The Henson Journals

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Tuesday, May 7th, 1918.

1373rd day

Mr Treherne accepts the prebendal stall in a very proper letter. I received from the G.W.R. a "season ticket" to & from London for 6 months, & sent the requisite cheque £36.14.6. Also I wrote to Edgar Dobbie at Durham School, & had an interview with the Registrar. After an early lunch we (Ella, Norcock & I) motored to Much Wenlock viâ Leominster & Ludlow, a distance of about 40 miles. Unfortunately rain began to fall soon after we started, & hindered us from enjoying the country. At Much Wenlock I confirmed 26 candidates & gave an address from the words. "He endured as seeing Him who is invisible". The service was reverent, & I trust, edifying. After it had finished, we had tea with Mrs Furlong, & were then taken charge of by Miss Gaskell, the daughter of the proprietor of the old Cluniac Priory. She showed as the Prior's House, a fascinating medieval residence. Mr Gaskell is the patron of Much Wenlock, & one of the two squires. The other is Mr J. H. A. Whitley Bourton. He was in church, & afterwards came into the vestry & introduced himself. The church of the Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock, is a fine medieval building full of interesting features, which, however, I had no time to examine with adequate care. Even through the rain, it was apparent that the little town is of rare beauty & interest. We started on our return journey about 5.30 p.m. and were back in the close about 8 p.m. 40 miles in 2½ hours, an average of 16 miles an hour. There is a good deal of hill work which for a bad climber like our car makes for delay: & the sodden state of the roads did not improve matters.

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