H. BELLOC
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM HYDE
LONDON
CONSTABLE AND COMPANY
LIMITED
1911
TO
PHILIP KERSHAW
AND
HAROLD BAKER
MY COMPANIONS ON
THIS JOURNEY
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
ON THE ROAD AND THE FASCINATION OFANTIQUITY | [3] | |
THE THEORY OF THE OLD ROAD | ||
That such and such Causes determined the Track of the Old Road, and that it ran from Winchester to Canterbury | [15] | |
The Causes of the Development of Winchester and Canterbury, and of their Position as Termini of the Old Road | [29] | |
The Causes of the Preservation of the Old Road; its General Character, and our Application of this in our Method of recovering it | [72] | |
THE EXPLORATION OF THE ROAD | ||
| Winchester to Alton | [117] | |
| Alton to Shalford | [147] | |
| Shalford to Dorking Pits | [169] | |
| Boxhill to Titsey | [188] | |
| Titsey to Wrotham | [214] | |
| Wrotham to Boxley | [231] | |
| Boxley to Canterbury | [256] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| WINCHESTER, | [Photogravure frontispiece] |
| Facing page | |
| A ROAD MOST TYPICAL OF ALL THAT ROADS HAVE BEEN FOR US, | [8] |
| THESE PITS WHICH UNCOVER THE CHALK BARE FOR US, | [26] |
| GLIMPSES OF THE ITCHEN AWAY BEHIND US, | [60] |
| THE CHURCH OF SHERE, | [110] |
| THE HEAD-WATERS WHICH FORM THE ITCHEN, THE ALRE AND OTHER STREAMS, | [128] |
| ROUGH, AND MARKED ONLY BY RUTS IN THE WINTER SOIL, AND BY ITS RANK OF SECULAR TREES, | [162] |
| THAT CURIOUS PLATFORM WHICH SUPPORTS IN SUCH AN IMMENSE ANTIQUITY OF CONSECRATION THE RUINS OF ST. CATHERINE'S CHAPEL, | [163] |
| A PLACE OF CLOSE DARK AND VARIOUS TREES, FULL OF A DAMP AIR, AND GLOOMY WITH STANDING WATER-RUTS, | [174] |
| THAT SPLENDID AVENUE OF LIMES, | [176] |
| IT STOOD OUT LIKE A CAPE ALONG OUR COASTING JOURNEY, OUR NAVIGATION OF THE LINE OF THE DOWNS, | [182] |
| AND BEYOND THE WHOLE OF THE WEALD, | [200] |
| THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE RIVERS IT MEETS UPON ITS COURSE, THE MEDWAY, | [238] |
| ROCHESTER, | [252] |
| THE SHEEP IN THE NARROW LANES, OR THE LEANING CONES OF THE HOP-KILNS AGAINST THE SKY, | [260] |
| THE PLOUGHLANDS UNDER ORCHARDS: ALL THE KENTISH WEALD, | [268] |
| SUCH A MAGIC OF GREAT HEIGHT AND DARKNESS, | [278] |
| MAP | [at end] |