88 THE EXETER ROAD 



an iuii happier in its situation tlian most, for it stands 

 on the V)anks of the Thames at one of its most 

 picturesque points,' just below Old Windsor. 



The sio-n, showins^ five bells on a blue o-round, 

 derives its name from the once-famed bells of the 

 long-demolished Oseney Abbey at Oxford, celebrated, 



THE ' BELLS OF OUSELEY. ' 



before the Reformation swept them away, for their 

 silvery tones, which are said to have surpassed even 



those 



Bells of Shandon 



Which sound so grand on 



The pleasant waters of the Eiver Lea, 



of which ' Father Prout ' sang some forty-five years 

 ago. The abbey, however, possessed six bells. They 

 were named Douce, Clement, Austin, Hauctetor, 

 Gabriel, and John. 



