CHAPTER XII.

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Cromer-Flint Building-A Wasting Shore -- The Poorer Classes

--Along the Norfolk Coast-Old Fishing Villages-A Bygone

Relic-The Gift of Age-A Hilly Road–The Glamour of

the Unknown-Ingworth Church-An Ancient Hour-glass

Holder -An Old Clerk and his Story-Aylsham-An Old

Posting House-Country Shops--Chat with a Farmer-A

Rose Garden in a Churchyard-Lightning Conductors .

217

CHAPTER XIII.

A Wooded Country--A Gipsy Encampment-Cawston Church-

A Grand Carved Roof—The ‘Plough-light' Gallery-A Fine

Rood Screen-The Saint who cured the Gout-An Interest-

ing Fresco-A Curiosity-Sall Church-Hard Times—The

Cottager's Want - Ancient Brasses - Birds in Church-

Reepham-Names not always pronounced as spelt-- Two

Churches in one Churchyard--A Quaint Tomb to a Crusader 237

CHAPTER XIV.

Bawdeswell-Deserted Highways— The Country from the Box

Seat-A Rebus—A Sudden Storm-East Dereham-Facts

in Paintings-A House of MDII.'--Architectural Scenery-

Cowper's Grave-A Pious Theft-St. Withburga's Well-A

Coloured Windmill-A curious Church Tower-A Ford on

the Way-Watton- The Scene of the Tragedy of the “ Babes

in the Wood'-A Steam Dog-cart-Another Rebus --The

Beauties of Wet Weather

256

CHAPTER XV.

Stormy Weather and Stony Roads-Over Croxton Heath-The

Making of a Highwayman—Thetford-An Old-time Hostel-

Ancient Earthworks-On the Wrong Road- The Charms of

the Unknown-A Relic of the Coaching Age-A Gipsies' En-

campment-An extraordinary Photographic Result-Ingham

-“Trespassers will be Persecuted'! - The Pleasures of Pho-

tography

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Bury St. Edmunds-Mr. Pickwick a Personality-At the Sign of

the Angel-An Old-fashioned Host-English-grown Tobacco

St. Edmund's Ruined Abbey-Curious Relics--The Monks

of old— For England's Ancient Liberties '-An Embalmed

Warrior - The Abbot's Bridge-A Lock of Mary Tudor's

Hair--A Gruesome Volume-A Splendid Norman Tower-

Origin of Gothic Architecture-A Magnificent Church, Flint

Buildings-A Wonderful Roof-A Ghastly Tomb - Old

Brasses and New Ones--A Quaint Epitaph

290

CHAPTER XVII.

A Pleasant Country--Old Toll-gates—The Homes of the People

-The Modern and the Last Century Traveller - Home

Travel–Ruskin on Railways--A Picturesque Village-An

Old Tudor Mansion-An Ancient Moated Manor House-

The Beauty of Old Buildings-An Ideal Hostelry—The

Coaching Inns of the Past-A Prosperous Farmer-One Re-

sult of Agricultural Depression-A Holiday in a Farmhouse

308

CHAPTER XVIII.

Sudbury—The Head of Archbishop Simon--A Gruesome Sight

-Quaint Tombstones—The Restorer again-An aged Clerk

-Old-fashioned Farming-Spoiling Scenery—Iron Buildings

--Past-time Customs—A Round Church-Halstead-An Old

Warrior's Shield-Names of Places on Maps-A Charming

Village—Thatched Cottages-A half-timbered Home

327

CHAPTER XIX.

Rural Inns-A Clever Conceit in Words-An Old Water-mill-

A Picture through a Photograph- Braintree-A Homelike

Land–The Pleasures of the Road-A Day's Drive across

Country--Great and Little Leigh-A Village · Store’-A

Unique Wooden Effigy --An Old Tudor Gateway – Old

Mansions and Modern Farmsteads

343

CHAPTER XX.

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Scenic Surprises-An Inviting Road--A Ruined Windmill --

Rooks - Little Waltham-Broomfield--An Old Friend-Rain

versus Dust-Writtle--Picturesque Essex --Curious Mist Ef-

fect-Nearly an Accident-Chipping Ongar-An Old Saxon

Wooden Church-A Pleasant Footpath-Names of Places--

An Edifying Conversation ---Clerk-hunting

360

CHAPTER XXI.

The Oldest Church in England-Across Country-English

Scenery--Through Epping Forest-Drivers Asleep-Ching-

ford - The Royal Forest Hotel -Queen Elizabeth's Hunting

Lodge--Upstairs on Horseback— The Genus Tripper--To-

day and the Long Ago - Home Again-Pleasant Memories

of the Past

376

CHAPTER XXII.

On the Road--Hints upon Driving Tours .

395

Ancient Hour-glass Holder, Ingworth Church.

(See p. 228.)