The Hastings Road and the "Happy Springs of Tunbridge"

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THE HASTINGS ROAD
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Portsmouth Road , and its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old.
The Dover Road : Annals of an Ancient Turnpike.
The Bath Road : History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway.
The Exeter Road : The Story of the West of England Highway.
The Great North Road : The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Two Vols.
The Norwich Road : An East Anglian Highway.
The Holyhead Road : The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. Two Vols.
The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road : The Great Fenland Highway.