COTTAGES AND FARMS 



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was a quarry in the Horsham district, where they were 

 formerly found. 



Each cottage, except when they were closely grouped, had 

 its well. Down in the valleys, where the water is near the 

 surface, it was reached by lowering the pail by a pole with 



Dairy Court, Unstead Farm 



a spring hook at the end, or, if deeper, with a winch and 

 rope. These operations, of course, still go on, but now the 

 pail is of clanking galvanised iron ; the old wooden pail, of 

 oak staves with iron hoops, is nearly dead. 



Some of the older farmhouses are of great interest and 

 beauty. One of the best and earliest examples in the 

 country of the use of oak timber is Unstead Farm, a good 



