ter, Warwick

Half-timber House at Alcester

The Wheelwrights' Arms, Warwick

Entrance to the Reindeer Inn, Banbury

The Shoulder of Mutton Inn, King's Lynn

A Quaint Gable, the Bell Inn, Stilton

The Bell Inn, Stilton

The "Briton's Arms," Norwich

The Dolphin Inn, Heigham, Norwich

Shield and Monogram on doorway of the Dolphin Inn, Heigham

Staircase Newel at the Dolphin Inn

The Falstaff Inn, Canterbury

The Bear and Ragged Staff Inn, Tewkesbury

Fire-place in the George Inn, Norton St. Philip, Somerset

The Green Dragon Inn, Wymondham, Norfolk

The Star Inn, Alfriston, Sussex

Courtyard of the George Inn, Norton St. Philip, Somerset

The Dark Lantern Inn, Aylesbury, Bucks

Spandril. The Marquis of Granby Inn, Colchester

The Town Hall, Shrewsbury

The Greenland Fishery House, King's Lynn.
An old Guild House of the time of James I

The Market House, Wymondham, Norfolk

Guild Mark and Date on doorway, Burford, Oxon

Stretham Cross, Isle of Ely

The Market Cross, Salisbury

Under the Butter Cross, Witney, Oxon

The Triangular Bridge, Crowland

Huntingdon Bridge

The Crane Bridge, Salisbury

Watch House on the Bridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts

Gateway of St. John's Hospital, Canterbury

Inmate of the Trinity Bede House at Castle Rising, Norfolk

The Hospital for Ancient Fishermen, Great Yarmouth

Inscription on the Hospital, King's Lynn

Ancient Inmates of the Fishermen's Hospital, Great Yarmouth

Cottages at Evesham

Stalls at Banbury Fair

An Old English Fair

An Ancient Maker of Nets in a Kentish Fair

Outside the Lamb Inn, Burford

Tail Piece

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

This book is intended not to raise fears but to record facts. We wish
to describe with pen and pencil those features of England which are
gradually disappearing, and to preserve the memory of them. It may be
said that we have begun our quest too late; that so much has already
vanished that it is hardly worth while to record what is left.
Although much has gone, there is still, however, much remaining that
is good, that reveals the artistic skill and taste of our forefathers,
and recalls the wonders of old-time. It will be our endeavour to tell
of the old country houses that Time has spared, the cottages that
grace the vi