Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-22

and Brington, son of Robert. son Of
Lawrence. grantee Of Sulgrave. who died
1ath of February. 28th of Elizabeth.
1884. Robert "of Sulgrave ESQ" joint
ly with Lawrence (son). sold Sulgrave
IS JAG" Q61D.
Visiting Suigrave. we are impressed
both by its characteristics and It's vide
contrast with Mount Vernon. and also
by certain transmitted qualities. Sui
grave, in size and style not one OF the
lordly rural English class. not the seat
Of high rank and fortune, but the home OF
substantial squire. is solid and endur-
ing. centuries old and yet strong enough
to last through more. On its low. seclud-
ed site 1t has none of the lordly, COM
manding position and aspect OF the house
that overlooks the broad green slopes
and the wide sweep of the Potomac. Yet
If we'll cared for its endurance may fully
match that of the American mansion.
Each Of the houses was the home OF
solid worth and Of good old English quail
ties At Sulgrave we are impressed by
quiet as II Is and always must have been.
grew the life and the name now a con-
tinentai household word and world
vide glory.
There is something else to see in this
small village. It Is the small church.
mentioned above. built of small gray
stones. with a low and stout tower at its
western end. that internally is open to q
nave Of four bays with aisles and a
chancel. The roofs are Of dark open
south aisle. In the floor. is the Washing
ton memorial-no modern thing. but old
evidence that the Washingtons worshiped
there.
In his will. proved January 3. 1920
Robert ''of Souldgrave" states that he Is
ito be buried in the south aisle Of the
church before my seat where l usually
sit under the same stone that my father
lieth buried" The stone. q large one,
now bears a brass with three long lines
Of inscription in small black letter. In
Guiding the date 1854 e. Other and i'm
portant brass plates. the sockets of;
which are seen, have disappeared. There
were six plates let into the stone. one OF
tEt m Nth fs of four ems. and an
other of four daughters On or about
tlemanly attire visited the church. and
then they and most OF the brasses dis
appeared. Two thieves escaped. Not all
of the barbarians were active during the
decline of the Roman empire.
1t may be added that during our long
drive of some ffty-five miles we passed
hardly a village and few houses for a
central part of a densely inhabited coun-
try, and also few vehicles. The one ex-
ceptional place was Banbury, a large and
Gothic cross. restored and in good order.
The country traversed Is rural, undu-
Iating. moderately wooded with some
considerable hills where the winding
road has really long ascents and descents.
Everywhere is old English rural beauty.
Town Of Broadway.
Our next drive to a Washington mon
ument vas from Cheltenham, and was
even more varied and beautiful. Crossing
the northerly part of the Cleve hills. that
command a wide and magnificent view
of lowlands and OF the Malvern and
Welsh hills--all far higher and holder
than our Blue hills-we thence drove into
a deep valley and passed through the
picturesque and very old English town Of
Winchcombe. long, stone-built and gray.
Sixteen miles Of drive brought US to
Broadway a village with an unusually
wide street that may have given the
name, or that may have come from the
Broadways. an old family Of this region.
The street Is lined by stone or rough
cast houses. midway among which is the
Lyon Arms, originally the "Whyte
Harte," ranking among the very old,
quaint and good English inns It has two
stories. built Of cut stone, With four
gables and a Jacobean style Of stone
doorway dated 1870. In the days OF the
pilgrim fathers it was f1ourishing, and
1t is also today. In the era Of the motor.
that has revived or maintained not q
few OF the out-of-the-way houses. And
there Is pleasant life in its well kept
oak-lined and oak-ceiled rooms that were
probably known to some Of the Washing
tons. From there on we drove a few