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OLD WEST SURREY 



The great kitchen table is 1 1 ft. 5 in. long and 2 ft. 6 in. 

 wide, giving room for twelve people. A big table was wanted, 

 for in the old days the unmarried men lodged and boarded 

 with the farmer. 



One of the stone flags ot the kitchen floor has, deeply cut 



The Great Farm Kitchen 



in it, the letter W. It covers the mouth of a well 10 ft. deep. 

 The dairy adjoins the kitchen on the side away from the 

 fire. It is cool and airy, and there is a pleasant sourish smell 

 from the tall crocks of ripening cream that await the butter- 

 making. In former days this was the cheese-room ; it is one 

 of the oldest parts of the house. In the right-hand light of 

 the window are two of the perforated leaden ventilators, of 

 which very few remain in the district. 



