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SOMERSBY CHURCH AND CROSS.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
The planning of our tour—Ready for the road—The start—One
of Dick Turpin's haunts—Barnet—A curious inn
sign—In the coaching days—Travellers, new and old—A
forgotten Spa—An ancient map 1
CHAPTER II
Memorial of a great battle—An ancient fire-cresset—Free
feasting!—Country quiet—Travellers' Tales—Hatfield—An
Elizabethan architect—An author's tomb—Day-dreaming—Mysterious
roadside monuments—Great North Road
versus Great Northern Railway—Stevenage—Chats by
the way—Field life—Nature as a painter—Changed
times 21
