Pondstead

Human bones have been frequently discovered near the pondstead, probably the scite of the domestic chapel and cemetery.

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Now, though few farmers can have either the one or the other, there are few who cannot clean out old ditches or pondsteads, where the richest alluvial matter is deposited, and which will not only improve the water, but will also afford a valuable supply of the very best kind of manure.

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