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THE BRIGHTON ROAD 



It is a work of the dreadfullest ditch-water dulness, 

 saved only by the artist's illustrations. That they 

 should have lived, you who see the reproduction will 

 not wonder. The old sign spans the way, as of yore, 

 but Crawley is otherwise greatly changed. 



An odd fact, unknown to those who merely pass 

 through the place, is that the greater part of 

 " Crawley " is not in that parish at all, but in 

 the adjoining parish of Ifield. Only the church 





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AN OLD COTTAGE AT CRAWLEY. 



and a few houses on the same side of the street belong 

 to Crawley. 



In these later years the church, once kept rigidly 

 locked, is generally open, and the celebrated inscription 

 carved on one of the tie-beams of the nave is to be seen. 

 It is in old English characters, gilded, and runs in this 

 admonitory fashion : 



'gjatt p focle befoar, for foarlMg gooo raakgtfe man blpbe 

 l§e war be for folate comjjtjj be jjpbe 



When the stranger stands puzzling it out, unconscious 

 of not being alone, it is sufficiently startling to hear 



