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understand that the potence would be deemed 

 a necessary feature of the new building. 



Of a dovecote which formerly existed at Na- 

 worth Castle, only the spot on which it stood is 

 known. That at Penrith was pulled down thirty 

 years ago to yield to a new road. At Crofton 

 one formerly stood in front of the house, grew 

 to be looked on as disfiguring the landscape, 

 and was ruthlessly destroyed. Near Cocker- 

 mouth a field is still called Dove Cote Close, 

 and a like name describes a piece of ground 

 near Bootle Rectory. 



