MY GARDEN. 



and is an authority on the subject. He lent me a specimen to figure 

 which was found at Croydon (fig. i). He also found specimens of 



scrapers at Haling Park (fig. 2), which he 

 regards as authentic. Mr. Cressingham 

 also picked up a Celtic worked stone 

 on the downs south of my garden (fig. 3). 

 These remains prove that the neighbour- 

 hood around was inhabited in very early 

 times. 



FIG. i. 



FIG. 2. 



FIG. 3. 



BEDDINGTON IN THE ROMAN PERIOD. 



The evidence of Roman occupancy is distinct, and has received 

 important confirmation by the discoveries made in the year 1871 by 

 Mr. Addy, the resident engineer of the Croydon Board of Works. The 

 foundations of one Roman house were exposed by workmen forming an 

 irrigation canal, Mr. Addy at once, from its mode of construction, 



FrG. 4. Roman House at Beddington. 



knew it to be Roman, and carefully traced out the plan of the building. 

 He made the annexed sketch, which is minutely accurate (fig. 4). The 

 spot where the discovery was made is marked on the map (plate 3), on 



