CHARLES G. HARPER.

Petersham, Surrey,
February, 1899.


SEPARATE PLATES
PAGE
1.George the Third travelling from Windsor to London, 1806. (After R. B. Davis)[Frontispiece.]
2.Coaching Miseries. (After Rowlandson)[7]
3.Passengers refreshed after a Long Day’s Journey. (After Rowlandson)[13]
4.The “White Bear,” Piccadilly[23]
5.Allen’s Stall at Hyde Park Corner, about 1756[35]
6.Hyde Park Corner, 1797[41]
7.Kensington High Street, Summer Sunset[47]
8.Colnbrook, a Decayed Coaching Town[101]
9.An English Road[125]
10.Maidenhead Thicket[131]
11.The Stage Waggon. (After Rowlandson)[139]
12.Theale[143]
13.Woolhampton[147]
14.Rail and River: The Kennet and the Great Western Railway[151]
15.At the 55th Milestone[155]
16.Hungerford[169]
17.Marlborough[189]
18.Fyfield[195]
19.Marlborough Downs, near West Overton[199]
20.The White Horse, Cherhill[207]
21.The Old Market House, Chippenham[211]
22.Box Village[225]
23.Bathampton Mill[229]
24.Prior Park[247]
25.Bath Abbey: the West Front[261]
26.The Roman Bath, restored[265]
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
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Old Village Lock-up, Cranford[(Title-page)]
Sign of the “White Bear,” now at Fickles Hole[25]
The “White Horse” Inn, Fetter Lane. Demolished 1898[30]
Courtyard of the “Old Bell,” Holborn. Demolished 1897[32]
Hyde Park Corner, 1786[37]
Hyde Park Corner, 1792[39]
The “Halfway House,” 1848[43]
“Oldest Inhabitant”[50]
Thackeray’s House, Young Street[54]
The “White Horse.” Traditional Retreat of Addison[55]
The “Red Cow,” Hammersmith. Demolished 1897[57]
Robin Hood and Little John[64]
The “Old Windmill”[65]
The “Old Pack Horse”[67]
Kew Bridge, Low Water[69]
Cottages, supposed to have been the Haunts of Dick Turpin[72]
A Bath Road Pump[85]
The “Berkeley Arms”[86]
Cranford House[88]
The “Old Magpies”[90]
The “Gothic Barn,” Harmondsworth[95]
Old Flail, Harmondsworth[96]
The County Boundary[98]
Almshouses, Langley[104]
The Stolen Fountain[105]
Windsor Castle, from the Road near Slough[106]
The “Bell and Bottle” Sign[133]
Palmer’s Statue[135]
Thatcham[149]
Inscription, Newbury Church[157]
Old Cloth Hall, Newbury[160]
The last of the Smock-frocks and Beavers[164]
Curious old Toll-house[165]
Hungerford Tutti-men[171]
Littlecote[176]
The Haunted Chamber[178]
Roadside Inn, Manton[194]
Avebury[201]
Silbury Hill[202]
Cross Keys[218]
The Hungerford Almshouse, Corsham Regis[221]
Entrance to Box Quarries[224]
The Sun God[233]
Roman inscribed tablet[235]
The Batheaston Vase[242]
“Sham Castle”[249]
Old Pulteney Bridge[253]
Illustrations to Old Advertisements[258], [259]

THE ROAD TO BATH

London (Hyde Park Corner) to—
MILES
Kensington—
St. Mary Abbots
Addison Road
Hammersmith
Turnham Green5
Brentford—
Star Gates6
Town Hall (cross River Brent and Grand Junction Canal)7
Isleworth (Railway Station)
Hounslow (Trinity Church)
Cranford Bridge (cross River Crane)12¼
Harlington Corner13
Longford (cross River Colne)15¼
Colnbrook (cross River Colne)17
Langley Broom (“King William IV.” Inn)18½
Slough (“Crown” Hotel)20½
Salt Hill21¼
Maidenhead (cross River Thames)26
Littlewick29¼
Knowl Hill31
Hare Hatch32¼
Twyford (cross River Loddon)34
Reading (cross River Kennet)39
Calcot Green41½
Theale44
Woolhampton49¼
Thatcham (cross River Lambourne)52¾
Speenhamland
Newbury
55¾
Church Speen56¾
Hungerford (cross River Kennet)64½
Froxfield (cross River Kennet)67
Marlborough74½
Fyfield77
Overton78
West Kennet (cross River Kennet)79¼
Beckhampton Inn81
Cherhill84
Quemerford (cross tributary of River Marden)86¼
Calne (cross River Calne)87¼
Black Dog Hill88¾
Derry Hill (Swan Inn)90¾
Chippenham (cross River Avon)93¼
Cross Keys96½
Pickwick (“Hare and Hounds” Inn)97¼
Box100¼
Batheaston103½
Walcot104½
Bath (G. P. O.)105¾