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Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
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3) will be at once perceived. A maze at Boughton Green, in
Nottinghamshire, a place celebrated at one time for its fair (Fig. 7),
was 37 feet in diameter. I also include the plan (Fig. 8) of one that
used to be on the outskirts of the village of Wing, near Uppingham,
Rutlandshire. This maze was 40 feet in diameter.

[Illustration: FIG. 8.--Maze at Wing, Rutlandshire.]

[Illustration: FIG. 9.--Maze on St. Catherine's Hill, Winchester.]

The maze that was on St. Catherine's Hill, Winchester, in the parish of
Chilcombe, was a poor specimen (Fig. 9), since, as will be seen, there
was one short direct route to the centre, unless, as in Fig. 10 again,
the path is the line itself from end to end. This maze was 86 feet
square, cut in the turf, and was locally known as the "Mize-maze." It
became very indistinct about 1858, and was then recut by the Warden of
Winchester, with the aid of a plan possessed by a lady living in the
neighbourhood.

[Illustration: FIG. 10.--Maze on Ripon Common.]

A maze formerly existed on Ripon Common, in Yorkshire (Fig. 10). It was
ploughed up in 1827, but its plan was fortunately preserved. This
example was 20 yards in diameter, and its path is said to have been 407
yards long.

[Illustration: FIG. 11.--Maze at Theobalds, Hertfordshire.]

In the case of the maze at Theobalds, Hertfordshire, after you have
found the entrance within the four enclosing hedges, the path is forced
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