Category: Travel Writing
BEDFORDSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS CHESHIRE CORNWALL CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND DERBYSHIRE DEVON DORSET DURHAM ESSEX GLOUCESTERSHIRE HAMPSHIRE HEREFORDSHIRE HERTFORDSHIRE THE ISLE OF WIGHT KENT LANCASHIRE LEICESTERSHIR...
_Noyal-Pontivy._ The church has a 14th cent. tower and spire. The porch is flamboyant. On one side within are apostles, on the other, curious subjects, The Baptism, an Angel hol...
15. Part 15_Plougrescent_, a fallen menhir 19 ft. long, is near Maznoë. The parish church is modern and very creditable. But the main object of interest in the parish is the chapel of S. G...
9. Part 9* LANMEUR (F.) chl. arr. Morlaix. The church surmounts a crypt that is very curious and rude, and is attributed to the 10th cent. In this crypt was once the tomb of S. Melor (_s...
6. Part 6CONCARNEAU (F.) chl. arr. Quimper. A fishing port, where sardines are tinned. It is also a resort of artists. Concarneau is picturesquely situated on a bay, and is divided into...
5. Part 5_Plougonvelen._ Fine coast scenery. Here, in an imposing position above the sea, are the ruins of the Abbey of S. Mathieu. The monastery was destroyed at the Revolution. The chu...
11. Part 11* PLOUARET (C.N.) chl. arr. Lannion, at the junction of the branch line to Lannion. A prettily situated little town in a well-wooded country and with charming walks about it up...
8. Part 8_S. Herbot._ A chapel in the parish of Loqeffret is a picturesque structure at the roots of the Monts d'Arrée. A stream here falls in a pretty cascade 400 feet over rocks, and a...
13. Part 13_Berhet._ The church (S. Bridget) is modern. The Chapel of N.D. de Confort has flamboyant windows, the tracery in those at the side forms hearts. Within is a carved oak retable...
3. Part 3Goodness, kindness, as well as a cloistral spirituality stream from their faces. One incident may be noticed to show of what stuff their charity consists. After the wreck of the...
10. Part 10MERDIGNAC (C.N.) chl. arr. Loudéac, stands on the road from Loudéac to S. Méen. West of the town is the fortified enclosure of the Vielle Court. Excavations have shown that the...
4. Part 4_Bieuzy._ The station of _S. Nicolas des Eaux_ gives access to several points of historical and architectural interest. The train from Auray to Pontivy cuts by a tunnel through...
2. Part 2These tribes were subjugated by Cæsar, and the Veneti almost exterminated by him. Under the Romans, the culture and the language of the conquerors were rapidly assimilated. Chri...
14. Part 14_Lanrivoaré._ The church has a tower in two stages and spire of the usual type but erected in 1727. The church itself is flamboyant. The chancel is Italian. In the N. transept i...
7. Part 7_Lantec._ The parish church (S. Oswald) is a mean modern structure. How the great Northumbrian king should come to be here commemorated is hard to understand. He is represented...
1. Part 1BEDFORDSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS CHESHIRE CORNWALL CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND DERBYSHIRE DEVON DORSET DURHAM ESSEX G...
16. Part 16Chateaux, 36, 53, 60, 64, 73, 76, 78, 79, 83, 87, 100, 106, 110, 112, 119, 131, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 149, 152, 153, 159, 163, 164, 169, 171, 175, 187, 192, 209, 211, 225, 23...