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THE EXETER ROAD 



not far removed. For generations tlie Russells had 

 inhabited their old manor-house here, and might 

 have done so, in undistinguished fashion, for many 

 years more, had it not been for the chance which 

 brought John Russell into prominence and preferment 

 in 1502. He was the Founder of the House and 

 died an Earl, with vast estates, the spoil of the 

 Church, showered upon him. He was the first of all 



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KIN'GSTON KCSSELL. 



the Russells to exhibit that mft of ' oettino- on ' which 

 his descendants have almost uniformly inherited. 

 Unlike him, however, they have rarely commanded 

 affection, and the Dukes of Bedford, with much 

 reason, figure in the public eye as paragons of mean- 

 ness and parsimony. 



At the cross roads, where on the left the bye-path 

 leads steeply down the sides of these immemorial hills 

 to Long Bredy, and on the right in the direction of 

 Maiden Newton, used to stand Long Bredy Gate and 

 the 'Hut Inn.' Here the hi oh -road is continued 



