EDMUND H. NEW
LONDON: J.M. DENT & CO.
29 BEDFORD STREET
NEW YORK: E.P. DUTTON CO.
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
H.N.
1820-1893
D.N.
1834-1901
NOTE
For the historical matter contained in the following pages the writer is indebted mainly to George May's admirable history of the town issued in 1845, a book which, since its publication, has been the acknowledged authority on local history.
To Mr. Oswald Knapp his thanks are especially due not only for permission to make use of the series of articles, founded on the monastic chronicles, which appeared some years ago in the Evesham Journal, most of them under the title of "Evesham Episodes," but also for much generous help and criticism.
CONTENTS
[1. THE FOUNDING OF THE ABBEY]
[2. THE ABBEY AFTER THE CONQUEST.]
[IV. THE REMAINS OF THE ABBEY]
[VI. THE TOWN—INCLUDING BENGEWORTH AND GREEN HILL]
[VIII. CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[Evesham and Bredon Hill, from the Parks]
[The Bell Tower, from Bengeworth]