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... Jane Cumming Gow, nrmi 76 years, second daughter of the late Alexander Gow, farmer, Blackhills, Peterhead. HeNDERSON.—At Bruce's Cottage, South Street, Mintlaw, on the 30th March, 1927, James Henderson, late farmer, Backhill, aged 84, Joury.—At the Hospital ...

For I could hear the bruit

... This, London's last racecourse, had a brief but hectic existence between 1837 and 1841. In 1836 a certain Mr. Whyte, of Bruce Cottage, otting Hill, purchased zoo acres of farmland surrounding otting Hill for the purpo e of forming a racecourse, and the ...

Published: Saturday 15 April 1933
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4518 | Page: 31 | Tags: none