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Original Text (Annotation: EPW054232 / 1366813)
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THE CLEARED SITE FOR THE BUILDING OF THE PRESENT 'BASKERVILLE HOUSE'. THIS WAS CALLED 'EASY HILL'. IT SHOWS THE WHARF HAS BEEN FILLED IN, WHICH WAS PART OF JOHN BARKERVILLE'S FACTORY. AMONGST HIS ENTEPRISES WERE 'JAPPANING', PAPIER-MACHIE', HIS PRINTING WORKS FOR WHICH HE INVENTED THE CLEARER TYPEFACE, NAMED AFTER HIM...'BASKERVILLE'. '