England, Picturesque and Descriptive - A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel

Joel Cook

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Title: England, Picturesque and Descriptive
A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
Author: Joel Cook
Release Date: August 24, 2009 [EBook #29787]
Language: English
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ALTON TOWERS. ALTON TOWERS.
ENGLAND,
PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE.
AREMINISCENCE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL.
By JOEL COOK,
AUTHOR OF "A HOLIDAY TOUR IN EUROPE," "BRIEF SUMMER RAMBLES," ETC.
OLD MILL AT SELBORNE. OLD MILL AT
SELBORNE.
WITH NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
PHILADELPHIA;
PORTER AND COATES.
Copyright
By PORTER & COATES,
1882.
Press of Henry B. Ashmead, Philada.
Electrotyped by Westcott & Thomson, Philada.
TO
JOHN WALTER, Esq.,
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR BERKSHIRE,
AND
PROPRIETOR OF THE LONDON TIMES,
WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO WELCOME AMERICANS
WITH TRUE ENGLISH HOSPITALITY,
AND TO
GIVE ENGLISHMEN A MORE ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF,
AND MORE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH,
THE UNITED STATES,This Work on England,
BY AN AMERICAN,
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.INTRODUCTION.
No land possesses greater attractions for the American tourist than England. It was the home of his forefathers; its history
is to a great extent the history of his own country; and he is bound to it by the powerful ties of consanguinity, language,
laws, and customs. When the American treads the busy London streets, threads the intricacies of the Liverpool docks
and shipping, wanders along the green lanes of Devonshire, climbs Alnwick's castellated walls, or floats upon the placid
bosom of the picturesque Wye, he seems almost as much at home as in his native land. But, apart from these
considerations of common Anglo-Saxon paternity, no country in the world is more interesting to the intelligent traveller
than England. The British system of entail, whatever may be our opinion of its political and economic merits, has built up
vast estates and preserved the stately homes, renowned castles, and ivy-clad ruins of ancient and celebrated structures,
to an extent and variety that no other land can show. The remains of the abbeys, castles, churches, and ancient fortresses
in England and Wales that war and time together have crumbled and scarred tell the history of centuries, while countless
legends of the olden time are revived as the tourist passes them in review. England, too, has other charms than these.
British scenery, though not always equal in sublimity and grandeur to that displayed in many parts of our own country, is
exceedingly beautiful, and has always been a fruitful theme of song and story.
"The splendor falls on castle-walls
And snowy summits old in story:
The long light shakes across the lakes.
And the wild cataract leaps in glory."
Yet there are few satisfactory and comprehensive books about this land that is so full of renowned memorials of the past
and so generously gifted by Nature. Such books as there are either cover a few counties or are devoted only to local
description, or else are merely guide-books. The present work is believed to be the first attempt to give in attractive form
a book which will serve not only as a guide to those about visiting England and Wales, but also as an agreeable
reminiscence to others, who will find that its pages treat of familiar scenes. It would be impossible to describe everything
within the brief compass of a single book, but it is believed that nearly all the more prominent places in England and
Wales are included, with enough of their history and legend to make the description interesting. The artist's pencil has
also been called into requisition, and the four hundred and eighty-seven illustrations will give an idea, such as no words
can convey, of the attractions England presents to the tourist.
The work has been arranged in eight tours, with Liverpool and London as the two starting-points, and each route
following the lines upon which the sightseer generally advances in the respective directions taken. Such is probably the
most convenient form for the travelling reader, as the author has found from experience, while a comprehensive index will
make reference easy to different localities and persons. Without further introduction it is presented to the public, in the
confident belief that the interest developed in its subject will excuse any shortcomings that may be found in its pages.
Philadelphia, July, 1882.CONTENTS.
I

LIVERPOOL, WESTWARD TO THE WELSH COAST.
Liverpool—Birkenhead—Knowsley Hall—Chester—Cheshire—Eaton Hall
—Hawarden Castle—Bidston—Congleton—Beeston Castle—The river
Dee—Llangollen—Valle-Crucis Abbey—Dinas Bran—Wynnstay—Pont
Cysylltau—Chirk Castle—Bangor-ys-Coed—Holt—Wrexham—The Sands
o' Dee—North Wales—Flint Castle—Rhuddlan Castle—Mold—Denbigh—
St. Asaph—Holywell—Powys Castle—The Menai Strait—Anglesea— 17
Beaumaris Castle—Bangor—Penrhyn Castle—Plas Newydd—
Caernarvon Castle—Ancient Segontium—Conway
Castle—Bettws-yCoed—Mount Snowdon—Port Madoc—Coast of Merioneth—Barmouth—
St. Patrick's Causeway—Mawddach Vale—Cader Idris—Dolgelly—Bala
Lake—Aberystwith—Harlech Castle—Holyhead
II

LIVERPOOL, NORTHWARD TO THE SCOTTISH BORDER.
Lancashire—Warrington—Manchester—Furness Abbey—The Ribble—
Stonyhurst—Lancaster Castle—Isle of Man—Castletown—Rusben Castle
—Peele Castle—The Lake Country—Windermere—Lodore Fall—
Derwentwater—Keswick—Greta Hall—Southey, Wordsworth, and 51
Coleridge—Skiddaw—-The Border Castles—Kendal Castle—Brougham
Hall—The Solway—Carlisle Castle—Scaleby Castle—Naworth—Lord
William Howard
III

LIVERPOOL, THROUGH THE MIDLAND COUNTIES, TO LONDON.
The Peak of Derbyshire—Castleton—Bess of Hardwicke—Hardwicke Hall
—Bolsover Castle—The Wye and the Derwent—Buxton—Bakewell—
Haddon Hall—The King of the Peak—Dorothy Vernon—Rowsley—The
Peacock Inn—Chatsworth—The Victoria Regia—Matlock—Dovedale—
Beauchief Abbey—Stafford Castle—Trentham Hall—Tamworth—Tutbury
Castle—Chartley Castle—Alton Towers—Shrewsbury Castle—
Bridgenorth—Wenlock Abbey—Ludlow Castle—The Feathers Inn—
Lichfield Cathedral—Dr. Samuel Johnson—Coventry—Lady Godiva and 70
Peeping Tom—Belvoir Castle—Charnwood Forest—Groby and Bradgate
—Elizabeth Widvile and Lady Jane Grey—Ulverscroft Priory—Grace Dien
Abbey—Ashby de la Zouche—Langley Priory—Leicester Abbey and
Castle—Bosworth Field—Edgehill—Naseby—The Land of Shakespeare
—Stratford-on-Avon—Warwick—Kenilworth—Birmingham—Boulton and
Watt—Fotheringhay Castle—Holmby House—Bedford Castle—John
Bunyan—Woburn Abbey and the Russells—Stowe—Whaddon Hall—
Great Hampden—Creslow House
IV

THE RIVER THAMES AND LONDON.
The Thames Head—Cotswold Hills—Seven Springs—Cirencester—
Cheltenham—Sudeley Castle—Chavenage—Shifford—Lechlade—
Stanton Harcourt—Cumnor Hall—Fair Rosamond—Godstow Nunnery—
Oxford—Oxford Colleges—Christ Church—Corpus Christi—Merton—Oriel
—All Souls—University—Queen's—Magdalen—Brasenose—New College
—Radcliffe Library—Bodleian Library—Lincoln—Exeter—Wadham—
Keble—Trinity—Balliol—St. John's—Pembroke—Oxford Churches—
Oxford Castle—Carfax Conduit—Banbury—Broughton Castle—
Woodstock—Marlborough—Blenheim—Minster Lovel—Bicester—
Eynsham—Abingdon—Radley—Bacon, Rich, and Holt—Clifton-Hampden 137
—Caversham—Reading—Maidenhead—Bisham Abbey—Vicar of Bray—
Eton College—Windsor Castle—Magna Charta Island—Cowey Stakes—
Ditton—Twickenham—London—Fire Monument—St. Paul's Cathedral—
Westminster Abbey—The Tower—Lollards and Lambeth—Bow Church—
St. Bride's—Whitehall—Horse Guards—St. James Palace—Buckingham
Palace—Kensington Palace—Houses of Parliament—Hyde Park—MarbleArch—Albert Memorial—South Kensington Museum—Royal Exchange—
Bank of England—Mansion House—Inns of Court—British Museum—
Some London Scenes—The Underground Railway—Holland House—
Greenwich—Tilbury Fort—The Thames Mouth
V

LONDON, NORTHWARD TO THE TWEED.
Harrow—St. Albans—Verulam—Hatfield House—Lord Burleigh—
Cassiobury—Knebworth—Great Bed of Ware—The River Cam—Audley
End—Saffron Walden—Newport—Nell Gwynne—Littlebury—Winstanley—
Harwich—Cambridge—Trinity and St. John's Colleges—Caius College—
Trinity Hall—The Senate House—University Library—Clare College—
Great St. Mary's Church—King's College—Corpus Christi College—St.
Catharine's College—Queens' College—The Pitt Press—Pembroke
College—Peterhouse—Fitzwilliam Museum—Hobson's Conduit—
Downing College—Emmanuel College—Christ's College—Sidney-Sussex
College—The Round Church—Magdalene College—Jesus College—
Trumpington—The Fenland—Bury St. Edmunds—Hengrave Hall—Ely—
Peterborough—Crowland Abbey—Guthlac—Norwich Castle and
Cathedral—Stamford—Burghley House—George Inn—Grantham—Lincoln 224
—Nottingham—Southwell—Sherwood Forest—Robin Hood—The
Dukeries—Thoresby Hall—Clumber Park—Welbeck Abbey—Ne