Better Gutenberg
Free, beautifully formatted public-domain ebooks

British Popular Customs

by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

331 of 694 · Contents · Download EPUB

Somersetshire

Collinson, in his History of Somersetshire (vol. iii. p. 620), speaking of Yatton, says that, “John Lane of this parish, gentleman, left half an acre of ground, called the Groves, to the poor for ever, reserving a quantity of the grass for the strewing church on Whitsunday.”

← Back to British Popular Customs

Scroll to Top