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Pulborough Church. |
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CHAPTER X
PETWORTH
Pulborough and its past—Stopham—Fittleworth—The natural advantages of the Swan—Petworth's feudal air—An historical digression naming many Percies—The third Earl of Egremont—The Petworth pictures—Petworth Park—Cobbett's opinion—The vicissitudes of the Petworth ravens—Tillington's use to business men—A charming epitaph— Noah Mann of the Hambledon Club.
Petworth is not on the direct road to Horsham, which is our next centre, but it is easily gained from Arundel by rail |
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