It was originally a nunnery, founded by Queen Bertha, but done away with by King Penda, the reactionary to Paganism after St.Augustine.

Then comes your uncle's place--Lesser Hill.

Though it is so close to the Castle, it is not connected with it.

It is a freehold, and, so far as we know, of equal age.

It has always belonged to your family." "Then there only remains the Castle!" "That is all; but its history contains the histories of all the others--in fact, the whole history of early England." Sir Nathaniel, seeing the expectant look on Adam's face, went on: "The history of the Castle has no beginning so far as we know.