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قراءة كتاب The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2) A Picturesque Account of the Ancient and Storied Hostelries of Our Own Country
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The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2) A Picturesque Account of the Ancient and Storied Hostelries of Our Own Country
THE OLD INNS OF OLD ENGLAND
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Portsmouth Road, and its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old.
The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike.
The Bath Road: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway.
The Exeter Road: The Story of the West of England Highway.
The Great North Road: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Two Vols.
The Norwich Road: An East Anglian Highway.
The Holyhead Road: The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. Two Vols.
The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road: The Great Fenland Highway.
The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road: Sport and History on an East Anglian Turnpike.
The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road: The Ready Way to South Wales. Two Vols.
The Brighton Road: Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway.
The Hastings Road and the “Happy Springs of Tunbridge.”
Cycle Rides Round London.
A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction.
Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore. Two Vols.
The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of “The Ingoldsby Legends.”
The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels.
The Dorset Coast.
The South Devon Coast. [In the Press.
A MUG OF CIDER: THE “WHITE HART” INN, CASTLE COMBE.
Photo by Graystone Bird.
THE OLD INNS
OF OLD ENGLAND
A PICTURESQUE ACCOUNT OF THE
ANCIENT AND STORIED HOSTELRIES
OF OUR OWN COUNTRY
VOL. II
By CHARLES G. HARPER
Illustrated chiefly by the Author, and from Prints
and Photographs
London:
CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited
1906
All rights reserved
PRINTED AND BOUND BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Posy of Old Inns | 1 |
| II. | The Old Inns of Cheshire | 58 |
| III. | Inns Retired from Business | 79 |
| IV. | Inns with Relics and Curiosities | 109 |
| V. | Tavern Rhymes and Inscriptions | 130 |
| VI. | The Highest Inns in England | 144 |
| VII. | Gallows Signs | 150 |
| VIII. | Signs Painted by Artists | 161 |
| IX. | Queer Signs in Quaint Places | 184 |
| X. | Rural Inns | 210 |
| XI. | The Evolution of a Country Inn | 235 |
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