THE OLD ROAD

ON THE ROAD AND THE FASCINATION OF ANTIQUITY

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

The Causes of the Development of Winchester and Canterbury, and of their Position as Termini of the Old Road

The Causes of the Preservation of the Old Road; its General Character, and our Application of this in our Method of recovering it

THE EXPLORATION OF THE ROAD

A ROAD MOST TYPICAL OF ALL THAT ROADS HAVE BEEN FOR US,

THESE PITS WHICH UNCOVER THE CHALK BARE FOR US,

GLIMPSES OF THE ITCHEN AWAY BEHIND US,

THE CHURCH OF SHERE,

THE HEAD-WATERS WHICH FORM THE ITCHEN, THE ALRE AND OTHER STREAMS,

ROUGH, AND MARKED ONLY BY RUTS IN THE WINTER SOIL, AND BY ITS RANK OF SECULAR TREES,

THAT CURIOUS PLATFORM WHICH SUPPORTS IN SUCH AN IMMENSE ANTIQUITY OF CONSECRATION THE RUINS OF ST. CATHERINE'S CHAPEL,

A PLACE OF CLOSE DARK AND VARIOUS TREES, FULL OF A DAMP AIR, AND GLOOMY WITH STANDING WATER-RUTS,

THAT SPLENDID AVENUE OF LIMES,

IT STOOD OUT LIKE A CAPE ALONG OUR COASTING JOURNEY, OUR NAVIGATION OF THE LINE OF THE DOWNS,

AND BEYOND THE WHOLE OF THE WEALD,

THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE RIVERS IT MEETS UPON ITS COURSE, THE MEDWAY,