Illustrated chiefly by the Author, and from Prints
and Photographs

London:
CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited
1906
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HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]A Posy of Old Inns[1]
[II.]The Old Inns of Cheshire[58]
[III.]Inns Retired from Business[79]
[IV.]Inns with Relics and Curiosities[109]
[V.]Tavern Rhymes and Inscriptions[130]
[VI.]The Highest Inns in England[144]
[VII.]Gallows Signs[150]
[VIII.]Signs Painted by Artists[161]
[IX.]Queer Signs in Quaint Places[184]
[X.]Rural Inns[210]
[XI.]The Evolution of a Country Inn[235]
[XII.]Ingle-nooks[240]
[XIII.]Innkeepers’ Epitaphs[245]
[XIV.]Inns with Odd Privileges[255]
[XV.]Inns in Literature[261]
[XVI.]Visitors’ Books[291]