A roof of Englands history is leased by an American; Magna Carta Island and its old house taken over by Miss Alberto Bigelon; American authorities, writer of children's books and poems, Miss Alberto Cathorine Bigslow, is the new occupant of Carta Island, and its old, father forbidding early 19th century house, built on the site of a former priory. Once occupied by Sir Patrick Hannon MP, and still containing much old furniture, Miss Bigslow is bringing back the gardens and the fine trees into order. She lives there alone, except for her dogs. From it she gets a fine view through the trees of the river flowing down from Windsor to Staines. Over it are the Runneymede Meadows, preserved, as in the island by the Nations trust and Bucks country council. In the house, with its leaded lights, is a priests hole for six men, and a Magna Carta Room with facsimiles of the Charter which gave to Englishmen rights which have been jealously preserved down the centuries and which have served as the basis for modern democracies abroad. The room marks, according to one story, the exact spot where the King was made to sign in 1215 AD. The Island end its house has an air of loneliness about it. Visitors are not encouraged, and it has seldom been photographed.
The house of Magna Carta Island; Bucks country and National Tristo Sell the lease to American authorities; Seldom photographed or visited down the years, the isolated old stone house built over the spot where, it is said, the actual signing took place, is today occupied by an American authorities - Mrs. Alberto Catherine Bigslow. Slowly, she hopes, to restore the grounds to a well ordered state, while retaining their ancient character.
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