronounced and frequently
written Benson) is now the quietest of country villages, though it
formerly possessed a certain importance as one of the stages on the
road from London to Oxford. Two large but long-deserted inns recall
the memory of the old coaching days, when the village was roused to
temporary animation by the sound of the guard's horn and the
appearance of the mail-coach dashing up to the door of the
posting-house to change horses. There is little remarkable about
Bensington itself, but the traveller who passes through it would do
well to visit Ewhelme, a tiny village about two miles off, and away
from the high road as well as from the river. It possesses a most
picturesque little church and group almshouses, both of
considerable antiquity."Descriptive letterpress from the book 'The
Thames Illustrated by Photographs'
Title: Bensington
Description:
"Bensington (locally pronounced and frequently
written Benson) is now the quietest of country villages, though it
formerly possessed a certain importance as one of the stages on the
road from London to Oxford.
Two large but long-deserted inns recall
the memory of the old coaching days, when the village was roused to
temporary animation by the sound of the guard's horn and the
appearance of the mail-coach dashing up to the door of the
posting-house to change horses.
There is little remarkable about
Bensington itself, but the traveller who passes through it would do
well to visit Ewhelme, a tiny village about two miles off, and away
from the high road as well as from the river.
It possesses a most
picturesque little church and group almshouses, both of
considerable antiquity.
"Descriptive letterpress from the book 'The
Thames Illustrated by Photographs'.