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the Castle, is now, like many another such place, con- 

 verted into dwelling-houses, and in the process (as is 

 also, alas ! usual) a valuable record has been lost. But 

 there is antiquity enough about Kingston to make up 

 for the practical disappearance of its old inn. To say 





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that its importance as a town dates from the Saxon 

 period has long since failed to convey any meaning to 

 a posterity who have ceased to recognise celebrated 

 names under the disguise of pedantic spelling ; but 

 Egbert was here discoursing on state affairs long before 

 coaches ran to Portsmouth (though Ecgberht will be 



