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in 1802 the More sisterhood made another migration. The cottage at Cowslip Green was too slightly built for the winter residence of ladies in delicate health and advancing in years; and Bath had become distasteful to them. They therefore purchased a piece of land named Barley Wood, about a mile distant from Cowslip Green, and in the same parish of Wrington, and there built a comfortable roomy house, which became their home for many years.

The laying out of the grounds, planting, and gardening, gave them great delight, and, in the fashion of the time, they placed little shrines and tablets with inscriptions to their friends, living and departed, in favourite spots.

A family party of five old maids in those days