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ELY AT EVENTIDETHROUGH EAST ANGLIA IN A MOTOR CAR
BY
J. E. VINCENT
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY
FRANK SOUTHGATE, R.B.A.
NEW YORK: McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
LONDON: METHUEN & CO.
1907
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
Winter. [Oxford] to Cambridge, Newmarket, and Ipswich 1
CHAPTER II
Winter. Ipswich to Norwich via Woodbridge, Beccles,Lowestoft, and Yarmouth 30
CHAPTER III
Winter. Norwich to London by Roman Road 56
CHAPTER IV
Spring. Through the Heart of East Anglia 70
CHAPTER V
Spring. [In Norwich] and to Ely and Cambridge 106
CHAPTER VI
London, Felixstowe—Dunwich, Felixstowe 138
CHAPTER VI—(continued)
Felixstowe, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Ipswich, Dunmow, and London 167
CHAPTER VII
[Pg viii]Late Summer. Colchester and Eastwards 181
CHAPTER VIII
Colchester and Gainsborough's Country 229
CHAPTER IX
From Colchester Westwards—Coggeshall, Braintree,Witham, Ingatestone, Margaretting, Danbury Hill,Maldon, Tiptree, Messing, and Colchester 250
CHAPTER IX—(continued)
Colchester to the Extraordinary "Dene-Holes" atGrays, Essex 271
CHAPTER X
In Spring. Troubles Made Easy 292
CHAPTER XI
Great Ambitions Cheerfully Relinquished. Harlestonto Cromer via Bungay, Beccles, Lowestoft, GreatYarmouth, Caister-by-Yarmouth, and Norwich 306
CHAPTER XII
A Priory—Great Houses and the Fens 335...