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Jun 11 Park Update - June 2011

Pollarding of a mature, but structurally unsafe, Horse Chestnut tree has recently taken place. This has improved light levels and sight-lines at the entrance to the Park from Betjeman Lane...

‘On Leaving Wantage, 1972’ by John Betjeman

Section 4

Suddenly on the unsuspecting air
The bells clash out. It seems a miracle
That leaf and flower should never even stir
In such great waves of medieval sound:
They ripple over roofs to fields and farms
So that ‘the fellowship of Christ’s religion’
Is roused to breakfast, church or sleep again.