New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
rURp1Ns COTTAGE AT HoUNsLow.

wh frequentsda the hdns Places n the yny sxan
gallant equpages left the Bell Inn behind tnem on
many sibbets to be seen (some as late as lS3O,
with their nosome occupants exposing Disacheu
Tbe Heath N has undoubtedy been the scene Of many
sangulnay encounters between the psaceaole Tay &
% Turpin although he supposed have pad more
attention to he 9r Of ss sna U os
cording to local tnas to hear
'9s Sam Weers of rurpn and the Bishop
Ts9 sSh had Is ssf ss brisk keGS nd %os! likely quite
thentic) relation Of everyday incidents there as
s"s ers Of the mmorta Papers OF the Pickwick Club
can have forgotten how
s npd s5% rpn sr. s0sss Bees SssFss Ss SI@so" Heath
Ven there he seed the Bishops coach
A-com.ne along the road-er ssl r..o. ,...
And he caps his head within;
fYis Hin i"s here 9'Ihse the bod old Tur pin
That there was ground for the fears OF the reverend
gentleman, the sequel but too plainly tells, for
The coachman he not liking the Job
ss But Oh DICK s put 9 Couple Couple Of ball, In mob.
And perwaed him to stop.
Hounsow Heath was the chief rival In this un-
desirable sort OF notoriety Of Fnchley Common Tho
famous Mon S6s sHsr 1otpaa PsTfSn Sn
the cranfGyd r,:Sy yssys latss
shot shot BY hishwaymen on returning from hunting
with the Kings hounds It Is also rsaed ha61n tnss 1S
cSyd cHay DuYa too pyt said to have i'm
Hounslow Heath on which occasion, and .rS in con;
ss G 1 the % Se
Dick Turpin himself appears to have perpettrateai
was here here that he is reported TO have held up
the lawyer the day that he helped himself to
1t is also related that Dick once met poor
aborer returning homeward on g., Saturday night
hs huge 'smock" frock. The robber happened TO
Avenue az Cranford The poor fellow it readily readily
bS n hs nos Gn to
that II he would attend certain place. at an ap-
did attend. and received not only his own again.
but substantial addition The story goes that at
ss ss pso 5ns ns
all behoders might realize that meeting with the
saae tme Should be- slated that the tales told
G in shade n % dy Il nas .xcy "
admiration, and he would seem to have en,oyed ,s
dealing with all the poorer classes with whom he
To find the spot where these events Of a lors
task. for the Heath was many years since brought
no tn. S%s WI 70 d
much that is Of interest TO reward them You may
nam names. some renection OF rast gores, The roomy
% sss rssr Of the Of R ns
once to be seen in the palm, coaching days; SSms
DernanS, HOunSOW
the motor-car has done It's work In our horse
yards OF the next few years OF grace. The High
st. Virtually the street, presents as many speci-
the ordinary man can desire The past and present
are are inextricabiy mixed; and at length the group
of old houses known as 'Turpin's Cottages" de.
picted In first illustration. are in course OF
demolition. to allow OF the building OF a modern
postoIice Dick Turpin Is further reported TO have
many times lodged In the centre building OF the
second illustration. which was known as the COCK
Tavern once the oldest "house" In Hounsow
Subsequently the Inn divided by slight par
titlons into private dwellings, and the title was
dropped. The block was entirely swept away In
1850
NOUS Kings Head, kept by host Powell. whose
nephew. Ned oxford, shot at Her Majesty the
Queen on Constitution Hill Another an equally
well-known place Of refreshment for man and
seen the (repued) head OF Black Bess. supposed 70
have been cut of by Turpin one day when hard
pressed and concealed there along with himself
On the Heath II may be here mentioned, apropos
az the forgotten mare. lies the rest OF
her carcass. its situation being Indicated to the
curious by eight pine trees. The devotees who
tell YOU this insist that the trees are planted IN
the form of a horse. but one may be pardoned for
feeling on this point a slight doubt
ON the road TO Sutton, n small hamlet near
Hounslow is n house which stands In somewhat
Isolated position and here according 10 local ira
ditIon Dick one day LAY low after the FASHION OF
Brer' Rabbit and his kin. while the bow-st run
ners who were searching the neighborhood WIN
q warrant for his arrest. passed nsrmiess'y-eno
unprohtaby-by.