Birlstone

"All that I am saying has a very direct and vital bearing upon what you have called the Birlstone

The Valley of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Just beyond were two ancient stone pillars, weather-stained and lichen-blotched bearing upon their summits a shapeless something which had once been the rampant lion of Capus of Birlstone.

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Cecil Barker's tall, loosejointed figure was a familiar one in the main street of Birlstone village; for he was a frequent and welcome visitor at the Manor House.

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Darkness At three in the morning the chief Sussex detective, obeying the urgent call from Sergeant Wilson of Birlstone, arrived from headquarters in a light dog-cart behind a breathless trotter.

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"Then to Birlstone we must go!" cried MacDonald, jumping from his chair.

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The village of Birlstone is a small and very ancient cluster of half-timbered cottages on the northern border of the county of Sussex.

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But whichever it may be, or if it is some third combination, it is down at Birlstone that we must seek the solution.

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Thus it came about that John Douglas of the Manor House had within five years won himself quite a reputation in Birlstone.

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"I've never seen such injuries since the Birlstone railway smash."

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A number of small shops have come into being to meet the wants of the increased population; so there seems some prospect that Birlstone may soon grow from an ancient village into a modern town.

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