CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & Co.:

LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.

CONTENTS.

SALISBURY PLAIN AND STONEHENGE.

Character of the Plain-Old Sarum-Turner and Salisbury Plain-Stonehenge-Etymology-The Great

Circle and the Triliths-The Avenue and the Cursus-Traditions and Speculations-Uncertainty of

Date and of Purpose-Sepulchral Barrows-Amesbury-Convent and Church

LEEDS.

Origin and Early History-Cloth-making-First Factories-Increase in Population-Old Leeds-The

Modern Town-Churches-Church of St John-The Parish Church-The Town Hall-Development of

the Woollen Trade in Leeds during the Present Century-The Cloth-mills-Messrs. Marshall's Flax-mill

-Great Benefactors of Leeds-Edward Baines and the Leeds Mercury

THE CINQUE PORTS.

Views from the Castle Hill of Dover-The "Saxon Shore"-The Cinque Ports, their Duties and

Privileges Sandwich-Ebbsfleet-Richborough-The Goodwins-Dover-Hythe-Courts of the Cinque

Ports-Rye-Winchelsea-Hastings-Pevensey-Seals of the Cinque Ports.

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DUNFERMLINE.

Journey to Dunfermline from Edinburgh-History of Dunfermline-Malcolm Canmore and St. Margaret

-Anglo-Saxon Scotland-The Abbey Church-Comparison with Durham-Date of Nave-Traditions of

St. Margaret The Palace-The Town.

THE PLYM, FROM THE SOURCE TO PLYMOUTH.

The Rivers of Devonshire-Sources of the Plym-Old English Names-Sheepstor-The Dewerstone-

Shaugh Bridge The Slannings-Bickleigh Vale-Plympton-Old Remains and Memories-Sir Joshua

Reynolds-Approach to Plymouth-The Catwater

CROWLAND.

The Monasteries of the Fenland-" Courteous Crowland "-Approach to Crowland-Peakirk and St.

Pega-The Dykes and Drains of Fenland-Character of the Scenery-The Village of Crowland-The

Triangular Bridge—The Remains of the Abbey-Its History—The Cell of St. Guthlac-Abbot Ingulf—

Ordericus Vitalis-Waltheof Buried at Crowland-Dissolution of the Abbey-A Warlike Cleric.

LUDLOW.

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Ludlow Castle in its Greatness and its Decay-View of the Town from Whitcliffe-The Welsh Marshes—

Early Strongholds-Richard's Castle-Position of Ludlow-Ludford-The Old Bridge-Early History of

the Castle-Joyce de Dinan-Fulke Fitz-Warine-The De Lacys and Mortimers-Ludlow a Royal Castle

-Prince Arthur--The Earl of Bridgewater Lord President-Description of the Castle-The Great Hall

the Scene of "Comus"-Mary Knoll Valley-Ludlow Church-Old Inns-The "Feathers "The

"Angel"-A Dark Story
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WEST CORNWALL AND THE LAND'S END.

An Ancient Dinner-table, and a Modern One-General Character of West Cornwall-W. Borlase, the

Cornish Antiquary-The Hundred of Penwith-Early Accounts-St. Michael's Mount, and its History—

St. Michael's Chair-The Tin Traffic-Primitive Hut-villages -Chysoister-Penzance, and its Trade-The

Pilchard Fishery-Dolly Pentreath-The Land's End-The Logan-A Lonely Church and its Legend-Cliff

Scenery of the Land's End-Old Cornish Churches-St. Sennen- St. Just-Primitive Stone Circles-

Zennor and Chywoone

EDGEHILL AND NASEBY.

Two Great Battle-fields-Character of the Scenery of Central England-The Ancient Roads - The Battle of

Edgehill-March of the King-Edgecot House-The Battle-field-Memorials of the Fight-Position of

Naseby-March of Fairfax-The King Warned-Fairfax Forces a Battle-The Battle-field of Naseby-The

Battle-Defeat of the Royalists-The Slaughter at Marston Trussell-Naseby at the Present Day-Sulby

Hedges The Church

THE CLYDE, FROM ITS SOURCE TO DUMBARTON.

The Sources of the Clyde and the Tweed-Romance of the Upper Clyde-Drochil Castle-Wild Scenery-

The First Tributary, the Daer Water-Reminiscences of Wallace-Biggar Water and the " Cadger's

Brig "-Bothwell Castle and its Relics-Glasgow and its Industries-Alcluyd-Wallace's Sword-Dum-

barton Rock and Castle-The Firth of Clyde

BURGHLEY.

Lord Bacon on Building-Burghley his evident Ideal-Grandeurs of the House-The Approach and

Entrance-gate-The Interior-The Chapel-The Billiard-room-Portraits-The "Lord of Burghley "-

Tennyson's Poem-The Real Facts-The Old Ball-room and its Decorations-Queen Elizabeth's Chamber

-The Pagoda-room-A Grand Collection of Portraits-The George IV. Rooms-Royal Visitors at

Burghley-The Carlo Dolce Picture-The Gardens-" Capability Brown "-The Town of Stamford-Its

Great Antiquity-Once a Resort of Learning-Its Churches-St. Martin's and the Cecil Monuments-The

"George" Inn

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THE WEALD OF KENT.

The "Wealden Formation-General Character of the Country-The Oaks-Goudhurst and the

"Smugglers ❞—Bedgebury and the Beresfords-Cranbrook and its Industries-Sissinghurst—Sir R. Baker

-The Painter's Retreat-Bayham Abbey and its History-The Modern House-Tunbridge-The Castle-

Churches and Grammar School-Tunbridge Wells-Penshurst and Sir Philip Sidney-Penshurst Place-

The Pictures-The Sidney Family-Hever Castle and the Boleyns-Leeds Castle-Tenterden Steeple and

the Goodwin Sands

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THE DEE.

Beauty of the Dee-Its Course-Derivation of the Name-Deva-Bala Lake-Upper Waters of the Dee-

Corwen-The Vale of Llangollen-Plas Newydd and the "Ladies of Llangollen "-Valle Crucis Abbey-

Dinas Brân-Viaduct over the Dee-The Hills round Llangollen-Wynnstay-The House and Grounds—

Chirk Castle-Ruabon-Wrexham-Bangor-Holt and its Castle-Chester-The "Sands of Dee"

WOBURN.

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The Town and the Abbey-Origin of the Name-The Old Abbey and its History-Its Dissolution-Building

of the New House-Description of the Building-The Portraits-Horace Walpole's Criticisms-Lord

William and Lady Rachel-The "Lion's Head" from "Button's "-The Library-Statue-gallery and

Green-house-The Park and Gardens-Farms on the Estate-Royal Visits-The Town of Woburn and the

Churches-Pedigree of the Russells-Earl Russell-Agricultural Improvements-The Bedford Level . 207