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ANCIENT STREETS

AND

HOMESTEADS OF ENGLAND

Ancient   Streets

AND

Homesteads   of   England

By ALFRED RIMMER

AND AN INTRODUCTION

BY THE VERY REV. J. S. HOWSON, D.D.
DEAN OF CHESTER



WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR

ENGRAVED BY J. D. COOPER


London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1877

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PREFACE.

IT cannot with truth be said that monumentalhistory is treated in our day with scanty regard.Never, perhaps, were such permanent and forciblememorials of the past as the Arch of Titus in Rome,the Pont du Gard in the south of France, and thePorta Nigra of Trèves, visited and gazed upon withwarmer interest or a deeper sense of their value.We all feel the power that is exerted over us by theruins of great Castles and great Abbeys. And inanother way is this strong feeling of our timesvery widely manifested. I refer to the restorationof Cathedrals and Churches—not only in our owncountry now for many years—but, more recently, inFrance. This restorative work may not alwayshave been conducted with faultless taste or perfectjudgment, but (to say nothing of religious motives)it testifies to a high appreciation of the importanceof history written in stone.

There is, however, what may be termed a minormonumental history, which has not by any means{vi}always

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