Sedgehill

In the middle of Sedgehill, which is in the middle of Mershire, which is in the middle of England, there lies a narrow ridge of high table-land, dividing, as by a straight line, the collieries and ironworks of the great coal district from the green and pleasant scenery of the western

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

Nick, a former pupil at the local Sedgehill school who was studying maintenance at college, was one of the youngest in a family of several children.

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The Moat House had been vacant for some time, as the owner was a delicate man who preferred to live abroad; and great was the interest at Sedgehill when, a year or two after Elisabeth left school, it was reported that a stranger, Alan

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

"This is the first time I have had an opportunity of congratulating you on your success," he said to her at last; "we are all very proud of it at Sedgehill; but, believe me, there is no one who rejoices in it a tithe as much as I do, if you will allow me to say so."

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

Tremaine went abroad for a season, and Sedgehill knew him no more until the following spring.

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

Every Sunday she accompanied her cousins to East Lane Chapel, at the other end of Sedgehill, and here she saw strange visions and dreamed strange dreams.

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

Miss Farringdon and the people of Sedgehill were alike delighted to have

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

In the dark valley lying to the immediate east of Sedgehill stood the

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

It was dull at Sedgehill after London, and the old flirting spirit woke up in her and made her want to flirt with Christopher again, in spite of all that had happened.

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894

So it came to pass that the Farringdons were the royal family of Sedgehill; and the Osierfield Works was the circle wherein the inhabitants of that place lived and moved.

The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894