Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I.Warwickshire and its History from the Earliest Times to the close of the Fifteenth Century[1]
II.Warwickshire and its History from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times[24]
III.Fayre Warwick Town: Its History and Romance[43]
IV.The Story of Warwick Castle[70]
V.Coventry: Its History, Romance, Churches, and Ancient Buildings[89]
VI.Kenilworth and its Priory—The Story and Romance of Kenilworth Castle[125]
VII.Leamington[144]
VIII.The Story of Birmingham[154]
IX.The Story of some Ancient Manor–Houses—Baddesley Clinton—Packington Old Hall—Maxstoke Castle—Astley Castle[174]
X.The Story and Romance of some South Warwickshire
Manor–Houses
[189]
XI.Shakespeare’s Life and Shakespeare’s Town[202]
XII.A Group of Shakespeare’s Villages[240]
Index[256]