CHAPTER I

_BIRTH AND ANCESTRY_

PAGE Birth at Florence--Shore Ancestry--Peter Nightingale of Lea--Florence Nightingale’s Parents 1

_EARLIEST ASSOCIATIONS_

Lea Hall first English Home--Neighbourhood of Babington Plot--Dethick Church 8

_LEA HURST_

Removal to Lea Hurst--Description of the House--Florence Nightingale’s Crimean Carriage preserved there 15