England Picturesque and Descriptive

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Author

Cook, Joel, 1842-1910

Title

England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel

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Produced by Sigal Alon, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

England -- Description and travel

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eBook-No.

29787

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29787

Release Date

August 24, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ENGLAND, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE. — A
2. 2.REMINISCENCE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL. — By JOEL COOK, — AUTHOR OF "A HOLIDAY TOUR IN EUROPE," "BRIEF SUMMER RAMBLES," ETC. — WITH NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS. — TO — JOHN WALTER, Esq., MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR BERKSHIRE, — AND — PROPRIETOR OF THE LONDON TIMES, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO WELCOME AMERICANS WITH TRUE ENGLISH HOSPITALITY, — AND TO — GIVE ENGLISHMEN A MORE ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF, AND MORE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH, THE UNITED STATES,
3. 3.This Work on England, — BY AN AMERICAN, IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.England, Picturesque and Descriptive. — I. — LIVERPOOL WESTWARD TO THE WELSH COAST. — LIVERPOOL. — KNOWSLEY HALL. — THE ANCIENT CITY OF CHESTER. — CHESHIRE. — THE RIVER DEE. — FLINT AND DENBIGH. — THE MENAI STRAIT. — CAERNARVON AND CONWAY. — THE COAST OF MERIONETH.
8. 8.II. — LIVERPOOL, NORTHWARD TO THE SCOTTISH BORDER. — LANCASHIRE. — MANCHESTER. — FURNESS AND STONYHURST — LANCASTER CASTLE. — ISLE OF MAN. — CASTLE RUSHEN. — PEELE CASTLE. — THE LAKE COUNTRY. — THE BORDER CASTLES.
9. 9.III. — LIVERPOOL, THROUGH THE MIDLAND COUNTIES, TO LONDON. — THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE. — BESS OF HARDWICKE. — BOLSOVER CASTLE. — THE WYE AND THE DERWENT. — HADDON HALL.
10. 10."Drede God and Honour the Kyng." — CHATSWORTH. — MATLOCK AND DOVEDALE. — BEAUCHIEF ABBEY. — STAFFORD AND TRENTHAM. — TAMWORTH AND TUTBURY. — ALTON TOWERS. — SHREWSBURY. — BRIDGENORTH AND WENLOCK ABBEY. — LUDLOW CASTLE. — LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL. — LADY GODIVA OF COVENTRY. — BELVOIR CASTLE. — CHARNWOOD FOREST. — ULVERSCROFT AND GRACE DIEU ABBEY. — ELIZABETH WIDVILE AND LADY JANE GREY. — LEICESTER ABBEY AND CASTLE. — THE EDGEHILL BATTLEFIELD. — THE BATTLE OF NASEBY. — THE LAND OF SHAKESPEARE. — WARWICK — KENILWORTH. — BIRMINGHAM. — FOTHERINGHAY. — HOLMBY HOUSE. — BEDFORD CASTLE. — JOHN BUNYAN. — WOBURN ABBEY. — STOWE. — CRESLOW HOUSE.
11. 11.IV. — THE RIVER THAMES AND LONDON. — THE THAMES HEAD. — SUDELEY CASTLE AND CHAVENAGE. — STANTON HARCOURT AND CUMNOR HALL. — FAIR ROSAMOND. — OXFORD. — THE OXFORD COLLEGES. — MAGDALEN AND BRASENOSE. — NEW COLLEGE AND RADCLIFFE LIBRARY. — OXFORD CHURCHES AND CASTLE. — BANBURY AND BROUGHTON. — WOODSTOCK AND BLENHEIM. — BICESTER AND EYNSHAM. — ABINGDON AND RADLEY. — CAVERSHAM AND READING ABBEY. — THE VICAR OF BRAY. — ETON COLLEGE. — WINDSOR CASTLE. — SOME RIVER SCENES. — LONDON. — ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. — WESTMINSTER ABBEY. — THE TOWER OF LONDON. — THE LOLLARDS AND LAMBETH. — WHITEHALL. — ST. JAMES PALACE. — BUCKINGHAM PALACE. — KENSINGTON PALACE. — THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. — HYDE PARK. — A VIEW IN THE POULTRY. — THE INNS OF COURT. — THE BRITISH MUSEUM. — SOME LONDON SCENES. — HOLLAND HOUSE. — GREENWICH. — TILBURY FORT.
12. 12.V. — LONDON, NORTHWARD TO THE TWEED. — ST. ALBANS. — HATFIELD HOUSE. — AUDLEY END AND SAFFRON WALDEN. — CAMBRIDGE. — TRINITY AND ST. JOHN'S COLLEGES. — CAIUS AND CLARE COLLEGES. — KING'S, CORPUS CHRISTI, AND QUEENS' COLLEGES. — OTHER CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES. — THE FENLAND. — PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL. — CROWLAND ABBEY. — NORWICH. — BURGHLEY HOUSE. — LINCOLN. — NOTTINGHAM. — SOUTHWELL. — THE DUKERIES. — NEWARK. — HULL AND BEVERLEY. — SHEFFIELD. — WAKEFIELD. — LEEDS. — BOLTON ABBEY. — RIPON AND FOUNTAINS. — RICHMOND CASTLE. — YORK. — CASTLE HOWARD. — SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY. — DURHAM. — LUMLEY CASTLE AND NEWCASTLE. — HEXHAM. — ALNWICK CASTLE. — FORD CASTLE AND FLODDEN FIELD. — BAMBOROUGH AND GRACE DARLING.
13. 13.VI. — LONDON, WESTWARD TO MILFORD HAVEN. — GLOUCESTER. — TEWKESBURY. — WORCESTER. — THE MALVERN HILLS. — THE RIVER WYE. — THE MAN OF ROSS. — GOODRICH CASTLE AND SYMOND'S YAT. — MONMOUTH. — TINTERN ABBEY AND CHEPSTOW CASTLE. — THE GOLDEN VALLEY. — ABERGAVENNY AND LLANTHONY. — NEWPORT, CARDIFF, AND LLANDAFF. — SWANSEA. — CAERMARTHEN AND PEMBROKE.
14. 14.VII. — LONDON, SOUTH-WEST TO LAND'S END. — ASCOT AND BEARWOOD. — KING ALFRED'S WHITE HORSE. — SALISBURY. — STONEHENGE. — WILTON HOUSE. — BATH. — FONTHILL AND BECKFORD. — BRISTOL. — WELLS. — GLASTONBURY. — SEDGEMOOR BATTLEFIELD. — SHERBORNE. — THE COAST OF DORSET. — WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND. — THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. — THE SOUTHERN COAST OF DEVON. — EXETER. — TEIGNMOUTH AND TORBAY. — THE DART. — THE PLYM. — PLYMOUTH. — TAVISTOCK. — THE NORTHERN COAST OF DEVON. — LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH. — COMBE MARTIN AND ILFRACOMBE. — MORTE POINT AND BIDEFORD. — CLOVELLY. — CORNWALL. — THE LIZARD PENINSULA. — KYNANCE COVE AND LIZARD HEAD. — ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT. — PENZANCE AND THE LAND'S END.
15. 15.VIII. — LONDON, TO THE SOUTH COAST. — GUILDFORD. — ALDERSHOT CAMP. — DORKING. — EPSOM AND REIGATE. — THE WEALD OF KENT. — ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM. — CANTERBURY. — THE CINQUE PORTS. — SANDWICH. — DOVER. — RYE AND WINCHELSEA. — HASTINGS AND PEVENSEY. — BRIGHTON. — WISTON PARK. — ARUNDEL CASTLE. — SELBORNE. — WINCHESTER. — THE NEW FOREST. — CHRISTCHURCH. — SOUTHAMPTON. — PORTSMOUTH. — THE ISLE OF WIGHT. — CARISBROOKE CASTLE. — TENNYSON'S HOME. — THE NEEDLES.
16. 16.INDEX.

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