What to See in England

What to See in England

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Title: What to See in England
Author: Gordon Home
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WHAT TO SEE IN ENGLAND
A GUIDE TO PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST, NATURAL
BEAUTY, OR LITERARY ASSOCIATION

BY GORDON HOME
1908

[Illustration: BOOTHAM BAR, AND YORK MINSTER.]
[Illustration: SKETCH PLAN OF LONDON SHOWING RAILWAY
STATIONS]
[Illustration: REFERENCE TO RAILWAY STATIONS
Broad Street Cannon St. (South Eastern & Chatham) Charing Cross
(South Eastern & Chatham) Euston Station (London & North Western)
Fenchurch St. (London, Tilbury, & Southend) Great Central Station
Great Eastern (Liverpool St.) Great Western Station King's Cross
(Great Northern) Liverpool St. (Great Eastern) London Bridge (South
Eastern & Chatham & Brighton & South Coast) London & North
Western (Euston Station) London & South Western (Waterloo) London,
Tilbury, & Southend (Fenchurch St.) Marylebone Station (Great
Central) Paddington Station (Great Western) St Pancras (Midland)
South Eastern & Chatham: Cannon Street Charing Cross Holborn
Viaduct London Bridge Ludgate Hill Victoria Waterloo South Western
Railway (Waterloo) Victoria (London, Brighton, & South Coast &
South Eastern & Chatham) Waterloo (London & South Western)]

PREFACE
This book is intended to put in the smallest possible space the means by
which one may reach the chief places of interest in England and Wales.
It will possibly make many holidays, week-ends, or isolated days more
enjoyable by placing a defined objective before the rambler. Places
within an hour or two of London are in the front of the book, so that as
one turns over the pages one is taken further and further afield. The
brief summary of the interests of each place, and the many illustrations,
may help to memorise the impressions obtained.

The first edition of a book of this nature must of necessity be
incomplete, and the author is prepared to hear of long lists of places
which should have been included, and also to hear criticisms on his
choice of those appearing. It is to some extent natural that special
familiarity with certain places and certain writers or heroes of the past
may distort one's vision, and perhaps induce a choice of subjects which
may not seem so comprehensive to some individuals as to others.
Future editions will, however, give ample scope for embracing all the
good suggestions which may be made.
G.H.

HAM HOUSE AND PETERSHAM
=How to get there.=--Train from Waterloo. L. and S.W. Railway.
=Nearest Station.=--Richmond (1-1/4 miles from Petersham Church).
=Distance from London.=--10 miles. =Average Time.=--1/2 hour.
1st 2nd 3rd =Fares.=--Single 1s. 3d. 1s. 0d. 0s. 9d. Return 2s. 0d. 1s. 6d.
1s. 3d.
=Accommodation Obtainable.=--"Castle Hotel," "Roebuck Hotel,"
Richmond. "Dysart Arms" at Petersham.
The little church at Petersham is interesting on account of the memorial
it contains to the memory of Vancouver, the discoverer, in 1792, of the
island bearing his name, on the west coast of the North American
continent. It is said that "the unceasing exertions which Vancouver
himself made to complete the gigantic task of surveying 9000 miles of
unknown and intricate coasts--a labour chiefly performed in open
boats--made an inroad on his constitution from which he never
recovered, and, declining gradually, he died in May 1798." The church
is also the burying-place of the Duchess of Lauderdale, whose
residence was Ham House. This fine old Jacobean mansion stands at no
great distance from Petersham Church. It was built as a residence for
Prince Henry, the eldest son of James I., who, however, died early, the

gossips of the time hinting at poison. The house is still said to be
haunted by the spirit of the old Duchess of Lauderdale, who lived in the
time of Charles II.

WALTON-ON-THAMES (SCOLD'S BRIDLE)
=How to get there.=--Train from Waterloo. L. and S.W. Railway.
=Nearest Station.=--Walton. =Distance from London.=--17 miles.
=Average Time.=--3/4 hour.
1st 2nd 3rd =Fares.=--Single 2s. 10d. 1s. 10d. 1s. 5d. Return 4s. 0d. 3s.
0d. 2s. 6d.
=Accommodation Obtainable.=--"Ashley" at station; "Swan," on the
river; "Duke's Head," in the town, etc.
Walton-on-Thames is a little riverside town, very much surrounded by
modern villas. The church contains in a glass case in the vestry a
"scold's bridle." This rusty iron contrivance is one of the few specimens
of this mediaeval instrument of torture to be seen in this country, and it
is certainly the nearest to