Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely

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Ely Cathedral. Western Tower.
BY THE Rev. EDWARD CONYBEARE AUTHOR OF HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE, RIDES AROUND CAMBRIDGE, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERICK L. GRIGGS
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1910
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited. BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
The Highways of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely are usually regarded as unattractive compared with those of England in general. Nor is this criticism wholly unfair. The county does lack the features which most make for picturesque rural scenery. There are no high hills, little even of undulation, and, what is yet more fatal, a sad sparsity of timber. The Highways, then, seem to the traveller merely stretches of ground to be got over as speedily as may be, and he rejoices that their flatness lends itself so well to this end.
It is however far otherwise with the Byways. These abound with picturesque nooks and corners. In every village charming features are to be found,—thatched and timbered cottages, hedgerow elms, bright willow-shaded watercourses, old-time village greens, and, above all, old-time village churches, often noble, and never without artistic and historical interest of high order. Few counties better repay exploration than Cambridgeshire.