Title: The Illustrated Works of Gordon Home: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions
Author: Gordon Home
Editor: David Widger
Release date: May 24, 2009 [eBook #28959]
Most recently updated: November 12, 2023
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
PREFACE | |
LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS | |
LIST OF LINE ILLUSTRATIONS | |
CHAPTER I | Some Features of Normandy |
CHAPTER II | By the Banks of the Seine |
CHAPTER III | Concerning Rouen, the Ancient Capital of Normandy |
CHAPTER IV | Concerning the Cathedral City of Evreux and the Road to Bernay |
CHAPTER V | Concerning Lisieux and the Romantic Town of Falaise |
CHAPTER VI | From Argentan to Avranches |
CHAPTER VII | Concerning Mont St Michel |
CHAPTER VIII | Concerning Coutances and Some Parts of the Cotentin |
CHAPTER IX | Concerning St Lo and Bayeux |
CHAPTER X | Concerning Caen and the Coast Towards Trouville |
CHAPTER XI | Some Notes on the History of Normandy |
MONT ST MICHEL FROM THE CAUSEWAY |
ON THE ROAD BETWEEN CONCHES AND BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER This is typical of the poplar-bordered roads of Normandy. |
THE CHATEAU GAILLARD FROM THE ROAD BY THE SEINE The village of Le Petit Andely appears below the castle rock, and is partly hidden by the island. The chalk cliffs on the left often look like ruined walls. |
A TYPICAL REACH OF THE SEINE BETWEEN ROUEN AND LE PETIT ANDELY On one side great chalk cliffs rise precipitously, and on the other are broad flat pastures. |
THE CHURCH AT GISORS, SEEN FROM THE WALLS OF THE NORMAN CASTLE |
THE TOUR DE LA GROSSE HORLOGE, ROUEN It is the Belfry of the City, and was commenced in 1389. |
THE CATHEDRAL AT ROUEN Showing a peep of the Portail de la Calende, and some of the quaint houses of the oldest part of the City. |
THE CATHEDRAL OF EVREUX SEEN FROM ABOVE On the right, just where the light touches some of the roofs of the houses, the fine old belfry can be seen. |
A TYPICAL FARMYARD SCENE IN NORMANDY The curious little thatched mushroom above the cart is to be found in most of the Norman farms. |
THE BRIDGE AT BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER On the steep hill beyond stands the ruined abbey church. |
IN THE RUE AUX FEVRES, LISIEUX The second tiled gable from the left belongs to the fine sixteenth century house called the Manoir de Francois I. |
THE CHURCH OF ST JACQUES AT LISIEUX One of the quaint umber fronted houses for which the town is famous appears on the left. |
FALAISE CASTLE The favourite stronghold of William the Conqueror. |
THE PORTE DES CORDELIERS AT FALAISE A thirteenth century gateway that overlooks the steep valley of the Ante. |
THE CHATEAU D'O A seventeenth century manor house surrounded by a wide moat. |
THE GREAT VIEW OVER THE FORESTS TO THE SOUTH FROM THE RAMPARTS OF DOMFRONT CASTLE Down below can be seen the river Varennes, and to the left of the railway the little Norman Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau. |
THE CLOCK GATE, VIRE |
A VIEW OF MONT ST MICHEL AND THE BAY OF CANCALE FROM THE JARDIN DES PLANTES AT AVRANCHES On the left is the low coast-line of Normandy, and on the right appears the islet of Tombelaine. |
THE LONG MAIN STREET OF COUTANCES In the foreground is the Church of St Pierre, and in the distance is the Cathedral. |
THE GREAT WESTERN TOWERS OF THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME AT ST LO They are of different dates, and differ in the arcading and other ornament. |
THE NORMAN TOWERS OF BAYEUX CATHEDRAL |
OUISTREHAM |
THE CHATELET AND LA MERVEILLE AT MONT ST MICHEL The dark opening through the archway on the left is the main entrance to the Abbey. On the right can be seen the tall narrow windows that light the three floors of Abbot Jourdain's great work. |
THE DISUSED CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS AT CAEN |
A COURTYARD IN THE RUE DE BAYEUX AT CAEN |
York from the Central Tower of The Minster |
Sleights Moor from Swart Houe Cross |
Runswick Bay |
Robin Hood's Bay |
Sunrise from Staithes Beck |
The Red Roofs of Whitby |
Whitby Abbey from the Cliffs |
An Autumn Day at Guisborough |
The Skelton Valley |
In Pickering Church |
The Market-place, Helmsley |
Richmond Castle from the River |
A Rugged View Above Wensleydale |
A Jacobean House at Askrigg |
Aysgarth Force |
View up Wensleydale from Leyburn Shawl |
Ripon Minster from the South |
Fountains Abbey |
Knaresborough |
Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale |
Settle |
Wolds |
Filey Brig |
The Outermost Point of Flamborough Head |
Hornsea Mere |
The Market-place, Beverley |
Patrington Church |
Coxwold Village |
The West Front of the Church Of Byland Abbey |
Bootham Bar, York |
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds |
CHAPTER I | ACROSS THE MOORS FROM PICKERING TO WHITBY |
CHAPTER II | ALONG THE ESK VALLEY |
CHAPTER III | THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO REDCAR |
CHAPTER IV | THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO SCARBOROUGH |
CHAPTER V | SCARBOROUGH |
CHAPTER VI | WHITBY |
CHAPTER VII | THE CLEVELAND HILLS |
CHAPTER VIII | GUISBOROUGH AND THE SKELTON VALLEY |
CHAPTER IX | FROM PICKERING TO RIEVAULX ABBEY |
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Shooters' Hill |
Dartford Church and Bridge |
The Gateway of the Monastery Close, Rochester |
Rochester |
Canterbury Cathedral from Christchurch Gate |
West Gate, Canterbury |
On the Stour Near Canterbury |
Chilham |
A Corner of Romney Marsh |
Rye |
Winchelsea Church |
Battle Abbey |
Lewes Castle |
The Downs |
The Weald of Sussex, North Of Lewes |
Arundel Castle |
The Market Cross, Chichester |
Bosham |
The Tudor House, Opposite St Michael's Church, Southampton |
In the New Forest |
Romsey Abbey |
North Transept, Winchester Cathedral |
St Cross, Winchester |
Selborne from the Hanger |
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
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I. | THE PILGRIM'S APPROACH TO THE CITY | 5 |
II. | THE STORY OF CANTERBURY | 9 |
III. | THE CATHEDRAL | 40 |
IV. | THE CITY | 56 |
INDEX |
PLATE | ||
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1. | THE NAVE OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL | Frontispiece |
FACING PAGE | ||
2. | CHRIST CHURCH GATE | 9 |
3. | THE CATHEDRAL FROM NORTH-WEST | 16 |
4. | THE "ANGEL" OR "BELL HARRY" TOWER AND THE LAVATORY TOWER OF THE CATHEDRAL | 25 |
5. | THE CHAPEL OF "OUR LADY" IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE CATHEDRAL | 27 |
6. | THE WARRIOR'S CHAPEL | 30 |
7. | THE MARTYRDOM IN THE NORTH-WEST TRANSEPT | 32 |
8. | THE DOORWAY FROM THE CLOISTERS TO THE MARTYRDOM | 43 |
9. | THE GREYFRIARS' HOUSE IN CANTERBURY | 46 |
10. | THE HOUSE OF THE CANTERBURY WEAVERS | 49 |
11. | WESTGATE CANTERBURY FROM WITHIN | 56 |
12. | THE NORMAN STAIRCASE TO THE KING'S SCHOOL | On the cover |
13. | PLAN OF CANTERBURY. | 5 |
14. | PLAN OF CANTERBURY CASTLE. | 63 |
PREFACE. |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. |
INTRODUCTION |
CHAPTER I CONCERNING THOSE WHICH FOLLOW |
CHAPTER II THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING IN PALAEOLITHIC AND PRE-GLACIAL TIMES |
CHAPTER III THE VALE OF PICKERING IN THE LESSER ICE AGE |
CHAPTER IV THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING |
CHAPTER V HOW THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN AFFECTED THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING, B.C. 55 TO A.D. 418 |
CHAPTER VI THE FOREST AND VALE IN SAXON TIMES, A.D. 418 TO 1066 |
CHAPTER VII THE FOREST AND VALE IN NORMAN TIMES, A.D. 1066 TO 1154 |
CHAPTER VIII THE FOREST AND VALE IN THE TIME OF THE PLANTAGENETS, A.D. 1154 TO 1485 |
CHAPTER IX THE FOREST AND VALE IN TUDOR TIMES, A.D. 1485 TO 1603 |
CHAPTER X THE FOREST AND VALE IN STUART TIMES, A.D. 1603 TO 1714 |
CHAPTER XI THE FOREST AND VALE IN GEORGIAN TIMES, A.D. 1714 TO 1837 |
CHAPTER XII THE FOREST AND VALE FROM EARLY VICTORIAN TIMES UP TO THE PRESENT DAY, A.D. 1837 TO 1905 |
CHAPTER XIII Concerning the Villages and Scenery of the Forest and Vale of Pickering |
CHAPTER XIV Concerning the Zoology of the Forest and Vale |
Pickering From The North-West |
Rosamund Tower, Pickering Castle |
Kirkdale Cave |
Hyænas' Jaws |
Elephants' Teeth |
Bear's Tusk |
Pickering Lake in Ice Age |
Newtondale in Ice Age |
Pickering Lake, Eastern End |
Scamridge Dykes |
Pre-Historic Weapons |
Leaf-shaped Arrow Head |
Lake Dwellings Relics |
Remains of Pre-Historic Animals from Lake Dwellings |
Skeleton of Bronze Age |
A Quern |
Urns in Pickering Museum |
Sketch Map of Roman Road and Camps |
The Tower of Middleton Church |
Ancient Font and Crosses |
Saxon Sundial at Kirkdale |
Saxon Sundial at Edstone |
Pre-Norman Remains near Pickering |
Saxon Stones at Kirkdale |
Saxon Stones at Sinnington |
South Side of the Nave of Pickering Church |
Norman Doorway at Salton |
Norman Work at Ellerburne |
The Crypt at Lastingham |
Norman Font at Edstone |
Wall Paintings in Pickering Church |
The Devil's Tower, Pickering Castle |
Wall Painting of St Christopher |
Wall Painting of St Edmund and Acts of Mercy |
Wall Painting of Herod's Feast and Martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket |
Effigy of Sir William Bruce |
Effigies in Bruce Chapel |
Holy Water Stoup in Pickering Church |
Sanctus Bell |
Cattle Marks |
Section of Fork Cottage |
Details of Fork Cottage |
Pickering Castle from the Keep |
Pre-Reformation Chalice |
Font at Pickering Church |
Alms Box at Pickering Church |
House in which Duke of Buckingham Died |
Maypole on Sinnington Green |
Inverted Stone Coffin at Wykeham |
Magic Cubes |
Newtondale, showing the Coach Railway |
Relics of Witchcraft |
A Love Garter |
Horn of the Sinnington Hunt |
Interior of the Oldest Type of Cottage |
Ingle-Nook at Gallow Hill Farm |
Autographs of Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson |
Riding t' Fair |
Halbert and Spetum |
Old Key of Castle |
Pickering Shambles |
The Old Pickering Fire-Engine |
Market Cross at Thornton-le-Dale |
Lockton Village |
The Black Hole of Thornton-le-Dale |
Hutton Buscel Church |
Sketch Map of the Pickering District |
CHAPTER I | Page | |
Introductory | 1 | |
CHAPTER II | ||
The Genesis and Characteristics of the French | 6 | |
CHAPTER III | ||
Family Life—Marriage and the Birth-rate | 23 | |
CHAPTER IV | ||
How the French govern Themselves | 49 | |
CHAPTER V | ||
On Education and Religion | 67 | |
CHAPTER VI | [Pg vi] | |
Some Aspects of Paris and of Town Life in General | 86 | |
CHAPTER VII | ||
Of Rural Life in France | 114 | |
CHAPTER VIII | ||
The Rivers of France | 143 | |
CHAPTER IX | ||
Of the Watering-Places | 169 | |
CHAPTER X | ||
Architecture—Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic—
in France |
193 | |
CHAPTER XI | ||
The National Defences | 205 | |
INDEX | ||
213 |
The Western Façade of Amiens CathedralFrontispiece |
Combourg, a typical Château of the Mediaeval Type8 |
In the Café Armenonville in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris17 |
In the Place du Théâtre Français, Paris24 |
Evening in the Place d'Iéna, Paris31 |
In the Centre of Paris40 |
The Market-Place and Cathedral at Abbeville48 |
Five-o'clock Tea in Paris64 |
Children of Paris in the Luxembourg Gardens71 |
Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne Country75 |
La Roche, a Village of Haute Savoie78 |
A typical Cocher of Paris90 |
Autumn in the Champs Elysées, Paris95 |
A Breton Calvaire: the oratory of Jacques Cartier122 |
A Peasant Child of Normandy126 |
The Cathedral and part of the Old City of Chartres136 |
The Château of Amboise on the Loire144 |
Château Gaillard and a loop of the Seine150 |
Mont Blanc reflecting the sunset glow155 |
Evian les Bains on Lake Geneva158 |
The Chapel on the Bridge of St. Bénézet, Avignon162 |
Cap Martin near Mentone164 |
The Château of Chenonceaux168 |
St. Malo from St. Servan171 |
Monte Carlo and Monaco from the East174 |
Mont St. Michel at High Tide177 |
The Vegetable Market, Nice187 |
The Pyrenees from near Pamiers190 |
The Galerie des Glaces at Versailles192 |
The Roman Triumphal Arch at Orange194 |
French Destroyers200 |
Soldiers of France in Paris208 |
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
SECTION | PAGE | ||
I. | London to Dunstable, 32 Miles | 1 | |
II. | Dunstable to Atherstone, 72½ Miles | 18 | |
III. | Atherstone to Shrewsbury, 59 Miles | 29 | |
LOOP No. 1 | |||
(a) | Shrewsbury to Chester, 39½ Miles | 38 | |
(b) | Chester to Mold and Rhyl, 35½ Miles | 52 | |
(c) | Rhyl to Shrewsbury, 86½ Miles | 61 | |
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
IV. | Shrewsbury to Llandudno, 81½ Miles | 75 | |
V. | Llandudno to Bangor, 18¾ Miles | 89 | |
LOOP No. 2 | |||
Bangor to Bettws-y-Coed, 20¼ Miles | 98 | ||
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
VI. | Bangor to Dolgelley, 65¾ Miles | 103 | |
LOOP No. 3 | |||
Dolgelley to Cemmaes via Tal-y-Llyn, 40 Miles | 119 | ||
LOOP No. 4 | |||
Cemmaes to Aberystwyth and Llangurig, 49¾ Miles | 127 | ||
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
VII. | Dolgelley to Llangurig, 48¼ Miles | 134 | |
LOOP No. 5 | |||
(a) | Talgarth to St. David's, 117¼ Miles | 142 | |
(b) | St. David's to Hereford, 132¼ Miles | 162 | |
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
VIII. | Llangurig to Abergavenny, 68 Miles | 180 | |
IX. | Abergavenny to Gloucester, 84¼ Miles | 189 | |
LOOP No. 6 | |||
(a) | Hereford to Shrewsbury, 54¾ Miles | 219 | |
(b) | Shrewsbury to Hereford, 81¼ Miles | 232 | |
LOOP No. 7 | |||
Gloucester to Bath, Malmesbury, Evesham, Tewkesbury, and Gloucester, 153 Miles | 243 | ||
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
X. | Gloucester to Oxford, 50 Miles | 269 | |
LOOP No. 8 | |||
Oxford to Stratford-on-Avon, Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford, 110 Miles | 280 | ||
TRUNK ROUTE | |||
XI. | Oxford to London, 67½ Miles | 305 | |
Table of the Sovereigns of England, the Chief Events of their Reigns, and the Architectural Periods | 320 | ||
A List of Motor-Car Signs | 323 | ||
A List of Hotels | 326 | ||
Index | 327 |
1. | Distant View of Bettws-y-Coed. | Frontispiece |
FACING PAGE | ||
2. | Lichfield Cathedral | 32 |
3. | Shrewsbury House, Chester | 65 |
4. | Swallow Falls, near Bettws-y-Coed | 72 |
5. | Conway from Benarth | 89 |
6. | Conway Valley | 96 |
7. | Distant View of Penmaenmawr | 113 |
8. | Snowdon from Traeth Mawr | 120 |
9. | Hereford Cathedral from the Banks of the Wye | 176 |
10. | The Wye, Symond's Yat, near Monmouth, Herefordshire | 185 |
11. | Coming Night, near Beddgelert | 201 |
12. | Tintern Abbey | 208 |
13. | Church Porch at Northleach | 281 |
14. | Stratford-on-Avon | 288 |
15. | Ford's Hospital, Coventry | 297 |
16. | Magdalen Tower and Bridge, Oxford | 304 |
PAGE | ||
1. | St. Albans | 7 |
2. | Dunstable | 16 |
3. | Shrewsbury | 77 |
4. | Chester | 44 |
5. | Conway | 91 |
6. | Carnarvon | 106 |
7. | Hereford | 177 |
8. | Worcester | 237 |
9. | Gloucester | 212 |
10. | Tewkesbury | 265 |
11. | Cheltenham | 271 |
12. | Oxford | 307 |
13. | Warwick | 291 |
14. | Leamington | 294 |
15. | Coventry | 299 |
16. | Bath | 251 |
Chester Cathedral | 46 | |
Valle Crucis Abbey | 72 | |
Carnarvon Castle | 107 | |
St. David's Cathedral | 159 | |
Gloucester Cathedral | 215 |
SECTION | PAGE | |
I. | Havre to Rouen, Dieppe to Rouen, and Calais and Boulogne to Rouen | 1 |
II. | Rouen to Evreux | 27 |
III. | Evreux to Chartres | 50 |
IV. | Chartres to Orleans | 62 |
V. | Orleans to Tours | 80 |
VI. | Tours to Poitiers | 116 |
VII. | Poitiers to Angoulême | 138 |
VIII. | Angoulême to Bergerac | 152 |
IX. | Bergerac to Mont-de-Marsan | 167 |
X. | Mont-de-Marsan to Biarritz | 175 |
XI. | Biarritz to Pamplona and San Sebastian, Spain | 193 |
XII. | Biarritz to Pau | 218 |
XIII. | Pau to St. Gaudens | 227 |
XIV. | St. Gaudens to Carcassonne | 241 |
XV. | Carcassonne to Montpellier | 254 |
XVI. | Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence | 272 |
XVII. | Aix-en-Provence to Cannes | 292 |
XVIII. | Cannes to San Remo | 305 |
XIX. | Aix-en-Provence to Avignon | 324 |
XX. | Avignon to Valence{viii} | 320 |
XXI. | Valence to St. Étienne | 346 |
XXII. | St. Étienne to Moulins | 356 |
XXIII. | Moulins to Briare | 364 |
XXIV. | Briare to Melun | 375 |
XXV. | Melun to St. Germain-en-Laye | 383 |
XXVI. | St. Germain-en-Laye to Gisors | 390 |
XXVII. | Gisors to Rouen | 400 |
XXVIII. | Gisors to Dieppe | 417 |
Hints on Touring in France, by John L. Kirk | 420 | |
French and Italian Road Warnings | 426 | |
A Table of the Dates of the Chief Events in French History | 430 | |
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z | 435 |
IN COLOUR | ||
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1. | Chartres | Frontispiece |
FACING PAGE | ||
2. | Caudebec-en-Caux | 12 |
3. | The Towers of St. Ouen, Rouen | 40 |
4. | The Road near Rouen | 49 |
5. | Amboise | 105 |
6. | The Château of Chenonceaux | 112 |
7. | The Limestone Cavern on the Road near Mas d'Azil | 248 |
8. | The Pyrenees in Spring | 257 |
9. | Narbonne | 265 |
10. | The Castle at Tarascon | 272 |
11. | On the Coast of the Estérels | 305 |
12. | Cap Martin | 312 |
13. | The Mouth of the Roya at Ventimiglia | 321 |
14. | An Arched Street in Apricale, Italy | 328 |
15. | The Roman Arch at Orange | 344 |
16. | Château Gaillard, Normandy | 412 |
IN BLACK AND WHITE | ||
1. | Rouen Cathedral from the South | 57 |
2. | Approaching Chartres | 64 |
3. | Old Gabled Houses at Tours{x} | 121 |
4. | The Street of Narvate | 128 |
5. | Shoeing a Bullock in the Basque Country | 201 |
6. | One of the Gates of Pamplona | 208 |
7. | The Limestone Gorge in the Pyrenees between Pamplona and Tolosa | 217 |
8. | The Fortified Bridge at Orthez | 224 |
9. | A picturesque Corner of St. Lizier | 243 |
10. | The Cloisters at St. Lizier | 246 |
11. | On the Ramparts of the Cité of Carcassonne | 259 |
12. | The Arcaded Square of Mirepoix | 262 |
13. | The Greek Theatre at Arles | 289 |
14. | The Romanesque Bridge at Avignon | 296 |
15. | The Tour de l'Horloge at Moulins | 361 |
16. | The Fifteenth Century Fireplace in the Hôtel du Grand Cerf at Le Grand Andely | 368 |
IN THE TEXT | ||
Plan of the Château of Blois, p. 95. | ||
How Biarritz was visited in 1813, p. 188. | ||
Twenty-eight Route Maps. | ||
Thirty-one Town Plans. | ||
AT END OF BOOK | ||
Folding Map of France, showing all the routes described and other alternative routes to which some reference is given. |
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
I. | CÆSAR'S INVASIONS | 1 |
II. | THE CLAUDIAN INVASION AND THE ROMAN CONQUEST | 30 |
III. | THE ROMAN PROVINCE AND THE EARLIER TEUTONIC INVASIONS | 58 |
IV. | THE ENGLISH CONQUEST | 85 |
V. | THE VIKING RAVAGES | 114 |
VI. | ALFRED AND THE SAVING OF WESSEX | 132 |
VII. | THE CONQUEST OF THE DANELAW | 152 |
VIII. | LATER VIKING RAIDS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST | 162 |
IX. | THE INVASIONS OF 1066 | 177 |
X. | CONTINENTAL INVASIONS | 209 |
XI. | SCOTTISH INVASIONS | 223 |
XII. | LATER SCOTTISH INVASIONS | 249 |
XIII. | THE SPANISH ARMADA | 275 |
XIV. | THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARMADA | 312 |
XV. | DE RUIJTER AND WILLIAM OF ORANGE | 318 |
XVI. | THE 'FIFTEEN' AND THE 'FORTY-FIVE' | 332 |
XVII. | FRENCH RAIDS, 1690–1797 | 344 |
XVIII. | THE NAPOLEONIC DESIGN, 1804 | 351 |
APPENDIX A.—THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF ACLEA | 357 | |
APPENDIX B.—THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH FLEETS IN 1588 | 357 | |
INDEX | 363 |
PRINTED SEPARATELY FROM THE TEXT | |
ADMIRAL MICHIEL ADRIAANSZOON DE RUIJTER | Frontispiece |
FACING PAGE | |
GAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR | 17 |
CLAUDIUS I. | 32 |
JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE | 213 |
A GREAT-SHIP OF THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. | 220 |
THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY | 261 |
KING JAMES IV. OF SCOTLAND | 268 |
ADMIRAL PERO MENENDEZ DE AVILES | 289 |
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE | 304 |
LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM | 309 |
SIR JOHN HAWKINS | 316 |
JAMES, DUKE OF MONMOUTH | 321 |
WILLIAM OF ORANGE | 336 |
PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART | 341 |
GENERAL LAZARE HOCHE | 346 |
A HIGHLAND OUTPOST | 348 |
PRINTED IN THE TEXT | |
PAGE | |
TYPES OF ROMAN SOLDIERS | 10 |
A BRITON | 15 |
A ROMAN TRIREME OFF DOVER | 19 |
THE ROMAN WALL BETWEEN AESICA AND BORCOVICUS | 55 |
ANGLO-SAXON WEAPONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM | 95 |
A VIKING WARRIOR | 115 |
THE OSEBERG DRAGON SHIP | 118 |
SCANDINAVIAN WEAPONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM | 121 |
IRON HAFTED BATTLE-AXE FOUND AT WINCHESTER | 123 |
PLANKS TAKEN FROM A NINTH-CENTURY WAR VESSEL SUNK IN THE HAMBLE RIVER | 133xv |
AN ANGLO-SAXON WEARING A HELMET OF LEATHER STRENGTHENED WITH METAL BANDS | 135 |
NORSE SHIP FOUND AT GOKSTAD | 151 |
HORSES BEING LANDED FROM TRANSPORTS | 189 |
WILLIAM'S FLAGSHIP, THE 'MORA' | 189 |
THE ATTACK ON THE ENGLISH SHIELD-WALL AT HASTINGS | 201 |
A VERY EARLY CAST-IRON BREECH-LOADING GUN | 215 |
WROUGHT-IRON GUN FROM THE 'MARIE ROSE' | 219 |
A BRASS CANNON ROYAL OF THE TIME OF HENRY VIII. | 220 |
THE VIEW NORTH-WEST FROM FLODDEN FIELD | 253 |
WEAPONS NOW PRESERVED IN BAMBOROUGH CASTLE | 256 |
AN ENGLISH BILLMAN | 262 |
A SCOTTISH PIKEMAN | 265 |
BROWN BILL AND A BILL OF THE TIME OF HENRY VIII. | 267 |
AN ELIZABETHAN MIDDLE-RATE GALLEON OR BATTLESHIP | 281 |
IRON CANNON OF THE ARMADA PERIOD | 290 |
BRASS DODECAGONAL SAKER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY | 296 |
A DUTCH TWO-DECKED BATTLESHIP | 325 |
A HIGHLAND CLANSMAN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 335 |
MARTELLO TOWERS ON THE SUSSEX COAST | 362 |
PAGE | |
CÆSAR'S TWO EXPEDITIONS TO BRITAIN IN 55 AND 54 B.C. | 27 |
THE CAMPAIGN OF A.D. 60 AGAINST BOUDICCA | 49 |
THE PASS THROUGH THE LAMMERMUIRS | 101 |
BRITAIN FROM ABOUT 500-570 | 103 |
BRITAIN ABOUT 613 | 111 |
ENGLISH AND NORTHMEN AT THE DEATH OF ALFRED | 149 |
THE FINAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN EADMUND II. AND CNUT | 175 |
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1066 | 185 |
PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS | 195 |
PLAN OF THE FLODDEN MANOUVRE | 259 |
PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN | 264 |
ORDER OF SAILING OF THE SPANISH ARMADA | 297 |
THE DUTCH IN THE MEDWAY | 322, 323 |
1 | Langdale Pikes from a garden on Windermere [title] |
2 | Windermere from Bowness |
3 | Dove Cottage—Grasmere |
4 | Stone Circle near Keswick |
5 | Derwentwater from near Friar's Crag |
6 | Derwentwater from Borrowdale |
7 | Buttermere |
8 | Scale Force |
9 | Among the summits of the Fells |
10 | Ennerdale Water from Pillar Fell |
11 | Wastwater & The Screes |
12 | Clouds on Scafell |
13 | Styhead Pass |
14 | Mickleden & Rossett Gill |
15 | Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn |
16 | Hawes Water & Harter Fell |
1 | The Monumental Bust, Title-Page. |
2 | In the High Street. |
3 | Holy Trinity Church. |
4 | The Birthplace. |
5 | The Birth Room in Shakespeare's House. |
6 | The Guild Hall & Grammar School. |
7 | The Site of New Place & The Guild Chapel. |
8 | The New Place Panelling in the Falcon Hotel. |
9 | A doorway in Sheep Street. |
10 | The Memorial Theatre from the Church-yard Wall. |
11 | The Clopton Bridge. |
12 | The Corner of Ely Street. |
13 | In The Hall of The Harvard House. |
14 | Details of the front of Harvard House. |
15 | The Entrance to the Grammar School. |
16 | The approach to The Church porch. |
17 | In Holy Trinity Church. |
18 | Mason's Court, Rother Street. |
19 | In the garden of the Birthplace. |
20 | Seven gables of the Dower House. |
21 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage. |
22 | Anne Hathaway's, The garden view. |
23 | Anne Hathaway's Bed. |
24 | The Home of Mary Arden. |
1 | The West Gate. |
2 | The City Cross in The High Street. |
3 | The West Front of The Cathedral. |
4 | The Cloisters of The Cathedral. |
5 | The Deanery & And Tower of The Cathedral. |
6 | The Close Gate. |
7 | The Norman Clerestory of The South Transept. |
8 | South-west Buttress of The Nave. |
9 | The Font in The Cathedral. |
10 | Norman Arches of The North Transept. |
11 | The Cathedral Nave. |
12 | South aisle of The Nave. |
13 | Chamber Court. Winchester College. |
14 | in The Cloisters. Winchester College. |
15 | St. Catherine's Hill. |
16 | St. Cross Church from The River. |
17 | A Window of St. Cross Hospital. |
18 | The Old Rectory in Cheesehill Street. |
19 | The Mill at The Foot of The High Street. |
20 | The Prentice. |
21 | God Begot House. |
22 | The Castle Hall from West Gate. |
23 | The Castle-hall & The Round Table. |
1 | Fishergate Postern & the Mister [Title]. |
2 | Micklegate Bar. |
3 | St. Mary's Abbey. |
4 | Courtyard of the King's Manor House. |
5 | Doorway of the Guildhall. |
6 | Stonegate. |
7 | The Minster from the North. |
8 | The North Transept of the Minster. |
9 | In the Choir of the Minster. |
10 | The Hall of the Merchant Venturers. |
11 | Clifford's Tower—York Castle. |
12 | St. Martin's Church—Coney Street. |
13 | The Shambles. |
14 | All Saints' Church. Pavement. |
15 | The last “Spur"” Porch. |
16 | Walmgate Bar. |
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CHAPTER I | |
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Origin of the Inns | 1 |
CHAPTER II | |
The Knights Templars | 27 |
CHAPTER III | |
The Temple Church | 44 |
CHAPTER IV | |
The Middle Temple | 54 |
CHAPTER V | |
The Inner Temple | 86 |
CHAPTER VI | |
Lincoln's Inn and the Devil's Own | 106 |
CHAPTER VII | |
Gray's Inn | 135 |
CHAPTER VIII | |
Inns of Chancery | 165 |
CHAPTER IX | |
The Serjeants and Serjeants' Inns | 186 |
1. | Old Hall and Old Square from the Tower of the New Hall, Lincoln's Inn | Frontispiece |
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2. | Middle Temple Lane | 6 |
3. | Interior of the Middle Temple Hall | 20 |
4. | Lamb Building from Pump Court, Temple | 34 |
5. | Interior of the Temple Church | 46 |
6. | The East End of the Temple Church and the Master's House | 56 |
7. | The Middle Temple Gatehouse in Fleet Street | 66 |
8. | Fountain Court and Middle Temple Hall | 74 |
9. | Middle Temple Library | 84 |
10. | Hall and Library, Inner Temple | 94 |
11. | No. 5, King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple | 102 |
12. | Old Square, Lincoln's Inn | 112 |
13. | The New Gateway and Hall of Lincoln's Inn | 118 |
14. | Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, from the Gardens | 128 |
15. | A Doorway in South Square, Gray's Inn | 144 |
16. | Gray's Inn Square | 154 |
17. | The Gabled Houses outside Staple Inn, Holborn | 164 |
18. | Staple Inn Hall and Courtyard | 172 |
19. | The Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice | 176 |
20. | Clifford's Inn | 184 |
Sketch-plan at end of volume. |
CHAPTER I | |
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The Dale Country as a Whole | 1 |
CHAPTER II | |
Richmond | 13 |
CHAPTER III | |
Swaledale | 47 |
CHAPTER IV | |
Wensleydale | 71 |
CHAPTER V | |
Ripon and Fountains Abbey | 115 |
CHAPTER VI | |
Knaresborough and Harrogate | 125 |
CHAPTER VII | |
Wharfedale | 139 |
CHAPTER VIII | |
Skipton, Malham, and Gordale | 149 |
CHAPTER IX | |
Settle and the Ingleton Fells | 165 |
Index | 173 |
1. | Fountains Abbey | Frontispiece |
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2. | Richmond Castle from the River | 20 |
3. | Richmond from the West | 30 |
4. | Swaledale in the Early Autumn | 48 |
5. | Downholme Moor, above Swaledale | 56 |
6. | Muker on a Stormy Afternoon | 64 |
7. | Twilight in the Butter-tubs Pass | 72 |
8. | Hardraw Force | 78 |
9. | A Rugged View above Wensleydale | 82 |
10. | A Jacobean House at Askrigg | 90 |
11. | Aysgarth Force | 98 |
12. | Bolton Castle, Wensleydale | 104 |
13. | View up Wensleydale from Leyburn Shawl | 110 |
14. | Ripon Minster from the South | 18 |
15. | Knaresborough | 126 |
16. | Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale | 142 |
17. | Hubberholme Church | 144 |
18. | The Courtyard of Skipton Castle | 150 |
19. | Gordale Scar | 160 |
20. | Settle | 166 |
CHAPTER I | ||
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Concerning the Wolds | 3 | |
CHAPTER II | ||
From Filey To Spurn Head | 33 | |
CHAPTER III | ||
Beverley | 71 | |
CHAPTER IV | ||
Along the Humber | 87 | |
CHAPTER V | ||
The Derwent and the Howardian Hills | 121 | |
CHAPTER VI | ||
A Brief Description of the City of York | 145 | |
CHAPTER VII | ||
The Manufacturing District | 159 | |
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y. | 183 |
1. | York from the Central Tower of the Minster (the Western Towers in the Middle Distance) | Frontispiece |
2. | Wind and Sunshine on the Wolds | 10 |
3. | Filey Brig | 34 |
4. | The Outermost Point of Flamborough Head | 48 |
5. | Hornsea Mere | 62 |
6. | The Market Place, Beverley | 72 |
7. | Beverley Minster | 76 |
8. | Patrington Church | 100 |
9. | Wressle Castle | 110 |
10. | Kirkham Abbey | 124 |
11. | Stamford Bridge | 126 |
12. | Sheriff Hutton Castle | 130 |
13. | Coxwold Village | 136 |
14. | The West Front of the Church of Byland Abbey | 140 |
15. | Stonegate, York | 150 |
16. | Bootham Bar, York | 152 |
17. | New Hall, Pontefract | 166 |
18. | Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds | 174 |
19. | Haworth Church and 'Parsonage' | 178 |
20. | Iron Foundries at Brightside, Sheffield | 180 |