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CHENIES AND THE MILTON COUNTRY 1
SURBITON TO LEATHERHEAD 22
IGHTHAM MOTE AND THE VALE OF MEDWAY 36
THE DARENTH AND THE CRAYS 53
CROYDON TO KNOCKHOLT BEECHES AND THE KENTISH
COMMONS 63
IN OLD-WORLD ESSEX 75
AMONG THE ESSEX HILLS 86
ABINGER, LEITH HILL, AND DORKING 97
RIPLEY AND THE SURREY COMMONS 111
RURAL MIDDLESEX 121
UNDER THE NORTH DOWNS 131
THE SUBURBAN THAMES 155
THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS: KINGSTON TO EWELL, WARLINGHAM,
AND CROYDON 169
EWELL TO MERSTHAM, GODSTONE, AND LINGFIELD 177
HEVER CASTLE, PENSHURST, AND TONBRIDGE 186
TO STOKE POGES AND BURNHAM BEECHES 199
DARTFORD TO ROCHESTER, AYLESFORD, AND BOROUGH GREEN 218
MIDDLESEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE BYWAYS 231
THE BACK WAY TO BRIGHTON 251
BARKING TO SOUTHEND AND SHEPPEY 260
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THE OLD LYCHGATE, PENSHURST _Frontispiece_
RUISLIP 4
MILTON’S COTTAGE, CHALFONT ST. GILES 13
JESUS HOSPITAL, BRAY 20
ESHER OLD CHURCH 26
HORSESHOE CLUMP 28
BRASS TO SIR JOHN D’ABERNON 30
THE HALL, SLYFIELD HOUSE 31
THE “RUNNING HORSE” 32
ELYNOR RUMMYNG 33
SIGN OF THE “RUNNING HORSE” 35
CROWN POINT 38
SIGN OF THE “SIR JEFFREY AMHERST” 39
CROMWELL’S SKULL 40
IGHTHAM MOTE 43
THE COURTYARD, IGHTHAM MOTE 45
THE DUMB BORSHOLDER 50
THE QUINTAIN, OFFHAM 51
THE WATERSIDE, ERITH 54
ON THE THAMES, NEAR ERITH 55
PURFLEET, FROM THE DARENTH MEADOWS 57
THE DARENTH 58
EYNESFORD 60
THE FOOL’S CAP CREST OF SIR JOHN SPIELMAN 62
THE LITTLE CHURCH OF WOLDINGHAM 66
KNOCKHOLT BEECHES 71
CÆSAR’S WELL 73
THE STOCKS, HAVERING-ATTE-BOWER 76
NAVESTOCK CHURCH 79
BLACKMORE CHURCH 81
TWO CHURCHES IN ONE CHURCHYARD: THE SISTER CHURCHES
OF WILLINGALE SPAIN AND WILLINGALE DOE 83
STOCK CHURCH 89
LAINDON CHURCH 91
PARSLOWES 96
EWELL OLD CHURCH TOWER 98
EVERSHED’S ROUGH 103
LEITH HILL 107
CLAREMONT 113
NEWARK PRIORY 119
THE LITTLE CHURCH OF PERIVALE 123
PINNER 127
A MYSTERIOUS MONUMENT 128
REIGATE HEATH 134
WESTCOTT 136
THE LITTLE CHURCH OF WOTTON 137
POSTFORD PONDS 139
AN OLD WEIR ON THE WEY 141
THE GUILDHALL AND HIGH STREET, GUILDFORD 143
PUTTENHAM 151
THE SEVEN-DIALS PILLAR, WEYBRIDGE 157
PYRCROFT HOUSE 160
THE RUINS, VIRGINIA WATER 164
CARSHALTON 173
LEAVING CARSHALTON 175
THE “TOWN HALL,” GATTON 180
THE HOLLOW ROAD, NUTFIELD 181
AN IRON TOMB-SLAB 183
THE ANCIENT YEW, CROWHURST 184
THE GATEHOUSE, HEVER CASTLE 189
HEVER CASTLE 191
CHIDDINGSTONE 195
SUNSET ON THE EDEN 196
A CREST OF THE SIDNEYS 197
SHOEING FORGE, PENSHURST 198
GRAY’S MONUMENT 205
THE “BICYCLE WINDOW,” STOKE POGES 208
AT BURNHAM BEECHES 211
STONE 219
EARLY ENGLISH DOORWAY, STONE CHURCH 220
INTERIOR, STONE CHURCH 221
HIGH STREET, ROCHESTER 225
TEMPLE BAR 233
GOUGH’S OAK 235
SHENLEY ROUND-HOUSE 236
THE CHURCH BELL, SHENLEY 237
WATER END 242
FLAMSTEAD 245
MACKERY END 247
THE NORTH DOWNS AND MARDEN PARK 253
THE “SACKVILLE LODGING,” EAST GRINSTEAD 255
LEWES 258
BARKING 263
EASTBURY HOUSE 267
HADLEIGH CASTLE 269
LEIGH MARSHES AND THE MOUTH OF THE THAMES 271
MINSTER-IN-SHEPPEY CHURCH 277
WARDEN POINT 283
NEWINGTON 285
THE END 288
SKETCH MAPS TO EACH ROUTE.
CYCLE RIDES
ROUND LONDON