THE BATH ROAD 



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standing by the roadside, look as if it could have proffered 

 much in the way of shelter ; yet this is the last stage of 

 all, of an inn, which, like Winterslow Hut on the Exeter 







Road, has had its day, and which, when that day was 

 in the ascendant, gave shelter and refreshment to any 

 number who wanted it. 



It is in standing by such a deserted relic of bygone 



