MY GARDEN. 



roads, which I have copied (fig. lo), marks it as known from Chichester 

 to Dorking, and supposititiously thence to Streatham. We may 



assume that its position at Bed- 

 dington is now unknown, and that 

 any attempt to locate it is merely a 

 matter of conjecture. I have visited 

 Woodcote Farm, which now belongs 

 to J. P. Gassiot, Esq., V.P.R.S., and 

 there is evidently a ridge running from 

 Walton across his farm to Beddington, 

 which would be convenient for a road ; 

 but at this moment there are no traces 

 of a road, nor did the old people re- 

 member that, in late years, any traces 



Fig. io. 



of Roman antiquities had been found on that estate. 



" The very generations of the dead 



Are swept away, and tomb inherits tomb, 

 Until the memory of an age is fled, 

 And, buried, sinks beneath its offspring's doom." — Byron. 



BEDDINGTON IN THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD. 



The proofs of Anglo-Saxon occupancy of Beddington recently re- 

 ceived confirmation as conclusive as that afforded 

 of Roman occupancy ; for on the irrigation grounds 

 Mr. Addy discovered in the earth over a raised 

 plot of ground (plate 3), about five hundred yards 

 from the Roman house, a number of Anglo- 

 Saxon urns and implements. Many skeletons 

 were found, the bones of which were mostly 

 decomposed, except the skull and long bones. I 

 ascertained that the bodies were buried with the 

 head towards the west. On the same piece of 



Fig. 12.- Umbone of S!iield. , , , . , , - 



Scale A" to a foot. grouud, and alternatmg with these skeletons, a 



number of cinerary urns were discovered, filled with burnt ashes (fig. 1 1). 



