Theos-Talk Archives (June 1996 Message tl01070)

At 07:23 PM 6/29/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Alex,
>I didn't say that they worked, I only said that was why they got put in.  The
>reason they caught on so big in England was because the country houses were
>very hard to defend and somebody thought that a maze, propley designe, would
>stop horses.  You accurately point out the weakness of the theory, but it
>seemed to work in practice, particularly during the 18th century when the
>country houses were constant prey to  the Dick Turpins of the era.
>
>Chuck
>
>I thought Dick Turpin constrained his activities to holding up coaches on
the highways. I've never heard of people like Turpin attacking some major
country estate of an Earl or such.

alex