Milton Abbey Free School was founded by the Duchess-Dowager of Bedford mentioned above; and the gardens, we were informed by a gardener at work in them, were laid out from the duchess's own designs. Some cottages, also, were built by Her Grace near this school, with suitable gardens round each; and so anxious was Her Grace to have these gardens properly cultivated and kept in good order, that she had openings, like windows, made at regular distances in the boundary hedges next the road, in order that she might see through them from her carriage, as she passed along the road, whether the gardens were properly kept. Every where we found the duchess highly spoken of by the people.
