The village of Hurley, five minutes' walk from the lock, is as old a little spot as there is on the river, dating, as it does, to quote the quaint phraseology of those dim days, "from the times of King Sebert and King Offa."
Le village de Hurley, a cinq minutes de marche de l’écluse, est un des plus vieux endroits ou passe la Tamise : il remonte, pour employer la curieuse phraséologie des temps passés, « aux jours du roi Sebert et du roi Offa ».