Edward Roberson was the doctor at Ashton-under-Hill for forty years, until his death in 1928 Revered and respected by the men on the farms, he visited his patients on horseback until the day he died To young Fred Archer he was a mystic, a miracle man, mixing his medicines from the herbs that grew on the hill For all his faults, he was kindly and benevolent, never sending his bill to the poor but counting on their votes when he stood for the District Council