Mr. W. H. McLauchlan
and Mr. W. H. Stokes
A copy of an older photograph; the view is not the same to-day. This is the “Cheverel Manor” of Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story. Arbury is the home of the Newdegate family. Robert Evans, father of George Eliot, was land agent for the Newdegate estate. This “castellated house of grey-tinted stone is described beautifully in the Love Story, ch. 2. See also three books by Lady Newdigate-Newdegate: The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor; Gossip from a Muniment Room; and Cavalier and Puritan.
52. Arbury Park, George Eliot Memorial
Mr. W. H. Stokes
Erected by Mr. F. A. Newdigate-Newdegate, M.P. Of rough grey stone, recording the dates and places of her birth and death, and the words “Lest we forget.”
52a. Arbury Park, Caterina’s Walk
Mr. W. H. McLauchlan
and Mr. W. H. Stokes
Ch. 7. of Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story.
52b. Arbury Park, The Rookery
Mr. W. H. McLauchlan
and Mr. W. H. Stokes