Category: Travel Writing
'The touring motorist ... will find Mr. Home exactly the sort of companion who will add sensibly to the pleasures of the day's run. All along the main roads he gossips brightly of history, architecture, and archæology, and manages to convey a large amount of information withou...
'The touring motorist ... will find Mr. Home exactly the sort of companion who will add sensibly to the pleasures of the day's run. All along the main roads he gossips brightly...
2. Part 2The ~Two Battles of St. Albans~ were fought in 1455 and 1461, the first chiefly in St. Peter's Street and its byways, and the second upon Bernard's Heath, lying to the north of...
3. Part 3This is the ancient _Uriconium_, destroyed by fire in the fifth century, and the imposing Roman remains form one of the chief attractions for visitors in the immediate vicinity...
4. Part 4For the first part of this section of the route the road is retraced through Rhuddlan, and here, if the traveller be interested in a grand example of modern ecclesiastical archi...
5. Part 5Leaving Corwen, the river is passed by a bridge, and a glimpse afforded up the Vale of Edeyrnion to the left, at the end of which lies Bala Lake and the source of the Dee. There...
6. Part 6Behind the Royal Hotel, which is passed on entering the town, is a small rocky knob, easily climbed, called Twt Hill, a coign of vantage for viewing the Carnarvon mountains, the...
7. Part 7~The University Buildings~ adjoin the castle, and may be termed one of the finest examples of recent architecture in the Principality. The general effect of the modern buildings...
8. Part 8Newport is a small fishing town, and also a seaport, upon the estuary of the Nevern. It is a quiet watering-place, the sea-bathing being very good, while the surrounding country...
9. Part 9The village of Whitney is surrounded by a rich belt of pasture-land interspersed with clumps of trees, and exceedingly beautiful scenery is to be found upon the river-banks. The...
10. Part 10~Penhow Castle~ lies by the side of the road, near the village of the same name. A short time after the Norman Conquest this fortress was in the possession of the Seymours. It s...
11. Part 11The road to Leominster passes due north out of Hereford by, or rather through, the racecourse, and directly afterwards ~Holmer Church~ is seen upon the left side of the road. It...
12. Part 12=Evesham.=--A small town on Avon; picturesque. Booth Hall, Bell Tower, and various remains of the extensive abbey. Churches of (1) St. Lawrence, not very interesting; (2) All Sa...
13. Part 13It is often stated that the great Norman tower is the most perfect in this country, but the people of St. Albans would no doubt question this claim. The tall wooden spire, cover...
14. Part 14It has been asserted that the history of Warwick is the history of England, and certain it is that the ancient town has been involved in the majority of the great events which h...
15. Part 15On the left of the High Street, leading to the bridge facing Windsor, are the picturesque Tudor buildings and the huge chapel of Eton College. The great courtyard, surrounded by...
16. Part 16Roman sites, 15, 19, 23, 35, 36, 37, 44, 56, 57, 69, 77, 86, 105, 109, 125, 139, 146, 147, 150, 168, 169, 172, 174, 183, 187, 195, 199, 204, 230, 259, 275, 311