THE
Cathedral Towns
AND INTERVENING PLACES OF
England, Ireland,
AND
Scotland:
A DESCRIPTION OF CITIES, CATHEDRALS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS,RUINS, AND WATERING-PLACES.
BY
THOMAS W. SILLOWAY
AND
LEE L. POWERS.
"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther thanthe giant himself."—Didimus Stella.
BOSTON:
CUPPLES AND HURD.
94 Boylston Street.
1887.
Copyright, 1883,
By A. Williams and Company.
THIRD EDITION.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
TO
LUTHER GARDNER ROBBINS,
THE GOOD COMPANION AND FRIEND OF ONE OF THE AUTHORS
FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY,
AND OF THE OTHER FOR SOME YEARS,
This Volume
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL TOKEN
OF REGARD AND ESTEEM.
INTRODUCTORY.
The Authors, having travelled somewhat leisurely over importantparts of Ireland and Scotland, and in a yet moredeliberate and critical manner over the principal parts of England,—observingnot only salient points in the life of eachcountry, but at the same time passing in review their history andwork,—and believing that a synopsis of what their New Englandeyes, ears, and minds saw, heard, and discovered, would beacceptable to the public, one of them prepared a series of articleswhich were published in one of the weekly papers of Boston.The interest awakened, and a belief that these reminiscencesshould be put into a more permanent form, have inclined theauthors to amend the articles as the case seemed to demand,and they are thus presented in this volume.
When the original papers were prepared, a departure from theusual custom of writers on travel was made. Instead of simplyrecording personal observations, the labor was extended by theincorporation of historic and biographic facts, the authors hopingthat, while their work would be valuable and interesting asa compend to those familiar with the facts, it would also beentertaining and instructive to that large class, in all communities,who are without the means of obtaining such information.Care was therefore exercised to obtain data verified by thetestimony of various authors.
The articles having been published in narrative style, it hasbeen thought well to present them again in that form; and theauthors wish to say by way of apology, if one be needed, thatthe opinions and criticisms expressed are such as impressedtheir own minds, and are not reflections of the minds of others.With this explanation, a