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CHAPTER VII

Norman Cross—A Norman-French inscription—A re-headed
statue—The friendliness of the road—The art of being
delightful—The turnpike roads in their glory—Bits for
the curious—A story of the stocks—"Wansford in England"—Romance
and reality—The glamour of art—"The
finest street between London and Edinburgh"—Ancient
"Callises"—A historic inn—Windows that have tales to
tell 118


CHAPTER VIII

A picturesque ruin—Round about Stamford—Browne's "Callis"—A
chat with an antiquary—A quaint interior—"Bull-*running"—A
relic of a destroyed college—An old Carmelite
gateway—A freak of Nature—Where Charles I.
last slept as a free man—A storied ceiling—A gleaner's
bell—St. Leonard's Priory—Tennyson's county—In time
of vexation—A flood—Hiding-holes—Lost!—Memorials
of the past 139


CHAPTER IX

A land of dykes—Fenland rivers—Crowland Abbey—A unique
triangular bridge—Antiquaries differ—A mysterious statue—A
medieval rhyme—A wayside inscription—The
scenery of the Fens—Light-hearted travellers—Cowbit—A
desolate spot—An adventure on the road—A Dutch-like
town 161


CHAPTER X

Spalding—"Ye Olde White Horse Inne"—An ancient hall
and quaint garden—Epitaph-hunting—A signboard joke—Across
the Fens—A strange world—Storm and sun-*shine—An
awkward predicament—Bourn—Birthplace of
Hereward the Wake—A medieval railway station!—Tombstone
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