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-The Project Gutenberg eBook, Harold's Town and it's Vicinity, by Freeman
-Bunting, Illustrated by J. A. C. Branfill
-
-
-This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most
-other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions
-whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of
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-
-
-Title: Harold's Town and it's Vicinity
- Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, and High Beech, Epping Forest
-
-
-Author: Freeman Bunting
-
-
-
-Release Date: July 16, 2020 [eBook #62666]
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-Language: English
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-***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HAROLD'S TOWN AND IT'S VICINITY***
-
-
-Transcribed from the 1905–6 Homeland Association Ltd. edition by David
-Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
-
- [Picture: Book cover]
-
- [Picture: The Abbey Church at Waltham]
-
-
-
-
-
- Harold’s Town
- And its Vicinity.
-
-
- Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt,
- and High Beech, Epping Forest.
-
- A Handbook for Visitors,
- BY
- FREEMAN BUNTING.
-
- WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS
- BY
- J. A. C. BRANFILL.
-
- * * * * *
-
- Published under the general editorship
- of PRESCOTT ROW, in co-operation with the
- URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS OF WALTHAM, HOLY
- CROSS AND CHESHUNT, by The Homeland
- Association for the encouragement of Touring
- in Great Britain.
-
- Waltham Abbey: M. CUTHBERT, 13, Sun Street.
- ,, ,, WILLIAM PALLETT, jun., The Churchyard.
- Waltham Cross: P. W. MITCHELL, High Street.
- Cheshunt: AUG. J. HALL, 91, Turner’s Hill.
- London: THE HOMELAND ASSOCIATION, LTD., 22, Bride Lane,
- Fleet Street, E.C.
-
-_FIRST EDITION_, 1905–1906.
-
- _All Rights Reserved_.
-
-
-
-
-Ordnance Survey Map of the Country around Waltham Cross and Waltham
-Abbey.
-
-
-_Scale of One Inch to One Statute Mile_,
-
- [Picture: Map]
-
-
-
-
-EDITORIAL NOTE.
-
-
-WITH a view to making future Editions of this Handbook as accurate and
-comprehensive as possible, suggestions for its improvement are cordially
-invited. If sent to THE EDITOR, The Homeland Association, Association
-House, 22, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., they will be gratefully
-acknowledged.
-
-
-
-
-COPYRIGHT.
-
-
-This Book as a whole, with its Contents, both Literary and Pictorial, is
-Copyrighted in Great Britain.
-
-
-
-
-ADVERTISING.
-
-
-LOCAL.—Terms for Advertising in future issues of the Waltham and Cheshunt
-Handbook will be forwarded on application to the General Manager of the
-Homeland Association, at the above address.
-
-GENERAL.—Contracts for the insertion of Advertisements through the whole
-series of Homeland Handbooks, nearly fifty volumes, circulating
-throughout the country, can be arranged on application to the General
-Manager.
-
-
-
-
-_CONTENTS_.
-
- PAGE
-_Bibliography_ 4
-_Prefatory Note_ 6
-_Chapter_ _I.—Describes Waltham Abbey_ 9
- ,, _II.—A Ramble to Epping Forest and High 31
- Beech_
- ,, _III.—Describes Waltham Cross and Theobalds_ 35
- ,, _IV.—Describes Cheshunt and its 44
- Surroundings_
-_A Chronology of Waltham Abbey_ 53
-
-
-
-
-BIBLIOGRAPHY.
-
-
-“The Foundation of Waltham Abbey.” Rt. Rev. William Stubbs.
-
-“History of the Abbey of Waltham.” John Farmer.
-
-“The Parish of Waltham Abbey.” John Maynard.
-
-“History of Waltham Abbey.” W. Winters.
-
-“History of Waltham Holy Cross.” Rev. J. H. Stamp.
-
-“The Norman Conquest.” E. A. Freeman.
-
-“Architecture and Early History of Waltham Abbey.” E. A. Freeman.
-
-“A History of Abbeys.” Stevens.
-
-“London and its Environs.” Hunter.
-
-“Circuit of London.” Hughson.
-
-“Church History of Britain.” Thomas Fuller.
-
-“Worthies of England.” Thomas Fuller.
-
-“Cheshunt in the Olden Time.” Rev. A. Brown.
-
-“Visitors’ Handbook to Cheshunt.” W. Winters.
-
-“The Family Memoirs of the Rev. W. Stukeley.”
-
-“‘Gentleman’s Magazine’ Library.” Vol. 17. G. L. Gomme.
-
-“British Topographer.” Vol. 1. R. Gough.
-
-“History of Herts.” Cussans.
-
-“History of Herts.” Salmon.
-
-“History of Herts.” Clutterbuck.
-
-
-
-
-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
-
- PLATES.
-_The Abbey Church at Waltham_ _Frontispiece_
- PAGE
-_The Abbey Gateway_ 16
-_The Eleanor Cross_ 34
-_The Parish Church_, _Cheshunt_ 48
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
-_Romeland_, _Waltham Abbey_ 11
-_Ancient Bridge_, _known as_ “_Harold’s 15
-Bridge_”
-_Waltham One Hundred Years Ago_ 19
-_The Interior of the Abbey Church_ 23
-_The Home of Foxe_, _the Martyrologist_ 29
-_The Eleanor Cross showing detail of 36
-carving_
-_Theobalds_ 37
-_Temple Bar_ 39
-_In the Village at Cheshunt_ 45
-_Cheshunt Great House_ 47
-
-PREFATORY NOTE.
-
-
-THIS little book is intended for the ordinary individual rather than the
-earnest student or the ardent antiquary. As I have attempted to
-embellish the dry bones of history and to present the undoubted beauties
-and charms of the corner of England that lies upon the Herts and Essex
-border in a manner likely to interest the former, my effort will possibly
-appear to the latter to have several shortcomings.
-
-That part of the book dealing with Cheshunt has presented some
-difficulty. One day, perhaps, some industrious historian will prepare a
-really good history of the ancient parish of Cheshunt, and utilise to the
-best purpose the wealth of material that lies hidden away in the parish
-chests.
-
-To the Rev. J. H. Stamp, I am indebted for reading the proofs and for
-some valuable information, as well as for his kind permission to use the
-chronological data prepared by him. To Mr. H. Collingwood Lee my thanks
-are also due for his kind assistance.
-
- FREEMAN BUNTING.
-
-WHITE WEBBS, July, 1905.
-
-
-
-
-The Publisher’s Address to the Reader.
-
-
-THIS little volume forms one of the Homeland Handbooks, a series founded
-in 1897, with a view of providing adequate information respecting special
-localities and districts. They are issued at popular prices, and contain
-everything likely to interest the intelligent visitor regarding the
-History, Traditions, Worthies, and Antiquities of the neighbourhoods with
-which they deal.
-
-In each case the books are written by a qualified Author, with special
-local knowledge.
-
-Other Volumes in the Series likely to interest the reader of this book
-are as follows:—
-
- CLOTH. PAPER.
-Hertford, and the Country of Charles Lamb and 2/- 1/-
-Izaak Walton
-The City of St. Albans, its Abbey and its 2/6 1/-
-Surroundings
-Dunstable and its Surroundings 2/- 1/-
-
- _A full list will be found on pages_ ii _and_ iii.
-
- * * * * *
-
-The Homeland Association for the Encouragement of Touring in Great
-Britain, Association House, _22_, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
-
-
-
-
-‘DON’TS’ FOR PICNIC PARTIES.
-
-
-THE Council of the Selborne Society urgently requests visitors to treat
-the country they are visiting with the reverence due to natural beauty.
-
-DON’T gather such quantities of wild flowers and ferns that before the
-day is over you are obliged to throw them away on the roadside. By such
-gathering you injure the flora of the district, and you take away
-pleasures from many people who like to see flowers and ferns growing in
-their native haunts.
-
-DON’T disturb the birds in their breeding season.
-
-DON’T litter the places visited with waste papers or torn letters.
-
-DON’T leave empty bottles and other débris of your picnic to vulgarise
-the spots, the scenery of which you have been enjoying.
-
-
-
-
-HAROLD’S TOWN AND ITS VICINITY.
-
-
- WALTHAM ABBEY, WALTHAM CROSS,
- CHESHUNT, AND HIGH BEECH, EPPING FOREST.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-CHAPTER I.
-WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
-
-HAROLD’S TOWN! We may well speak of Waltham Holy Cross in this way, for
-the place virtually owes its foundation to the last representative of the
-Saxon dynasty, and abounds in associations with the brave, pious, and
-wise prince whose lordship, like that of his great predecessor, Alfred,
-had so great an influence for good upon the social and political
-institutions of our England, and who so nobly and bravely disputed the
-claim to the throne with the Norman invader on the field of Senlac. We
-find a contemporary estimate of Earl Harold’s character in the historic
-tract, _De Inventione Sanctæ Crucis_, the unknown author of which, who
-was, however, a Waltham man, says: “His was the truest heart and the
-wisest head and the strongest and gentlest hand in the land.” And the
-greatest historians of our own time have spoken in high, appreciative
-terms of Harold’s work and influence. How considerable, then, is the
-interest to the traveller and student alike of the place with which the
-life of Harold was so intimately associated.
-
-Though within just over half an hour’s journey by rail from the
-Metropolis, and but a crow flight of some thirteen miles therefrom, it
-would be pretty safe to say that not one per cent. of the inhabitants of
-the great city have made any sort of acquaintance with the beautiful old
-minster of Waltham, which stands to-day for one of the finest examples of
-Norman architecture, vying with Westminster Abbey in this respect, whilst
-its history is, as old Thomas Fuller has observed, “the history of the
-Church of England.” And if this ancient pile represents so much
-architecturally and ecclesiastically, it occupies no mean position among
-those various influences that have gone to the making of English history.
-
-Hither came, for one purpose and another, many of the royal heads of
-England, from Harold, the founder, to Charles II.; dignitaries of the
-Church, and potent ornaments of the State; while within the shadow of the
-minster’s massy walls lived and laboured men who have moulded and
-influenced the thoughts and lives of the people. Henry I. and Matilda of
-Scotland were visitors to the Abbey, the latter being a considerable
-benefactress; Henry II. established the monastery here and richly endowed
-it, he “loved Waltham entirely, and lay many times thereat.” King John
-came often to Waltham; Henry III. loved the Abbey for its beauty and
-seclusion, and resorted thereto often for peace and retirement. Edward
-I. and his beloved wife Eleanor were frequently in residence here, and
-when the body of the latter was brought from Grantham to London in 1290,
-it rested for a night here, the mortal remains of the king himself
-remaining in the Abbey, beside Harold’s tomb, for fifteen weeks, on their
-way from Scotland to Westminster in 1307. When Wat Tyler’s insurrection
-placed Richard II. in jeopardy he sought the sanctuary of the ancient
-pile. Henry VIII., who was very fond of Waltham, had a private lodging
-close by the Abbey, and was often the guest of the abbot. Cranmer was
-frequently resident at Waltham; John Foxe lived and wrote his “Book of
-Martyrs” here; Thomas Tallis, father of our beautiful church music, was
-organist at the Abbey; Thomas Fuller, author of the “Worthies of
-England,” was incumbent of the Abbey Church; so also was Bishop Joseph
-Hall, author of the “Contemplations”; Bishop George Hall was a native of
-the town; and Izaak Walton, who so loved the “gentle Lea,” was here often
-on a visit to a relative.
-
- [Picture: Romeland. Waltham Abbey]
-
-The bustling train lands the visitor at Waltham Cross Station, in the
-county of Herts, and one must proceed for about a mile on foot eastward
-to attain the Abbey and town of Waltham Holy Cross, which lie in the
-adjoining county of Essex. But after the “mean things that are new” have
-been passed, the way is pleasant. The road is bordered on one side for a
-goodly distance by the marshlands and crosses many times over the river
-Lea, which, as old Fuller humorously observes, “not only parteth Herts
-from Essex, but also seven times parteth from itself, and is crossed by
-so many bridges.” Beyond the waterside inn on the bridge that spans the
-Lea navigation, and displays the comforting sign of the “Old English
-Gentleman,” Highbridge Street is entered, and the old town opens out,
-with the tower of the Abbey, but just restored to its original dignity of
-design, closing in the view. The principal entrance to the Royal
-Gunpowder Factory lies just to the left here, and much that is
-picturesque and quaint will strike an observant eye on the way. The
-diversity in character and style of the houses and shops, the
-irregularity of their disposition, with their time-tinted exteriors, and
-the bits of garden and splashes of verdant foliage, which break up the
-line of bricks and mortar, timber and stucco, give the old street that
-peculiar charm which is so often characteristic of an ancient town.
-
-
-Romeland.
-
-
-Just before the Abbey is reached, approached by a way that allows little
-more room than is needful for a cart to pass, is an open square of very
-old houses, a most picturesque corner of the old town, that bears the
-somewhat curious appellation of Romeland. {12} How and why the place
-came to be so called it is not easy to determine; but the abbots of
-Waltham, whose seat was at Copt Hall, had their London house on or
-adjacent to a site in the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill, adjoining what is
-now Billingsgate Market, which was also called Romeland. To the rent of
-this, as well as the market square at Waltham, the Pope laid claim, and
-the latter was then known as Romescot or Peter’s Piece. It is to this
-circumstance, probably, that the place owes its name.
-
-It was in the house of Master Cressy, a long-fronted structure, which
-stands on the left of the entrance to Romeland, that, in 1533, Cranmer,
-Fox, and Gardiner discussed the question of Henry’s divorce from
-Katherine of Aragon. Then it was that Cranmer “struck the keynote of the
-Reformation,” by claiming “for the Word of God that supremacy which had
-been usurped by the popes for centuries.” Fuller refers to this as a
-significant circumstance and says: “Thus did Waltham give Rome the first
-deadly blow in England.”
-
-
-A King’s Diversions.
-
-
-Bluff King Hal was very partial to Waltham and enjoyed the hunting in the
-forest. He frequently stayed at his house in the Romeland, still
-standing at the north-east corner. There are many stories, often with
-the “merry monarch” for a hero, connected with his patronage of Waltham.
-One day he left his hunting companions and returned to Waltham in the
-guise of one of his attendants, and, being invited to the abbot’s table,
-ate heartily of the sirloin of beef placed before him, to the great
-admiration of his host. “Well fare thy heart,” the latter toasted his
-guest, “here is a cup of sack, and remember the grace of thy master. I
-would willingly give one hundred crowns on condition that I could feed as
-heartily on beef as thou dost! Alas! my weak stomach will hardly digest
-the wing of a small rabbit or chicken.” The king pledged his host, and
-thanked him; in due time he departed as secretly as he had come. A
-little while after, the abbot was suddenly arrested and conveyed to the
-Tower, where he was kept for some days on bread and water. Then a
-sirloin of beef was set before him, of which he ate heartily. The king
-entered in the midst of the meal, and demanded of his prisoner payment of
-the hundred crowns, which, when the abbot recognised the trap into which
-he had fallen, he gladly paid.
-
-On another occasion, when Henry was the guest of Sir Henry Colte, of
-Nether Hall, Roydon, the latter provided a novel entertainment for his
-royal guest. It is related that the knight and his men waylaid the monks
-on Waltham marsh one dark night, having been informed by spies that they
-were on a visit to Cheshunt nunnery, and, catching them in a buck stall
-(a trap used for deer) left them wallowing in the mire until dawn. Then
-the “knight of merry conceits” conducted his dejected captives to the
-king, and presented them to his majesty as the splendid game he had been
-able to secure. King Harry burst into a loud fit of laughter, and
-declared that, though he had “often seen sweeter, he had never viewed
-fatter venison.”
-
-The open space (Romeland), with its quaint high-gabled, stuccoed, and
-red-brick houses, is a busy scene on Tuesdays, when the cattle market is
-held here. On the eastern side, abutting upon the Abbey church, the
-tower of which comes charmingly into view over the house tops, is the
-ancient corn mill, which was given to the Abbey by Maud, Queen of Henry
-I., in 1108, in exchange for the site of Holy Trinity, Aldgate. She also
-restored to the Abbey certain lands, which had been alienated, known as
-the Abbey fields, which stretch northward from here; and moreover
-established two fairs for the town.
-
-Having so far diverged from the direct road to the Abbey, we may well go
-a little further, taking a narrow roadway that runs by the mill leading
-to the Abbey fields.
-
-
-The Abbey Gateway.
-
-
-At the termination of half a dozen or so of old houses and cottages,
-there comes into view a bridge over the mill stream, giving access to a
-beautiful arch, or rather pair of arches, known as the Abbey Gateway.
-What remains of this once important structure, which formed the main
-entrance to the Abbey and the abbot’s house, consists of the front only
-of the old gateway, and comprises two ancient pointed arches, with a
-tower on the south side (the corresponding tower on the north has
-disappeared). At the spring of the main arch, on either side, are still
-traceable the arms of Edward III. on a shield surmounted by an angel.
-The gateway was originally approached by a drawbridge, and the porter’s
-window in the tower which commanded this still exists. The entrance to
-the old monastic buildings was by a pointed doorway in the south wall,
-which extends from the gate, now bricked up. This handsome old gateway
-also formed the entrance to the mansion erected by Sir Edward Denny, to
-whom the abbot’s house was given by Elizabeth. He was the grandson of
-Sir Anthony Denny, Chamberlain to Henry VIII., to whom much of the
-ecclesiastical property of Waltham was given after the Dissolution. Sir
-Edward Denny’s house, which was a large one in the characteristic
-Elizabethan style (a central doorway and two projecting wings), is spoken
-of by an old chronicler as being “beautiful to behold,” with a spacious
-garden of a character “scarcely to be equalled by any private
-gentleman’s.”
-
- [Picture: The Ancient bridge at Waltham Abbey, known as Harold’s Bridge.
- A most interesting Architectural Relic]
-
-Higher up the Corn mill stream, in the Abbey fields, and bordering on the
-“pool,” is another beautiful remnant of very early architecture, probably
-contemporary with the Abbey church, known as Harold’s Bridge. Tradition
-says that in early times this was the only passage across the stream, and
-that not only Harold, but Tovi before him, used this bridge, when
-proceeding into or from the royal forest of Waltham. It is a most
-interesting architectural relic. There are still visible two of the five
-beautiful ribs which originally adorned this fine arch. Recently steps
-were taken to preserve this interesting monument of antiquity by
-restoring the stonework forming the base of the bridge. The Abbey
-farmhouse, with its picturesque Elizabethan front, which is said to have
-formed the abbot’s stabling in mediæval times, stands to the north-east
-of Harold’s Bridge.
-
- [Picture: Waltham. The Abbey Gateway]
-
-
-The Abbey Church.
-
-
-From the Abbey fields, the finest view of Harold’s noble minster is
-obtained, and it is with feelings of pleasant anticipation that one
-retraces one’s steps thereto, meditating on the way upon the many strange
-and wondrous scenes that have been witnessed on the ground over which one
-passes. As the eye wanders over the beautiful lines and the massive,
-age-stained walls of the ancient church, the mind is impressed with its
-grandeur and its significance as a vast page of England’s story.
-
-The Abbey church and town of Waltham Holy Cross alike owe their actual
-foundation to Tovi the Proud, standard-bearer and chief counsellor to
-Cnut, who, delighted by the fine opportunities for hunting which were
-afforded by the number of deer running in the great forest of Waltham,
-established a settlement here, and founded a convent. Hither, also, Tovi
-brought from his manor of Lutegarsbury (Montacute), in Somerset, a
-miraculous crucifix, and set it up in the church. The legend of this
-Holy Cross, as told in the _De Inventione_ tract, and translated by
-Lambarde, is a wonderfully interesting story.
-
-
-The Legend of the Holy Cross.
-
-
-It runs as follows: {17} “In the tyme that Kinge Cnut reigned in Ingland
-theare lyved at a Place of the called comonly Lutegarsbyry, in French
-Montague, a simple man by occupation a carpenter and by Office Sexton of
-his parishe, to whom on a Night appeared a Vision of Christe Crucified
-commaundinge him that as sone as Day brake he should goe to the parishe
-priest and with him accompanied by his parishioners in solemne
-processione to go up to the Toppe of the Hyll adjoyninge and to digge
-wheare (if they would beforehand make theimselves by Confession,
-Fastinge, and Praier worthy of suche a Revelacion) they should finde a
-Crosse, the very sign of Christes passion. This plaine Man, supposinge
-it a fantastical Dreame, tooke at first no great Head thereof, save that,
-he imparted it with his Wife who also thought it but an Illusion.
-Wherefore the Image appeared againe, and so griped him by the Hande that
-the Dynt of the Nayles remayned in his Hand to be sene the Daye
-followinge. Being thus pricked forwarde on he goeth to the Priest and
-discloseth the hole matter. He arrayeth his Parishe, displayeth his
-Banners, putteth on Copes and Surplas, and setteth the Carpenter foremost
-as his Captaine, they digge awhile and anone they find a great Marble
-havinge in it of black Flynt the Image of the Crucifixe so artificially
-wroughte as if God himselfe (sayth myne Auteur) had framed it. Under the
-right Arme of this Crucifixe thear was a small Image of the same Forme, a
-litle Belle also, and a black Booke conteyninge the Text of the four
-Evangelists. All this they signified to Tovi le Prude then Lord of the
-Soyle, Standarde Bearer to the Kinge and his Chief Councelor, who came to
-the place in great Hast and by the advice of his Gents lefte the smalle
-cross in the Churche theare determyninge to bestow the greater in suche
-Place as God should appointe. Forthewithe therefore he caused to be
-yoked twelve red Oxen and so many white Kyne and layeth the Stone in a
-Wayne myning if God so wille to cary it to Canterbyrye, but the Cattle
-could not by any Force be compelled to draw thytherwarde. When he saw
-that he changed his Mynde and bad theim dryve toward his House at
-Readinge whearin he had great Delighte, but still the Wayne stode
-immoveable notwithstandinge that the Oxen did thear best. At the Lengthe
-he remembered a small House that he had begone to buyld at Waltham for
-his Disporte and commanded them to make thytherward. Which words he had
-no soner spoken but the Wayne of itselfe moved. Now in the way many
-weare healed of many Infirmities; amongste the whiche threscore sixe
-Parsons’ {18} vowed their labour towarde the Conveiance of this Crosse,
-and weare the first Founders of Waltham Towne wheare was nothing before
-but only a simple House for this Tovi to repose himself at when he came
-thyther to hunte notwithstandinge that he had thereby divers Landes, as
-Enfield, Edelmetun, Cetrehunt, Myms, and the hole Baronie that Goffrey of
-Maundville the first of that name had. Now when the Crosse was broughte
-thyther, Tovi commaunded it to be set up, and while one by Chaunce perced
-it with a Nayle the Blood issued out of the Flinte in great Abundance.
-Whereat Tovi beinge greatly amazed, fel downe and worshipped it promiseth
-before it to manumittee {20} his Bondmen to bestow possession on such as
-should deserve it.”
-
- [Picture: Waltham Abbey one hundred years ago. (Dr. Hughson’s “Circuit
- of London,” 1808)]
-
-The cross gave its name to the place, and over a long series of years
-attracted crowds of the devote, the maimed, and diseased to the place.
-In 1192 the cross was covered with silver, but the figure of Christ was
-left untouched by reason, it is surmised, of a remarkable incident that
-had happened a few years previously. On that occasion, the crucifix
-being under repair, Robert the Goldsmith, of St. Albans, removed the
-circlet round the thigh, when all present were stricken blind for a
-considerable time.
-
-
-Harold’s Minster.
-
-
-On the site of Tovi’s foundation Earl Harold, upon whom Waltham and vast
-lands had been bestowed by Edward the Confessor, reared and endowed a
-magnificent church, which he intended to rival in beauty and importance
-King Edward’s abbey church at Westminster. The dean and twelve secular
-Black canons who formed the ecclesiastical constitution of Harold’s
-foundation, were amply provided for, each of the latter having a manor
-and the dean six manors for his maintenance. In later times (1177) Henry
-II., on the ground that the canons had grown wasteful and corrupt,
-substituted for Harold’s foundation an Augustinian priory, then, seven
-years later, raised this to the dignity of an Abbey, installing Walter de
-Gaunt, of Oseney, as the first abbot.
-
-Harold’s church was splendidly adorned, in a manner that suggests, as the
-late Bishop Stubbs observes, that the founder had been influenced by
-Eastern art. Brazen plates, gilt, were spread over the walls, the
-capitals and bases of the massive pillars were curiously carved and
-wreathed with the gilded metal; the altar was enriched with elaborate
-ornaments, the furniture, reliquaries, and vestments were provided on a
-liberal scale. Numerous relics, in addition to the miraculous crucifix,
-formed part of the endowment. The consecration of the church probably
-took place on May 3, 1060, the Feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross,
-which became one of the fair days under the charter of Matilda.
-Kinsinge, Archbishop of York, performed the ceremony of consecration,
-assisted by most of the English bishops. King Edward and his queen
-Edith, sister of Harold, and the flower of the nobility, were present.
-
-It was here that, scarce six years later, Harold, on his return from
-Stamford Bridge, had news of the Norman invasion. He stayed for the
-night at his mansion in the park at Nazeing, still called Harold’s Park,
-and on the morrow offered up prayers for his success in the Abbey. It is
-recorded that the figure of the Saviour on the wondrous crucifix bowed
-the head as if to express sorrow for his inevitable fate. He set out for
-Senlac accompanied by two of the canons, who, if the omen were fulfilled,
-were bidden to bring back with them the body of the founder. Harold’s
-war-cry was “Holy Rood.” The canons, true to their trust, recovered the
-king’s body, by the aid of Harold’s old love, Editha the “Swan-necked,”
-and brought it to Waltham with all possible honours. Here the remains
-were interred, being translated from time to time as alterations and
-additions to the church necessitated (it was not finally completed until
-1125), finding a final resting place near the great altar, about 140 feet
-from the present east end of the church. Here a most beautiful and
-imposing tomb was erected, but all that remains of this is a curious
-piece of carved ironstone representing the face of a warrior, which,
-after many vicissitudes, including its use as a fountain ornament, was
-returned to the possession of the church a few years ago, and now reposes
-on the tomb of Robert Smith in the chancel.
-
-To the antiquary, the student, and the lover of all that is beautiful in
-architecture, the ancient minster offers a boundless store of interest.
-In the course of his scholarly observations upon the architecture and
-history of the abbey church the late Professor Freeman says: “Barbarous
-mutilations and hardly less barbarous additions have entirely destroyed
-its character, as seen from without, and even within, both mediæval
-alterations of the strangest kind and the accumulated enormities of more
-recent days have gone far to ruin the general effect of the original
-building. Still a large portion of the original interior remains
-untouched; an interior deserving attentive study as one of the noblest
-specimens of Northern Romanesque, and invested with a yet higher interest
-if we may regard it as called into being by the taste and bounty of the
-last of our native kings.”
-
-The noble edifice was cruciform in plan, with a nave and aisles (all that
-now remain), choir, and central tower. The spring of one of the great
-arches upon which this latter stood, is plainly visible at the present
-east end. This tower fell in 1552, doubtless owing to the destruction of
-the choir, and the present western tower was erected about five years
-later out of the fragments. The nave consists of seven bays, and is 109
-feet long from east to west, by 55 feet wide, and from the floor to the
-beautifully painted ceiling, the work of Sir E. J. Poynter, is a height
-of 52 feet. Upon the great pillars that support the arches will be
-noticed the spiral and chevron indenting, originally filled with chased
-and gilt metal. In some places the rivet holes are still discernible.
-The aisles were originally vaulted, and the triforium passage above was
-lighted by the circular windows that will be noticed. There are three
-tiers of arches: the nave or arcade, the triforium, and the clerestory.
-The Rev. J. H. Stamp, in his excellent little history of Waltham, says of
-the plan and design of the church that whilst the cruciform plan was
-significant of Christ crucified, the twelve pillars represented the
-apostles, and the three tiers of arches the Holy Trinity.
-
- [Picture: The interior of the Abbey Church, Waltham. Drawn by Duncan
- Moul]
-
-The wonderful grandeur and nobility of the interior can well be
-appreciated by standing just within the tower and viewing the “long-drawn
-aisles” through the great western arch. This arch formed part of the
-scheme of restoration and rebuilding which took place at the latter end
-of the thirteenth century, when the original Norman doorway was removed
-and a grand Decorated west front substituted. This had two turrets on
-each side, terminating in octagonal pinnacles of fine proportions and
-design, and a beautiful Decorated window appears to have been inserted
-over the arch. Unfortunately, the present tower obscures much of this
-thirteenth century work. With this scheme of rebuilding, which was
-instigated by Abbot Reginald and carried out by his successors, Abbots
-Hugh and Robert, is associated a curious and unfortunate defacement or
-destruction of a portion of the beautiful Norman arcading. There will be
-noticed on either side of the church, near the west end, a high Gothic
-arch, sadly out of harmony with the remaining arcading. It is said that
-the architect who was first engaged upon the restoration work was
-demented, and set about transforming the architectural character of the
-church. He removed the elegant filling-in of the triforium and cut away
-the lower Norman arches, and after having thus mutilated two tiers of
-arches on each side, began upon the third tier on the north side, but was
-happily stopped in his crazy efforts by the interference of the abbot,
-and his peremptory dismissal. It is to his successor that we owe the
-beautiful western doorway and front. This restoration scheme also
-included the adornment of the interior with beautiful frescoes, signs of
-which are still slightly visible on one or two of the arches.
-
-
-Relics and Monuments.
-
-
-Within the tower of the church are preserved the old stocks and
-whipping-post, together with the pillory, which formerly stood on the
-site now occupied by the new municipal buildings. In the vestry are also
-preserved a number of interesting relics, including a pilgrim’s bottle
-and the massive blade of a battle-axe which, tradition avers, was
-Harold’s.
-
-There are many monuments and numerous interesting tablets and memorials.
-
-Of the monuments the most noticeable is the tomb of Sir Edward Denny and
-his wife Margaret, in the chancel. The knight is represented in armour
-lying on his left side, the figure of his wife reclining below; their ten
-children are carved in relief, in attitudes of prayer, upon the panel
-beneath. This Edward Denny was the comrade of Spenser, the poet, and Sir
-Philip Sidney, and the captor of the rebel Earl of Desmond.
-
-Near by stands the effigy of Lady Elizabeth Greville, first cousin to
-Lady Jane Grey, widow of Henry Denny (son of Sir Anthony Denny) and wife
-of Sir Edward Greville, third son of the ancestor of the present Earl of
-Warwick. This effigy is all that remains of an elegant tomb of
-alabaster, which formerly stood to the north of the altar.
-
-On the opposite side of the chancel, near the organ, stands the marble
-tomb of Robert Smith, a wealthy seaman of the seventeenth century. The
-magnificent choir which was so ruthlessly demolished by Henry VIII. at
-the Dissolution contained, in addition to the tomb of the founder, the
-handsome sarcophagi of Baron Hugh Nevil, Lord High Justice of England,
-temp. Richard I.; Archdeacon Passelew, and numerous abbots, earls, and
-knights.
-
-There are three mural brasses on the south wall, one being to the memory
-of Edward Stacey, one of the lay pensioners of the monastery at the time
-of the Dissolution, and another to Thomas Colte, second son of Sir John
-Colte, of Nether Hall, Roydon.
-
-The remains of the old choir screen, a beautiful example of carpentry and
-carving; the ancient Purbeck marble font; the handsome reredos, and the
-fine rose window above; the marks of the chain that once held the great
-Bible, on one of the pillars, and many other features are here to
-interest the visitor. The handsome stained glass in the Rose window,
-depicting the Creation, and the three lights under the arch were designed
-by the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
-
-Nor must the beautiful Lady Chapel (the only chapel remaining of five
-that were originally attached to the church) be forgotten. This dates
-its foundation from 1316, and is by some regarded as one of the richest
-specimens of mediæval architecture in England. Its window tracery is
-certainly very elegant, though this has undergone considerable
-restoration. The interior was originally adorned with statuary and
-frescoes, a painting of the Last Judgment occupying the east wall.
-Traces of this ancient and curious representation are still discernible.
-The remains of the old piscina are also still in existence. Of the crypt
-beneath, Thomas Fuller, who, by the way, was for many years incumbent
-here, quaintly speaks as being “the finest that I ever saw.”
-
-
-The greatness of the Abbey.
-
-
-Having feasted the eye and the mind on the many beautiful and interesting
-features of the ancient fane, one may rest beneath the aged elm tree in
-the churchyard, and meditate upon the circumstance that this magnificent
-edifice is but a third portion of Harold’s minster, and that only a
-fragment of the old monastery which grew up around it in mediæval times,
-forming a vast congregation of stately buildings, now remains; that just
-as the physical characteristics of the Abbey and its minster were vast
-and important, so were its landed possessions, which stretched out far
-and wide on all sides; that the immensity of its wealth was such that at
-the time of the Dissolution the gross revenue amounted to £1,079 12s.
-1d., representing about £15,000 at the present day; whilst the potency of
-the abbots, who were mitred and sat in Parliament, was great, and the
-splendour of their respective establishments was upon a generous scale.
-Some of these abbots, of whom there were thirty in all, were great in the
-best sense of the word, and exercised their potency for the good of the
-Abbey and the community towards which they stood in the joint relation of
-spiritual and temporal overlords.
-
-
-A Feudal Abbot.
-
-
-One of these particularly was a man of vigorous character and determined
-spirit, who, “in asserting the rights and privileges of the monastery
-during his rule, came into collision with parishioners, neighbours, pope,
-and king.” First, differences appear to have arisen between the
-parishioners and the abbot as to the former having right of access to the
-central tower and bells, which they had enjoyed under Harold’s
-foundation. The abbot accordingly shut out the people from this and the
-choir (the monastic part of the church) by erecting a stone screen or
-wall immediately behind the altar of the parish church (the present
-nave). This wall is clearly observable from the outside beneath the Rose
-window at the east end, and in this will be seen traces of two doorways
-with which it was pierced to allow the dean or parish priest to enter and
-minister to the people. There would seem to have been reprisals on the
-part of the parishioners, for a little later they disputed the abbot’s
-rights of grazing on the marsh, and, resorting to violence, severely
-assaulted the keepers and killed the abbot’s horses. For this the
-offenders suffered the double penalty of being heavily fined by the
-justices of the King’s Bench and excommunicated by the abbot. The
-latter, however, did not enforce either, and forgave the erring ones.
-Next Abbot Simon was at war with the lord of the manor of Cheshunt,
-Peter, Duke of Savoy, who claimed all the land west of the main stream of
-the Lea—called the King’s stream—whilst the abbot contended that his
-jurisdiction extended to the smaller stream half a mile further west.
-The lawsuit which ensued was, as old Fuller says, “as long lived as any
-in England,” by reason of “the greatness of the clients”; but it was
-finally concluded in favour of the abbot. This occurred in 1248, and
-three years later the doughty abbot was setting the pope at defiance by
-protesting against the persecution, oppression, and robbery of the
-conventual churches by the bishops and legates. Twice also Abbot Simon
-successfully resisted the extortionate demands of the king, and
-stubbornly refused to enrich the royal treasury at the expense of the
-monastery.
-
-I am afraid I have rather digressed from the main purpose of this little
-work in relating some of the deeds of this sturdy abbot, but I think the
-brief relation of these may be of some interest as an illustration of the
-social and religious conditions of Waltham in mediæval times and of the
-wonderful power wielded by these old ecclesiastical potentates.
-
-
-A Conventual Relic.
-
-
-Now to resume the broken thread. The remaining fragment of the
-conventual buildings to which I have alluded above consists of a
-beautiful little chamber, often spoken of as “an architectural gem,”
-which stands in the Abbey gardens. It is locally known by the
-undignified appellation of the “potato cellar,” due to its irreverent use
-in modern times. It consists of a small longitudinal apartment, with a
-beautifully groined ceiling and quadripartite vaulting. It is 29 feet
-long, running north and south, and has two doorways, one of which is
-blocked up. It is considered to have been either the fratry or an
-antechamber to the abbot’s mansion, in which the monks assembled
-preparatory to the procession to the church.
-
-One passes from the churchyard to the market-place—another interesting
-corner of the old town—by an ancient lych-gate, adjacent to the Harp Inn,
-which is peculiarly interesting as being probably the oldest existing
-relic of domestic architecture directly connected with the Abbey, and has
-from very early times formed the main entrance to the church.
-
-Turning sharp to the left, into Sun Street, one is soon in the old main
-road that runs from London, by Walthamstow, Chingford, and Sewardstone,
-to Nazeing, Roydon, etc. To the left, round by the New Inn, the fine old
-wall of the Abbey gardens comes into view, and midway along its extent
-will be noticed the sign of the cross and a lozenge (probably a sign
-indicative of the Trinity) inserted in black brick. The remains of the
-moat, which, with the mill stream, completely surrounded the Abbey, will
-also be seen.
-
-Retracing our steps towards London, a few yards beyond the entry of Sun
-Street, will be noticed an old house jutting upon the street, with stucco
-and “roughcast” exterior, the entrance to which is by a gate in the
-adjoining garden wall. This was the home of John Foxe, the
-martyrologist, and here he wrote the famous “Book of Martyrs.” It is
-said that Cranmer also occupied this house when resident in Waltham. Its
-interior presents many interesting features. In the garden is a tulip
-tree, which is probably a descendant of a fine specimen of this arboreal
-rarity, which flourished for centuries in the old Abbey gardens. This
-tree is said to have been one of the largest and finest of its kind in
-all England. Its fame is perpetuated by two finely carved chairs, made
-out of the wood of the old tree, which stand within the sacrarium of the
-Abbey church.
-
- [Picture: The home of Foxe the martyrologist at Waltham]
-
-
-
-CHAPTER II.
-A RAMBLE TO EPPING FOREST AND HIGH BEECH.
-
-
-FROM Foxe’s house it is a pleasant walk to Epping Forest and High Beech.
-The way is by Farm Hill (almost opposite Foxe’s house) to Brookside,
-thence sharp to the right over the bridge, and up the hill by the old
-windmill for a little more than half a mile, to the hamlet known as Honey
-lane, where the margin of the fine old forest, the heights of which will
-have been viewed on the way, opens out. We turn up by the covered well
-and trough into Honey lane itself. Those who may prefer to ensure a
-right direction may keep to the roadway, which strikes up the hill
-through the forest, and, bearing sharp to the left and right
-respectively, leads direct to High Beech. It is more pleasant, perhaps,
-to wander through the woodland, and such as would prefer to do this may
-strike across the plain to the left of the bridge over the stream,
-following the line of the watercourse, then, taking a break in the
-thicket that will be found, a clear way called the Verderer’s Path will
-soon be entered. Pursuing this to the right (south), we come out at the
-top of the hill in Honey lane, near a cyclists’ caution board, and the
-way to High Beech, the spire of the church being clearly noticeable, is
-then straight along the road. Many a charming peep over the Lea Valley
-will have been enjoyed on the way, but from High Beech Plain a panorama
-of superb beauty is opened out to view. Those who have hitherto regarded
-the home counties of Essex, Middlesex, and Herts as poor, flat, and
-featureless parts of our England will be agreeably surprised at the rich
-beauty of the landscape which this view of the Lea Valley affords.
-
-
-Tennyson’s home.
-
-
-It was a scene that the late Lord Tennyson, who resided for some years at
-Beech Hill Park here, which lies a little to the west of the King’s Oak
-Inn, loved and admired, as he also reverenced the ancient town and
-minster of Waltham. It was the sonorous bells of Harold’s church that
-inspired the beautiful lines of “In Memoriam”:
-
- “Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.”
-
-His noble drama of “Harold,” too, doubtless owes its inception to the
-poet’s residence in and intimate connection with this locality. High
-Beech church lies a little beyond the King’s Oak Inn and the plain; it is
-a modern building in the Gothic style.
-
-From the church we retrace our steps to the inn named, and make the
-historic earthworks known as Ambresbury Banks or Camp (a bee line of
-about two miles) our next objective. The road continues beyond the
-junction with Honey lane, whence we came, then bears to the right on to
-the Wake Arms Inn and the main Epping road, a little less than a mile
-along which brings us to the camp, this lying on the east side of the
-road. But there is a very pleasant way thither through the heart of the
-forest, which I will endeavour to describe. Here, however, I would
-suggest that all who wish to enjoy the real beauty of the forest in this
-way should take the precaution to carry a reliable compass, for it is
-very easy to become confused about the geographical circumstances of
-one’s surroundings among the wood and thicket.
-
-We turn off across the open plain to the right, about 300 yards beyond
-the King’s Oak Inn, where will be found a track or walk, which at times
-is rather indistinct. Follow this for about half a mile, then turn sharp
-to the right (east) through the glade into the valley, skirting the swamp
-and Wake Valley ponds (leaving these to the north) on to the main road.
-Here we turn to the left and continue to the Wake Arms Inn. Thence the
-Theydon road (opposite) is taken, down Jack’s Hill for about half a mile,
-and when the Verderers’ Ride is noticed on the left, this is followed to
-Ambresbury Banks. This route will take the wanderer through parts of the
-forest that are almost unfrequented, where oak and beech and hornbeam
-flourish in all their wild grandeur; where many of the fungi and lichens,
-for which the forest is so noted, will be met with, as well as many
-beautiful flowering plants, rare-winged insects, and most of the birds,
-so large and representative a number of which make their home in the
-forest. Nor is it at all unlikely that a herd of the forest deer will be
-seen, for these graceful creatures generally resort to this part. Upon
-the walk one’s mind almost naturally reverts to the days when this 5,000
-odd acres of woodland, now the “people’s playground,” was a mere morsel
-of the great forest of Waltham, an almost boundless tract of wild forest
-land, which formed the favourite hunting ground for the Saxon, Norman,
-Plantagenet, and Tudor kings.
-
-Of Ambresbury Camp, which we have now attained, much has been said and
-written in dispute as to its origin. There, however, seems to be little
-doubt that it formed an important British earthwork, and, despite all
-that has been said to the contrary, it is extremely probable that it
-formed the final stronghold of Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, from which
-she and her vast army of Britons issued forth to do battle with the Roman
-legions under Suetonius Paulinus, and suffered that terrible defeat of
-which history tells us. This is a spot, therefore, that awakens solemn
-thoughts.
-
-
-Copt Hall and Upshire.
-
-
-The road back to Waltham turns out of the Epping highway directly
-opposite the camp, and takes us by the main entrance and lodges of Copt
-Hall, once the stately seat of the abbots of Waltham, who frequently
-entertained royal heads, potent princes, and great nobles here. Robert
-Fuller, the last abbot, surrendered the beautiful mansion and domain to
-Henry VIII. at the Dissolution. In later times Copt Hall was the
-residence of the Princess Mary, subsequently the seat of the Earl of
-Middlesex, patron of old Thomas Fuller, and is now held by the Wythes
-family. Half a mile further on we enter the pretty hamlet of Upshire,
-with its broad expanse of green and pretty little church, built a year or
-two ago by Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., lord of the manor, whose fine
-domain of Warlies stretches far away over the undulating country to the
-north. The entrance to Warlies is passed at the bottom of the hill.
-Thence the way is by a pleasant country road, running through fields and
-pastures, with here and there a farm-house or a group of cottages, to
-Waltham Abbey again.
-
- [Picture: The Eleanor Cross at Waltham]
-
-
-
-CHAPTER III.
-WALTHAM CROSS AND THEOBALDS
-
-
-WALTHAM CROSS, which is not to be confounded with Waltham Holy Cross,
-commonly called Waltham Abbey, for whilst the latter is in Essex, the
-former is in Hertfordshire, and forms part of the parish of Cheshunt. To
-reach Waltham Cross, the visitor must retrace his steps towards the
-railway, and passing over this, the historic monument, which stands at
-the junction with the old Great North Road—is reached by a walk of five
-minutes’ duration.
-
-Waltham Cross was one of the several similar monuments erected to the
-memory of Queen Eleanor by her devoted husband, Edward I. She died at
-Herdby, near Grantham, on November 12, 1290, whence her remains were
-conveyed to Westminster for interment by stages which were marked by ten
-crosses. Of these only the crosses at Geddington, Northampton, and
-Waltham remain.
-
-Waltham Cross has long been admired as an elegant specimen of Early
-English or Middle Pointed architecture. It is hexagonal in form, and
-consists of three handsome stages or storeys, each terminated by an
-embattled frieze, whilst the angles are respectively supported by a
-graduated buttress, ornamented with foliated finials. Within the panels
-of the lower storey are shields bearing the arms of England, Castile, and
-Leon and Poictou; whilst statues of Queen Eleanor occupy niches on the
-second storey.
-
-
-The Four Swans Inn.
-
-
-Each corner of the road that here debouches upon the main high road is
-occupied by an inn, that nearer London being the Falcon, and the other
-the Four Swans. Both are survivals of that period of prosperity when the
-coaches between London and Cambridge sped along the road. Whilst,
-however, the Falcon has been rebuilt in recent times—a work which made
-possible the widening of the roadway and the preservation of the
-Cross—the Four Swans retains very much of its old-time glory, and its
-sign is still stretched across the main street, forming an advertisement
-of such a conspicuous character as would not be admissible now-a-days.
-The interior of this inn possesses many of those interesting features
-which are generally attached to old coaching and posting houses, and in
-its oldest portion is a handsome Jacobean staircase. Its foundation,
-however, dates far beyond even coaching days, for the house originally
-formed part of the possessions of the Abbey, of which it was a guest
-house, whilst the Abbot’s manorial court was held here. The oldest part
-of the house is that to the left of the gateway on entering, and it is
-highly probable that the suite of rooms in which the tenants
-assembled—described by Dr. Stukeley in 1752 as being “where the chimneys
-are”—were contained in this wing, whilst the older portion of the
-spacious apartment over the gateway, now used as a masonic hall, formed
-the abbot’s court-room. At other times the place was used for the
-lodgement of pilgrims and similar purposes. The sign of the Four Swans,
-the only one that I have met with, is derived from the arms of Earl
-Harold, whose shield had emblazoned upon it a cross with four swans.
-
- [Picture: The Eleanor Cross, showing detail of carving. From
- “Picturesque Hertfordshire.” Drawn by Duncan Moul]
-
- [Picture: Theobalds, formerly the favourite residence of King James I.]
-
-
-Theobalds.
-
-
-With the Abbey, the Cross, and the Four Swans Inn we leave behind us, it
-may be said, associations with and monuments of mediæval times, and enter
-upon the later, but no less stirring epoch of English history which is
-marked by the Tudor, Jacobean, and Commonwealth periods, by a visit to
-the historic seat of Theobalds, or Tibbles, as it is locally called. The
-entrance to the park is from the high road, close to Theobalds Grove
-Station on the Great Eastern Railway branch line to Cheshunt. As one
-saunters through the long leafy aisle, there comes to mind the reference
-to this famous seat and its locality in old Izaak Walton’s famous
-classic, the “Complete Angler,” wherein the angler, the hunter, and the
-falconer, each commends his recreation; Piscator avows his intention of
-going “this fine, fresh May morning,” as far as Ware, whereupon Venator
-says his purpose is to “drink my morning draught at the Thatched House,
-Hoddesdon,” and Anceps rejoins: “Sir, I shall, by your favour, bear you
-company as far as Theobalds, and there leave you; for then I turn up to a
-friend’s house, who mews a hawk for me, which I now long to see.” The
-present house of Theobalds, which is the seat of Lady Meux, is modern,
-having been erected in 1768, and, though large, is not beautiful. A view
-of the house and gardens can be obtained by taking the footpath on the
-left, running along the bank of the New River, the stream being widened
-into a lake here, and creating a very pretty feature of the Park lands.
-
-[Picture: Temple Bar. In its new home, at the main entrance to Theobalds
- Park]
-
-The main entrance to the house is by the famous Temple Bar, which stands
-a little further along the drive from which the path has been taken. A
-more beautiful setting for Wren’s wonderful gateway it would scarcely be
-possible to conceive or create, and I know not another gateway entrance
-to a private park or domain throughout the country that is more beautiful
-than this. The nobility of its lines, the grandeur of the design, and
-the beauty of the stone are here all thrown into wonderful relief by the
-rich green of the foliage which forms the setting of the gate. One
-cannot help wondering what Dr. Johnson, or Sir Joshua Reynolds, or
-Charles Lamb, to all of whom the old gate that marked the western
-boundary of the city was familiar, would have said if they could have
-seen it transported to its present position. They were all ardent lovers
-of the town, and would certainly have lamented its loss from their Fleet
-Street. The Doctor would probably have said, “Sir! it is a vile outrage
-upon the City of London.” Yet I think their artistic perceptions would
-have compelled them to admit that its new home endowed it with a grandeur
-that it never before possessed.
-
-Theobalds and its immediate vicinity is very rich in historic incidents.
-With it are associated the lives and deeds of Cardinal Wolsey, the great
-Lord Burleigh, Queen Elizabeth, James I., Charles I., the Cromwells, and
-others.
-
-Theobalds formed one of the six manors into which was parcelled the
-parish of Cheshunt, which itself at the time of the Conquest formed a
-manor in the Honour of Richmond, conferred upon Earl Alan by his uncle,
-William the Conqueror. The origin of the name is unknown, but in 1441 we
-find the manor of Theobalds was granted by the Crown to the hospital of
-St. Anthony, in London. About the middle of the sixteenth century it was
-conferred upon William Cecil, afterwards Lord Burleigh, Secretary of
-State to Edward VI. and Elizabeth. In July, 1564, the queen paid her
-trusty counsellor a visit here, and was so pleased with her reception and
-the beauty of the place, that she expressed her intention of returning
-hither at a future date. Cecil accordingly demolished the old grange and
-erected a spacious and handsome mansion for her majesty’s reception.
-
-A contemporary biographer of Cecil has pertinently observed, “He buylt
-three houses; one in London for necessity, another at Burghley, of
-computency for the mansion of his Barony, and another at Waltham for his
-younger sonne, which at the first he meant but for a little pile, as I
-have hard him saie, but after he came to enterteyne the Quene so often
-there he was inforced to enlarge it, rather for the Quene and her greate
-traine and to sette poore on worke, than for pompe or glory, for he ever
-said it wold be to big for the smalle living he cold leave his sonne.”
-The same author also says Cecil “greatlie delighted in making gardens,
-fountaines, and walkes, which at Theobalds were perfected most costly,
-bewtyfully and pleasauntly, while one might walk twoe myle in the walkes
-before he came to their ends.”
-
-Norden has remarked of Cecil’s new house: “To speake of the state and
-beauty thereof at large as it deserveth for curious Buildings,
-delightfull walkes and pleasaunt conceits within and without and other
-Thinges very glorious and elegant to be seene, would challenge a great
-portion of this little treatise, and therefore leaste I should come short
-of that one commendation that it deserveth, I leave it as indeede it is,
-a princely seate.”
-
-Vallens, in his “Tale of Two Swannes” (1590) also pays a graceful tribute
-to Cecil and old Theobalds in the following lines:
-
- “Now see these Swannes, the new and worthy seate
- Of famous Cecil, tresorer of the land,
- Whose wisdome, counsell, skill of princes’ state
- The world admires; then Swannes may do the same:
- The house it selfe doth shewe the owner’s wit,
- And may for beautie, state and every thing,
- Compared be with most within the land.”
-
-
-
-James I. and Theobalds.
-
-
-Lord Burleigh was succeeded in 1598 by his second son, Robert, first Earl
-of Salisbury, who here entertained James I. for four days on his way from
-Scotland to London to take possession of the throne, as well as the Lords
-of the Council, who were here to do homage to the son of Mary, Queen of
-Scots. In July, 1606, James again visited the earl at Theobalds,
-together with the King of Denmark, and their majesties were entertained
-with great magnificence during a stay of five days. The account of the
-proceedings related by a contemporary chronicler furnishes us with an
-interesting if not very edifying glimpse into the ways and manners of
-Court life in the seventeenth century. Much of the period of their
-majesties’ stay at Theobalds appears to have been occupied by a series of
-masques and debauches. At one of the pageants the King of Denmark
-represented Solomon, and a lady of the Court, in the character of the
-Queen of Sheba, proceeded to perform her part by laying gifts at the
-monarch’s feet. She had, however, imbibed so freely of the fine wines
-supplied from the Cecil cellar that she was unable to retain her balance,
-and fell, sprawling, into the lap of the king. Rising from his
-magnificent throne, the latter attempted to dance with the “fallen”
-queen, but the royal legs being as unsteady as those of the lady, the
-twain cut a sorry sight, and his majesty had to be carried away
-ignominiously to his chamber. “Now did appear,” writes the chronicler,
-who would seem to have been one of the guests, “Faith, Hope, and Charity.
-Hope did essay to speak, but wine did render her endeavours so feeble
-that she withdrew. Faith was then all alone, for I am certain she was
-not joined by Good Works, and left the Court in a staggering condition.
-Charity came then to the king’s feet, and soon returned to Hope and
-Faith, who were both sick in the lower hall.”
-
-So delighted was King Jamie with Theobalds and the hunting afforded by
-its domain, as well as in the adjoining Enfield Chase and Waltham Forest,
-that he prevailed upon the noble owner to exchange it for Hatfield, and
-the latter has since that time (1608) remained the home of the Cecils.
-The king enlarged the park of Theobalds, which he enclosed with a wall
-ten miles in circumference. He passed nearly all his leisure here, and
-died at Theobalds on March 25, 1625.
-
-Charles I. also received homage at Theobalds upon his succession to the
-throne, but he had not that affection for the place which his father
-displayed. He retired hither, however, at the end of 1641, or beginning
-of 1642, to escape the unpleasantness of State affairs, and in February
-of the latter year here received the solemn remonstrance of Parliament.
-Hence he set out a month later, with a body of adherents, to raise the
-Royal Standard at Nottingham. It is by some stated that the unfortunate
-king wrote a portion of the “Eikon Basilike” at Theobalds.
-
-That strange passion for destruction which possessed Cromwell and the
-Parliamentarians moved these ignorant sectarians to destroy the handsome
-palace reared by Lord Burleigh, and enlarged and beautified by James I.;
-its rich contents were dispersed, and its beautiful gardens ruthlessly
-destroyed.
-
-Charles II. bestowed the manor of Theobalds upon General Monk—for the
-consideration of £12,067 6s. 8d.—and created him Duke of Albemarle. It
-descended to the Duke of Montagu, and later to the Cromwell family, then
-with the estate of Cheshunt Park to the Russells, subsequently became the
-property of Sir George Prescott, and finally was purchased by the late
-Sir Henry Meux, Bart. In 1712, when Sir Thomas Abney lived at Theobalds,
-he persuaded Dr. Isaac Watts to retire hither. During his thirty-six
-years’ residence here the learned divine wrote his famous hymns and
-songs, and died in 1748 at the age of seventy-four.
-
-
-
-CHAPTER IV.
-CHESHUNT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
-
-
-OLD Cheshunt village is a little less than a mile north of Theobalds by
-the road that turns up the hill, opposite Temple Bar, to Bury Green,
-thence leaving the cemetery on the left. A pleasant old-fashioned inn,
-where the magisterial business was dispensed for many years, and a small
-cluster of houses form the old village to-day, with Cheshunt College, a
-foundation by Selina Countess of Huntingdon, for the training of
-Nonconformist ministers, hard by, and the fine old parish church reposing
-in its ample “God’s Acre,” opposite. But in quite recent times the
-builder has been busy in this locality, and at the bottom of the village
-a good many houses of the suburban villa type have been erected. The
-most populous part of Cheshunt has grown up along either side of the high
-road, here known as Cheshunt Street, nearly half a mile distant,
-eastward, leaving the old village isolated, as it were. But it was here
-that stood the fine old mansions for which the parish was once famed,
-grouped around and about the church. Of these more presently. Meantime
-a walk may profitably be taken along Church Gate, whence proceeding
-between some handsome old sixteenth century houses, with overhanging
-fronts, one steps into a street or lane that wears a most charming air of
-antiquity. At the bottom is the old Free school, founded by Robert
-Dewhurst in 1640, the building forming an interesting example of the
-domestic Tudor-Jacobean transition style.
-
-
-A strange Custom.
-
-
-Cheshunt is the modernised form of the Roman Cestrehunt. A British
-encampment is said to have existed here, a little to the west of the
-ancient Ermine Street, upon the track of which the high road now runs.
-What may be the remains of this exist in a field lying on the west of the
-churchyard and close to the cemetery. It is also recorded that a bank or
-earthen wall extended in early times through this parish, which is
-believed to have been the boundary of the East Saxons. In connection
-with this bank a curious custom exists. By this, if a copyholder dies
-seised of land on the west, or above bank, the right of succession falls
-to the eldest son, but if it is below the bank then to the youngest son.
-
- [Picture: In the village at Cheshunt]
-
-Cheshunt parish is an extensive one, and its physical aspect wonderfully
-varied, with a richly wooded undulating surface. There are many elevated
-situations from 300 to 354 feet above sea-level, and from most of these
-beautiful views of the surrounding country are to be enjoyed. The
-district, too, abounds in charming walks, and field paths are numerous.
-Large areas are devoted to fruit culture, roses, horticultural nurseries,
-and market gardens. Quite a feature of the place are the extensive rose
-nurseries of Messrs. Paul and Son in the high road, and these are well
-worthy a visit by lovers of flowers, to whom they are at all times
-accessible.
-
-It was to old Pengelly House, which stood in its spacious grounds (now
-built over), opposite Cheshunt College, that Richard Cromwell, the
-deposed Protector, retired after his return from the Continent in 1680.
-He spent his remaining days here as the guest of Sergeant Pengelly,
-afterwards Chief Baron of the Exchequer, in the name of Clarke.
-
-
-Cheshunt Great House.
-
-
-A little beyond the old village, on the road that runs to Goff’s Oak and
-Cheshunt Common—a beautiful breezy height—stands a structure that strikes
-one as odd in form and character. It is isolated and alone, occupying a
-slight elevation, and little conjecture is needed to recognise this as
-the remains of an old moated mansion. It is known as the Great House,
-and believed to have originally been the Palace of Waltham, of which
-ancient records speak, and later served as the seat of the lord of the
-manor of St. Andrews-le-Motte. The foundations of this structure are by
-some authorities considered to date back to the fifteenth century, and a
-well-known local antiquary asserts that it was built 1380–90, as the
-palace for Cardinal Henry Beaufort, second son of John of Gaunt. The
-original house was a quadrangular Gothic building, surrounded by a moat,
-of which traces are clearly discernible. A considerable portion of the
-structure was demolished in 1801. The Great House long formed a dower
-palace of the queens of England, and in 1519 was granted to Cardinal
-Wolsey.
-
- [Picture: Cheshunt Great House]
-
-Though it is difficult to be precise and certain about the history of
-this interesting old building, there can be no doubt about its being a
-very old foundation, and having formed part of a large and important
-domestic structure. The great hall, which is the chief feature of the
-remains, is a very noble apartment, and must belong to a period earlier
-than the Tudors. It is 27 feet long by 21 feet wide, with a height of 36
-feet to the centre of the arched roof. This is supported by ribs of
-chestnut wrought in the Gothic style. The sides are wainscoted, and the
-floor is paved with black and white marble. On the walls hang numerous
-portraits of kings and queens, statesmen, and others, most of them
-attributed to great masters. All I should like to say about them is that
-as portraits many are interesting. There are also some examples of chain
-and other armour and various weapons of war, as well as some curious
-pieces of furniture, said to have belonged to the mighty Cardinal.
-Several other apartments are open to visitors, and in one is a quaint
-rocking-horse reported to have belonged to Charles I., who was, of
-course, frequently at Theobalds in the days of his childhood. Grim and
-tragic stories are told about the underground chambers of this old place.
-
-
-Cheshunt Church.
-
-
-The handsome old parish church of St. Mary’s, which is seen from the
-Great House, pleasantly and serenely ensconced amid rich arboreal
-surroundings, is reached by a path through the fields opposite. Though
-its foundation dates back to a period anterior to the Conquest, for the
-church then existing was presented to the canon of the priory of Fulgar,
-in Brittany, by Constance, daughter of William of Normandy, the present
-church is a building of the sixteenth century, in the early Perpendicular
-or Transition style. It was erected by Nicholas Dixon, Clerk of the Pipe
-Office and Baron of the Exchequer, who held the Rectory, temp. Henry VI.
-Like many another parish church this of Cheshunt has undergone numerous
-alterations and additions, ill-planned restorations and barbaric
-effacements, but the survival is a beautiful building, of noble
-proportions and of no slight architectural interest. Perhaps its most
-noticeable feature is the fine stone and flint embattled tower, with an
-octagon cupola at the south-east corner. This probably replaced the
-spire which originally graced the tower, and from a date on the lead
-beneath would seem to have been erected in 1811. From another angle
-formerly projected a cresset, very similar to that on Hardley Church,
-near Barnet. The precise use of these old beacon lights on churches
-seems not to be very clear, but they were probably used as signals of
-alarm in troublous times.
-
- [Picture: The Parish Church, Cheshunt]
-
-Few who enter this church by the handsome doorway at the base of the
-tower, the armorial ornamentation of which is worthy notice, will fail to
-admire the view which is afforded when standing beneath the noble western
-arch of the lower wall, by the handsome nave and chancel, lighted by a
-clerestory, and closed in by an open timber roof, the latter beautifully
-painted. There is a good deal to interest one within the church. There
-will be noticed a modern Rood screen across the chancel front, and
-originally there existed a very handsome screen of this character, access
-to which was gained by a small staircase on the southern side, which was
-clumsily demolished at the restoration in 1872. In the chancel pavement
-is a brass to Nicholas Dixon, the founder, whilst a Gothic altar tomb of
-Purbeck marble occupies a recess in the north wall. The latter is to the
-memory of Robert Dacres, of Cheshunt, Privy Councillor to Henry VIII.
-Other notable monuments are those of Sir Henry Atkins, physician to James
-I. and Charles, Daniel Dodson and Margaret Lady Whatton, whose virtues
-are thus recited:
-
- “Fair as an Angel, virtuous as a saint,
- Whose beauty and whose grace no art can paint,
- Highly belov’d by all and so admir’d,
- As much bewail’d when she from hence retir’d,
- Her soul so pure from earth to Heaven soar’d,
- There to enjoy the God she here enjoy’d,” etc.
-
-Between the nave and chancel on either side is a curious ornamental
-opening pierced through the wall. What purpose these served it is hard
-to determine. In the tower chamber, which has a beautiful vaulted roof,
-is the ancient octagonal font of Purbeck marble, as well as the very old
-alms chest or poor man’s box, with three fine hasps and locks, and
-strongly bonded with iron. In the churchyard stand a large square tomb,
-the burial place of the Cromwell family for several generations.
-
-The Cromwells held Cheshunt Park, which lies a little less than a mile
-north of the church, beyond Flamstead End. This pleasant little hamlet
-would seem by its name to furnish another link with Saxon times, for
-Flamstead in Anglo-Saxon would mean “place of refuge.”
-
-The manor of Cheshunt Park originally belonged to the Crown, but was
-purchased by Sir William Cecil in 1570, and became merged in the manor of
-Theobalds. It was seized with other Crown lands by the Parliament in
-1650, and then leased to William Groff. Thence it passed to the
-Cromwells and Russells. Mrs. Russell was the last person who bore at
-birth the name of Cromwell, through direct male descent. Her father,
-Oliver, great-grandson of Henry, son of the Protector, was very desirous
-of leaving his name to his son-in-law, and applied several times for the
-royal licence for Mr. Russell to assume it. But the king, George III.,
-always refused, saying, “No! no! No more Oliver Cromwells!” There is a
-plan of the park made in connection with a survey in 1611, in the British
-Museum, and it is therein stated to be “in length just 3 myles and in
-circuit along the paile 8 myle lack 30 poles.”
-
-At the northern extremity of the parish, along the high road, lies the
-hamlet of Turnford, still a picturesque little spot, though now given
-over to the builder and market gardener. Scores of acres of glasshouses
-exist here. In early times, however, the famous nunnery of the
-Benedictines extended along the eastern side of the road here. At the
-Dissolution this, with other lands in the parish, fell into the
-possession of that “old land grabber,” as a Herts antiquary has dubbed
-Sir Anthony Denny. Nothing now remains of the nunnery.
-
-Cheshunt Street contains a good many interesting examples of old domestic
-architecture. There is rather a curious structure here known locally as
-the Round House, which has been in the family of the present owner since
-the time of Elizabeth. It was built by a descendant of one of
-Elizabeth’s sea captains, who was engaged in the seven years’ war. He
-settled down here, and called it Effingham Place.
-
-
-The heights of Cheshunt
-
-
-The highlands of Cheshunt are all of a beautiful character, and the
-climate of these elevated situations is particularly healthful, the air
-being clear and bracing. To the north lie Hammond Street, Appleby
-Street, and the beautiful sylvan hamlet of Beaumont Manor; to the west is
-the pleasant old village of Goff’s Oak, with pretty Newgate Street
-beyond, and the noble domain of Wood Green Park adjacent. More to the
-north is the picturesque old hamlet of Cuffley, to the curative waters of
-whose well King James frequently repaired. From Cuffley one may enjoy a
-very fine view of the Lea Valley and the richly timbered undulations of
-Epping Forest. The little place is effectually cut off from the affairs
-of ordinary civilisation, and is as isolated as a hamlet in the heart of
-Warwickshire.
-
-Goff’s Oak is a pretty little place, with many interesting features about
-it. Its numerous cottages—there is only one good-sized house—lie,
-irregularly disposed on either side of the road, often behind ample
-gardens beautiful with lilies and larkspur, rocket, wallflowers,
-hollyhocks, and other old-time flowers. It gains its name from a famous
-old oak tree, said to have been planted by one of William the Conqueror’s
-heroes, Sir Theodore Godfrey, to whom lands here had been assigned (hence
-Godfrey’s—Geoffrey’s Oak—Geoff’s—Goff’s Oak). The venerable tree, of
-which only the trunk now remains, has a girth of over twenty feet at
-three feet from the ground. It reminds one of the beautiful lines of
-Dryden:
-
- “The Monarch Oak, the Patriarch of the Trees,
- Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;
- Three centuries he grows, and three he stays,
- Supreme in state; and in three more decays.”
-
- [Picture: Decorative footer]
-
-
-
-
-A CHRONOLOGY OF WALTHAM HOLY CROSS,
-OTHERWISE WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
-
- BY THE REV. J. H. STAMP.
-
- 54 B.C. The British Prince Caswallon encamps at Waltham.
- circ. A.D. 64. Defeat, death, and burial of Queen Boadicea near
- Warlies, in this Parish.
- A.D. 894. King Alfred floods Waltham Marshes and discomfits
- the Danes.
- circ. 1030. Discovery of the Holy Cross of Waltham at
- Montacute, in Somerset. Tovi, Canute’s Standard
- Bearer, builds the first Parish Church of
- Waltham.
- 1059. Earl Harold, afterwards King, erects his Norman
- Church on the site of Tovi’s Church.
- 1060. Consecration of Harold’s Church on May 3rd, in
- the presence of King Edward the Confessor.
- 1062. Foundation of Harold’s secular college.
- 1066–7. Burial of King Harold before the High Altar.
- 1177. Harold’s College dissolved and Augustinian Priory
- founded by Henry II.
- 1184. Waltham Priory becomes Waltham Abbey.
- 1201. Hugh Nevil, the Crusader and High Justice,
- interred in the Choir.
- 1252. Interment of Archdeacon Passelew,
- Bishop-designate of Chichester.
- 1286–1370. Restoration of Nave of Parish Church, Decorated
- West Front inserted, and Lady Chapel erected.
- 1290. The body of Queen Eleanor deposited in the Church
- for one night.
- 1291–2. Erection of Eleanor Memorial at Waltham Cross.
- 1307. King Edward the First’s body rests for three
- months near Harold’s Tomb.
- circ. 1370. Erection of the Abbey Gateway and Walls.
- 1400. Abbot William de Harleston assists at the Funeral
- of Richard II., at Kings Langley.
- circ. 1509. Stained Glass Window, presented to Waltham by
- Henry VIII., now in St. Margaret’s, Westminster.
- 1528–29. Henry VIII. at Waltham. Cranmer meets Fox and
- Gardiner in the Homeland, near the Abbey of
- Waltham, and strikes the keynote of the
- Reformation.
- circ. 1530–40. The King places Waltham at the head of his scheme
- of new Bishoprics. Thomas Tallis, Organist of
- the Abbey.
- 1540. Monastery dissolved on March 24th. Abbot, Robert
- Fuller, Ex-prior of St. Bartholomew’s,
- Smithfield.
- 1540–52. Destruction of the Monastery, Choir, Transepts,
- Eastern Chapels, and Central Tower. Estates
- granted to Sir Anthony Denny.
- 1556–58. Present Tower erected at the West End. Five
- Abbey Bells sold to provide funds for the
- completion of the Steeple.
- 1563. Parish Registers commenced.
- 1565. John Foxe, the Martyrologist, resides at Waltham.
- 1600. Sir Edward Denny, Knt. (comrade of Sir Philip
- Sidney and Spenser, the Poet), interred in the
- Chancel.
- 1605–27. Dr. Joseph Hall, author of the Contemplations,
- &c., Incumbent of the Parish, afterwards Bishop
- of Exeter and Norwich.
- 1613. Birth of Dr. George Hall, third son of Bishop
- Hall, at Waltham Abbey. He became Archdeacon of
- Canterbury and Bishop of Chester.
- 1619. Lady Elizabeth Greville, cousin to Lady Jane
- Grey, interred in the Abbey Church.
- 1637–38. Edward, Baron Denny of Waltham, and Earl of
- Norwich, interred in the Chancel; also his wife,
- the Lady Mary Cecil, Granddaughter of Lord
- Burleigh.
- 1648–58. Dr. Thomas Fuller, Church Historian, incumbent of
- Waltham.
- circ. 1656. Six Bells presented by the Parishioners.
- 1660. James Haye, the second Earl of Carlisle and Baron
- of Waltham, interred in the Chancel.
- 1668. Restoration of Church and Lady Chapel.
- 1798–1810. Repair and alteration of Tower. Two Bells added.
- circ. 1837–40. Lord Tennyson resides at Beech Hill Park in this
- Parish.
- 1848–50. Dr. W. H. Cummings (Principal of Guildhall School
- of Music), Organist of Abbey Church.
- 1853. Great West Doorway Restored: Ambrose Poynter,
- Esq., Architect.
- 1859–60. Restoration of Interior: W. Burges, Esq.,
- Architect. East Windows designed by Sir E.
- Burne-Jones. Ceiling painted by Sir E. J.
- Poynter, P.R.A.
- 1876. Restoration of the Lady Chapel by Sir T. Fowell
- Buxton, Bart.
- 1879–93. Reconstruction and completion of the Organ.
- 1882. Lord Frederick Cavendish at Waltham the Sunday
- before his assassination in Phœnix Park on May
- 6th, when Queen Victoria visited the Parish, and
- declared “the Royal Forest of Waltham free and
- open to the Public for ever.”
- 1886. Carved Oak Screen, presented by the Parishioners,
- in memory of Rev. J. Francis, Vicar of the Parish
- 1846–85.
- 1887. Illuminated Memorial Clock and Westminster chimes
- presented by J. Parnell, Esq., J.P.
- 1901–2. Erection of St. Thomas’ Mission Church, near
- Warlies Park, by Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart.,
- G.C.M.G.
- 1902. Unveiling of Rough Riders’ Memorial Tablet by Sir
- Ian Hamilton.
- 1904–5. Repair of upper stage of the Tower, rebuilding of
- parapet with battlements and turrets in
- accordance with the original design of 1556–8.
-
-INDEX.
-
- PAGE
-Abbey Gateway, The 14
-,, Waltham 9
-Abbots of Waltham 26
-Ambresbury Camp 33
-Architecture of the Abbey 22
-
-Beech, High 31
-Beech Hill Park 32
-Brasses in the Abbey 25
-
-Cheshunt 44
-Cheshunt Church 48
-,, College 44
-,, Free School 44
-,, Park 50
-Churches:—
- The Abbey 9
- Cheshunt 48
- High Beech 32
- Upshire 34
-Copt Hall 32
-
-Eleanor Cross, Waltham, The 35
-Eleanor, Queen 10
-Ermine Street 44
-
-Four Swans, The 35
-Foxe, John 29
-Fuller, Thomas 10
-
-Goff’s Oak 51
-Great House, Cheshunt, The 46
-Gunpowder Factory 12
-
-Harold’s Bridge 16
-Harold, King 20
-Harold’s Burial Place 21
-Henry VIII. and Waltham 13
-High Beech 31
-High Beech Church 32
-History of Waltham Abbey 9
-Holy Cross, The 17
-Honey Lane 31
-
-James I., King 42
-
-King’s Oak Inn, The 32
-
-Lady Chapel, The 26
-Lea Navigation, The 12
-Legend of the Holy Cross 17
-
-Market Place, Waltham 28
-
-Pillory, The 24
-Potato Cellar, The 28
-
-Reformation, The Keynote of the 13
-Romeland 12
-Rose Nurseries, Cheshunt 46
-Round House, Cheshunt 51
-
-Stocks, Waltham, The 24
-
-Temple Bar 40
-Tennyson, Lord 32
-Theobalds 38
-Tombs 25, 49
-Tovi the Proud 17
-Turnford 51
-
-Upshire 34
-,, Church 34
-
-Wake Arms Inn, The 32
-Waltham Abbey 9, 17
-,, History of 9
-,, and Henry VIII. 13
-Waltham Cross 35
-Watts, Dr. 43
-Whipping Post, The 24
-
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-Where to Stay at Waltham Abbey.
-NEW INN COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
-
-
- Sun Street, . . . . . . . .
- WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
- _The House for Catering_.
- ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR DINNERS, TEAS, &c.
-
- [Picture: Photograph of New Inn Commercial Hotel, Waltham Abbey]
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-
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-
- * * * * *
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-
-THE COCK HOTEL,
-. . . WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
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- Cigars.
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- much its quality is appreciated.
-
- Per dozen . . . . . 42/-
-
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-All Seeds and Bulbs sent carriage and packing free on receipt of
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-[Picture: Graphic heading for Barr’s Superior Seeds for Flowers & Kitchen
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-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-. . MILK . .
-
-
- _Delivered Direct from the_
- _Farm to the Consumer_.
-
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-
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-
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-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-_When you want_ . . .
-Boots and Shoes
-
-
-you will be well GUIDED if you go to
-
- F. BUTTERFIELD,
- The Cash Boot Stores,
- WALTHAM CROSS.
-
- With every CHANGING SEASON you will there
- find a very Large Variety of
-
- Up-to-Date Boots and Shoes
- . . suitable for . .
- _ANY POSSIBLE REQUIREMENT_.
-
- ALWAYS the Latest Shapes,
- ALWAYS the Best Possible Value,
-
- NO JOB LINES, but
-
- ALWAYS the Very Best Lines in Footwear
-
-that can be secured for money.
-
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-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-COALS! COALS!
-
-
- Best Qualities
- AT
- Lowest Prices.
-
- J.& H. GIRLING.
-
- * * * * *
-
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-
- * * * * *
-
- Office—79, Eleanor Cross Road, Waltham Cross.
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-_For BOOTS and SHOES_
-GO TO
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-
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- REPAIRS A SPECIALITY.
-
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-
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- Posters. Telegrams:—
- Handbills.
- Billheads. “Welsford, Waltham Cross.”
- Memos.
- Time Sheets. * * * * *
- Prospectuses.
- Circulars. H. WELSFORD,
- Pamphlets.
- Balance Sheets. _Caxton_ . .
- Programmes. _Steam_ . .
- Note Headings. _Printing_ . .
- Testimonials. _Works_ . .
- Sermons.
- Visiting Cards. WALTHAM CROSS.
- Business Cards.
- Invitation Cards. * * * * *
- Wedding Cards.
- Xmas Cards. Good Commercial . . .
- Mourning Cards. Printing at Moderate . . .
- Receipt Books. Prices. . . .
- Order Books.
- Delivery Books. Up-to-date Plant . . .
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- Prompt Delivery . . .
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- Pocket Time Table . . .
-
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-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-D. J. CARTER,
-
-
- WILLOW DEALER,
- Cricket and Lawn Tennis Outfitter,
- 109, ELEANOR CROSS ROAD, and
- 103, HIGH STREET,
- Waltham Cross, HERTS.
-
- * * * * *
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- EVERY DESCRIPTION OF INDOOR & OUTDOOR
- SPORTS AND GAMES SUPPLIED.
-
- REPAIRS A SPECIALITY.
-
- * * * * *
-
- The following Makers’ Goods can be supplied at
- the shortest possible notice:
-
- MESSRS.
- F. H. AYRES; BREEDON; F. SURRIDGE; CLAPSHAW;
- FRANK BRYAN; DUKE & SON; W. SYKES;
- FELTHAM & CO.; GRADIDGE & SONS; VAUGHAN;
- GUNN & MOORE; QUAIFE BROS.; ODD & SON;
- T. H. PROSSER & SONS; WINDETT & SMITH;
- RILEY & CO.; WISDEN & CO.
-
- D. J. CARTER’S Cricket Bats,
- The Slogger, 10/6 each. The Ideal, 12/6 each.
- Perfection, 15/- each. The Autocrat, 18/6 each.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-METCALFE’S EMPORIUM,
-_Established 1877_,
-
-
- For Furniture, Bedding, Carpets, Sewing
- Machines, Wringers, Mangles, Wedding Rings,
- Jewellery, Watches, Clocks, Drapery, Ladies’
- Jackets, Mantles, Dress Goods, Under Linen,
- Baby Linen, Musical Instruments, Pianos,
- Gramophones, Musical Boxes, Boots and Shoes.
- Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing, ready
- made and to measure, fit guaranteed. Every
- requisite for the Household.
-
-Pay for a complete home or any single article by easiest of easy
-instalments, or 5 per cent. discount for cash. A pair of Boots for 6d.
-per week. A good Silver Watch for 1/- per week. A Piano for 2/6 per
-week. 20/- worth of Goods for 6d. per week. A Suit of Clothes for 1/-
-per week.
-
- * * * * *
-
-_NOTICE_.—_Any of the above-mentioned goods_, _and others too numerous to
-mention_, _kept in stock_. _A visit is respectfully solicited_, _or
-price of goods will be sent on application_.
-
- * * * * *
-
-NOTE THE ADDRESS:
-
- W. METCALFE,
- HOUSE FURNISHER, GENERAL DRAPER, CLOTHIER,
- BOOT & SHOE MERCER, &c.,
-
- WALTHAM NEW TOWN, WALTHAM CROSS, N.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-General and Fancy Drapery,
-R. H. MARLOW.
-
-
-MILLINERY, HOSIERY,
-HABERDASHERY, BOOTS
-AND SHOES.
-
-TERMS—CASH on or
-before Delivery.
-
- POST OFFICE,
- 149
- Eleanor Cross Rd.,
- WALTHAM NEW TOWN.
-
- ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
-
- Straw Hats and Bonnets Trimmed Free of Charge.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-Works: STATION ROAD.
-
-
- T. C. HOWARD,
- Carpenter, Builder & Decorator,
- 7, YORK ROAD,
- WALTHAM CROSS, N.
-
- •••••••••••••••••
- All kinds of Drainage and Sanitary Work done.
- •••••••••••••••••
-
- _Estimates given for all kinds of House Repairs_.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.
-H. J. BOLTON,
-_Cowkeeper and Dairy Farmer_,
-WALTHAM CROSS.
-
-
- PURE NEW MILK SUPPLIED FROM HIS OWN COWS,
- . . ALSO . .
- STERILIZED & HUMANISED MILK TO ORDER.
-
- Always obtainable at:
- DAIRY FARM, STATION ROAD, WALTHAM CROSS;
- THE DAIRY, No. 171, HIGH ROAD, WALTHAM CROSS;
- No. 25, HIGHBRIDGE STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
-All Cream supplied is “Separator Skimmed,” and all Butter sold is made
-from “Separated” Cream. Ice is manufactured on the premises with water
-supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board.
-
-All Milk supplied is now passed through a Filter, which removes all
-sediment, and which is far superior to the old-fashioned strainer.
-
- ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WALTER LAWRENCE & SON,
-BUILDING . . . . .
-CONTRACTORS.
-
-
-_HEAD OFFICE_:—
-
- Canal Works,
- Waltham Cross, N.
-
-AND AT
-
- Moselle Works,
- Tottenham, N.
-
-NAT. TEL. 5, WALTHAM CROSS. 1741, TOTTENHAM.
-
- ESTABLISHED 1871.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-FUNERALS PERSONALLY CONDUCTED.
-STRICTLY MODERATE CHARGES.
-
-
- WILLIAM H. MASH,
-
- [Picture: Photograph of William H. Marsh’s establishment]
-
- FUNERAL FURNISHER and MONUMENTAL MASON.
-
- 230, High St., and 18, Trinity Villas,
- WALTHAM CROSS.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-H. C. WALSH,
-
-
-Cycle and = = =
-Motor = =
-Works,
-
- Cheshunt,
- Herts.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-_Established 1717_.
-RICHARD GATER & SONS,
-UNDERTAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS,
-
-
- Cabinet Makers, French Polishers, Paper Hangers,
- and General House Decorators.
-
- * * * * *
-
- CONTRACTORS FOR HOUSE REPAIRS.
-
- * * * * *
-
- NOTE—
- 84, King Edward’s Rd., Waltham Cross,
- HERTS, N.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-_E. ROPER_,
-
-
- Cowkeeper and
- Dairy Farmer,
-
- [Picture: Drawing of a cow]
-
- Crossbrook house,
- High Street, CHESHUNT.
-
- * * * * *
-
- Claremont Farm, GOFFS OAK.
-
-Butter, Eggs and Cream.
-
- Families waited upon twice daily.
-
- Cows kept on the Premises.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-91, TURNER’S HILL, CHESHUNT, HERTS.
-AUG. J. HALL.
-
-
- Printing, Stationery, Fancy Goods & Toys.
-
- Large assortment of
- LOCAL POST CARDS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
-
- ROYAL DEVONSHIRE ART POTTERY.
-
- Bookbinding, Relief Stamping, Copper-plate
- Printing.
-
- _Letterpress Printing done ON THE PREMISES_.
- Newspapers and Periodicals delivered. Lending Library.
- AGENT FOR PULLARS’ DYE WORKS, PERTH.
-
- * * * * *
-
- ORDERS BY POST PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-The Model
-DAIRY,
-17, TURNER’S HILL,
-CHESHUNT.
-
-
- Special Pure Rich Milk, Butter and Eggs
- DELIVERED TWICE DAILY,
- FROM THE
- DAIRY AT NETHER HALL.
-
- * * * * *
-
- A. E. SWANTON, Proprietor.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-_Cheshunt Funeral Establishment_.
-
-
- DISTANCE NO OBJECT.
-
- A. G. NICHOLAS,
- FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
- 189, TURNER’S HILL,
- (Opposite Moray Place).
- _MEMORIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION_.
- Office of Church of England Temperance and General Permanent Benefit
- Building Society.
- Telegraphic Address: Nicholas, Undertaker, Cheshunt.
-
- * * * * *
-
-Of the many classes of business called into requisition by the
-requirements of mundane existence, that of the Funeral Furnisher demands
-an interest which it is seldom accorded. This is, however, not the
-correct position to adopt in what is an eminently practical age, so, at
-least, we are taught to believe; and, therefore, we should not disdain
-knowledge on so important a subject.
-
- * * * * *
-
-In the district of Cheshunt no name is more intimately associated with
-funeral furnishing than that of Mr. A. G. Nicholas, and no house has made
-a more thorough study of the details of the business so as to entail upon
-the relatives and friends of the deceased the minimum amount of trouble
-and discomfort. Over twenty years ago witnessed his initial steps in
-founding what is now the only business which makes a speciality of this
-class of work, as the premises recently constructed at 189, Turner’s Hill
-make sufficiently plain to the passer-by. Commencing business as a
-joiner, builder, and undertaker at the period mentioned, the marked
-development of the latter department—as witness the many interments of
-deceased persons—has induced Mr. Nicholas to give special attention to
-this branch, which includes cremating and embalming, the erecting of all
-descriptions of monumental masonry, surveys of property, and transactions
-in all forms of life and other insurance, agencies being held for many
-leading companies.
-
-When we consider the opportunity which the undertaker possesses for
-exercising influence upon persons under great mental strain, it will be
-seen how essential it is that they should be men who are above suspicion.
-Happily, however, the morale of the business has greatly improved, which
-is due in a large measure to the standard of the tradesmen who may be
-said to be representative of their calling.
-
- Cromwell Cottages, Cheshunt, June 5th, 1891.
-
-Dear Mr. Nicholas.—On behalf of myself and the rest of our family, I wish
-to thank you for the way in which you conducted the funeral of my mother
-and brother. I am sure you studied our feelings in every possible way,
-and we all think the charges very moderate indeed. Again thanking you,—I
-remain, yours truly,
-
- H. NORRIS.
-
- King’s Road, Doncaster, June 22nd, 1895.
-
-Dear Sir,—P.O.O. for the balance of your account enclosed. Thanking you
-for the nice quiet way in which the interment was conducted,—Yours
-faithfully,
-
- H. BEAVAN.
-
- Wimbledon, April 1st, 1904.
-
-Dear Mr. Nicholas,—I feel that I must write to thank you for your great
-kindness to us in our trouble, and for the kind help you gave to save us
-bother in every possible way you could. I cannot express to you all I
-feel about it; but, believe me, my sisters and I will never forget your
-kindness to us; and if there were just a few more about as ready as
-yourself to lend a helping hand, the world might be a happier one.—With
-very kind regards, I am yours sincerely,
-
- EMILY NEALE.
-
- Oxted, May 15th, 1904.
-
-Dear Mr. Nicholas,—I had not an opportunity of seeing you yesterday, to
-thank you for undertaking the removal of the body of my poor brother, and
-for the great trouble it must have put you to. I can assure you that you
-have all our sincere thanks, and we quite appreciate all the difficulties
-you must have had to contend with. Now he is at rest, we can also rest.
-You will, I am sure, know how we can and do appreciate this after such an
-anxious and trying time as last week. We could not do this but for the
-trouble you must have taken for us.—Yours very truly,
-
- E. A. SWAN.
-
- Leyton, Essex, October 29th, 1904.
-
-Mr. Nicholas. Dear Sir,—I beg to offer my sincere thanks for the trouble
-you have taken in connection with the interment of my deceased father on
-the 27th inst., for the nice way in which your arrangements were made and
-carried out in so quiet and sympathetic a manner that all the mourners
-thought you had conducted the funeral in such a way that the thanks of
-the family were justly due to you. I hope you will accept these through
-me, the son of the late Henry Brewster.
-
- I remain, yours sincerely, C. BREWSTER.
-
- Chiswick, December 31st, 1904.
-
-Dear Mr. Nicholas.—Many thanks for your kindness in effecting the
-purchase of my late husband’s grave. I must thank you and express my
-appreciation of the able and reverent manner in which the funeral
-arrangements were carried out, and with kind regards, I remain yours
-faithfully,
-
- EMMA OLIVER.
-
- Insurance [Picture: Mr. A. G. Builder
- Agent. Nicolas] and
- Contractor.
- Fire, Life
- and Estimates
- Accident. for
- Repairs.
-
- Rents
- Collected.
-
-The local “Weekly Telegraph,” reporting the funeral of the late Mr. R. T.
-Gardner, in 1899, who was for twenty-five years rate collector of the
-Parish of Cheshunt, mentioned the fact that the arrangements were
-undertaken by Mr. Nicholas, at the request of the deceased, made shortly
-before his death.
-
-The following has reference to one of Mr. Nicholas’s building
-transactions:
-
- Willesden Lane, N.W.
-
-Dear Mr. Nicholas,—I am in receipt of your account, which I think
-reasonable. I enclose a cheque for £50. Thanking you for the personal
-interest which you took in the work, and the highly successful way in
-which it was carried out,—With kind regards, yours faithfully,
-
- HERBERT T. ANDREWS.
-
- The originals of the above letters are open to inspection.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-GEO. BLAXLAND,
-THE CITY TAILOR,
-_Hatter_, _Hosier & Gentlemen’s Outfitter_.
-
-
- [Picture: Photograph of G. Blaxland’s shop]
-
- MEN’S WEAR.
-
- Best Makes and Newest Shapes in
- HATS & CAPS, RAINPROOF COATS & CYCLE CAPES.
-
-_All New Designs for this_ _Tailoring a Speciality_.
-_Season_ _Perfect Fit Guaranteed_.
-_Newest Styles in Ready-_ _A Large Selection of Ties_,
-_made Suits_, _in Large_ _Gloves_, _Shirts_, _Collars and
-_Variety_ Hosiery_
-
- JUVENILE AND YOUTHS’ CLOTHING, IN ALL SIZES.
-
- * * * * *
-
- TURNER’S MILL, CHESHUNT.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-C. & A. BLAXLAND,
-FAMILY GROCERS,
-Wine, Spirit, Beer & provision Merchants.
-
-
- [Picture: Photograph of C. & A. Blaxland’s shop]
-
- DEALERS IN CORN AND POULTRY FOOD.
- _AGENTS FOR W. & A. GILBEY_.
-
- Bass’s Pale Ale, Guinness’s Stout. Barrett’s, Whitbread’s,
- Fremlin’s and Truman’s Ale and Stout in Bottles and Casks.
-
- PATENT MEDICINES.
-
- * * * * *
-
- CHESHUNT.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-T. BONES,
-Florist and Nurseryman
-HIGH STREET, CHESHUNT.
-
-
- WREATHS, CROSSES, WEDDING BOUQUETS, and
- other Floral Arrangements, made of the Choicest
- Flowers, on the Shortest Notice.
-
- FRESH CUT FLOWERS, in variety, ALWAYS AT HAND.
- _PRICES TO SUIT ALL CLASSES_.
- BEDDING PLANTS, etc., at Lowest Prices for Good Stuff.
-
- * * * * *
-
- ORDERS BY POST WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-ROBERT ARCHER,
-Builder, House Decorator and Undertaker,
-
-
- (Established 70 Years.)
- ESTIMATES FOR ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS.
-
- Funerals conducted to or from all parts of the Country.
-
- DESIGNS SUBMITTED AND MEMORIALS SUPPLIED.
- Telegrams—“ARCHER, WALTHAM CROSS.”
-
- Office: 43, TURNER’S HILL.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-ROLAND R. ARCHER,
-
-43, Plans, Specifications
-TURNER’S HILL, and Detail Drawings
-CHESHUNT. prepared for New
- Buildings, Alterations
- and Additions at
- Reasonable Fees.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-J. EDWIN GAZE, M.P.S.
-
-
- (_Late HOPPER & Co._)
- Dispensing and Family Chemist,
- 77, Turner’s Hill, Cheshunt.
-
- * * * * *
-
- STORE PRICES FOR CASH.
- _PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS A SPECIALITY_.
-
- * * * * *
-
- DARK ROOM FOR AMATEURS.
- — _DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN_. —
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-CHESHUNT BUN HOUSE.
-J. L. STOREY,
-Bread and Biscuit Baker,
-—_PASTRYCOOK AND CONFECTIONER_, —
-
-
- Turner’s Hill, CHESHUNT, HERTS.
-
- * * * * *
-
- Genuine Home-Made Bread. Peak Frean’s Biscuits.
- Rowntree’s, Fry’s and Cadbury’s Chocolates.
-
- * * * * *
-
- — FAMILIES WAITED UPON DAILY. —
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM ABBEY.
-M. CUTHBERT,
-Stationer and Newsagent,
-13, SUN ST., WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
-
- LOCAL VIEWS A SPECIALITY.
- GIANT POST CARDS, 12 ins. by 9 ins., of THE ABBEY, Etc.,
- 3d. Each.
-
- * * * * *
-
- A VERY LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF
- LOCAL VIEW POST CARDS.
-
- — CALL AND INSPECT. —
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM ABBEY.
-WM. PALLETT, Junr.,
-Corn and Seed Merchant,
-_WALTHAM ABBEY_.
-
-
- * * * * *
-
- Office and Retail Department—
- 34, HIGH BRIDGE STREET.
- Mills and Granaries—
- NEAR THE ABBEY.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WILLIAM PALLETT, JUNR.
-
-
- _Stationer_, _Newsagent_,
- _and_
- _Fancy Toy Dealer_,
-
- CHURCH-YARD, WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
- Picture Framing and Bookbinding.
- FISHING TACKLE IN GREAT VARIETY.
-
- * * * * *
-
- _Photographs of Churches and Places of Interest_
- _in the Neighbourhood_.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM ABBEY.
-MELLODEW & COCKS,
-
-
- _22_, _Sewardstone Street_,
-
- _WALTHAM ABBEY_.
-
- [Picture: Photograph of Mellodew & Cocks, Grocers & Provision Merchants]
-
- For the Best of Everything in . . . Grocery and Provisions.
-
- THE CHEAPEST MONEY CAN BUY.
-
-Trading Stamps Families Waited
-Given Gratis . . . on Daily . . . . . .
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM ABBEY.
-_W. CLAYDEN_,
-Corn, Forage,
-Flour, and Seed Merchant.
-
-
- NOTED FOR MIDLOTHIAN OATMEAL.
-
- * * * * *
-
- TRY OUR
- SELF-RAISING FLOUR.
-
- * * * * *
-
- _PASTRY FLOUR A SPECIALITY_.
-
- * * * * *
-
- SPRATT’S PATENT POULTRY AND
- DOG FOODS.
-
- * * * * *
-
- ALL KINDS OF
- BIRD SEEDS AND OTHER FOODS.
- POULTRY MIXTURES.
-
- * * * * *
-
- ALL GOODS ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY.
-
- * * * * *
-
- 18, SUN STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WALTHAM ABBEY STORES.
-HORACE PEMBLE,
-SUN STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
-
-Draper, Milliner, Outfitter, Tailor, Hatte
-Hosier, and General House Furnisher.
-
- COOPER AND SON’S NOTED “BEEHIVE”
- BOOTS AND SHOES.
-
-AGENT FOR BERRIE’S
-MANCHESTER
-DYEING
-WORKS.
-
- Grocer,
- Provision,
- Wine, Beer, and
- Spirit Merchant.
-
- Peek, Frean’s, and McVitie and Price’s
- Celebrated Cakes and Biscuits.
- Pickles, Sauces, and Jams. Brushes and Brooms.
- Patent Medicines at Store Prices.
-
- * * * * *
-
- SEWING MACHINES BY FRISTER AND ROSSMANS.
- Agent for the Royal Fire and Life Insurance Company.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM ABBEY.
-JOHN ALPS,
-50, SUN STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
-
-The Oldest Ironmonger’s
- Business in
- Waltham Abbey.
-
- ••••••••
-
-Manufacturer in all
- Branches of the
- Trade.
-
- Copper, Tin,
- Zinc and Iron
- Plate Worker.
-
- GASFITTER, SMITH, &c.
-
- A Good Assortment of Incandescent GAS
- FITTINGS, MANTLES and GLOBES
- always in Stock, at Popular Prices.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-Repairs! UPTON’S, Repairs!
-The Old Established
-BOOT & SHOE WAREHOUSE.
-
-
- ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS.
-
-Well selected Stock of . . .
-
- LADIES’, GENT’S AND CHILDREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES.
-
-Superior Hand-Sewn Boots and Shoes made to measure.
-
- 1, CHURCH ST., WALTHAM ABBEY.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-W. CASTELLO,
-Waltham Cross
-Cigar Stores . .
-
-
- (OPPOSITE IMPERIAL CLUB).
-
- _The Three Graces of the Tobacco World_—
-
- Temple Bar (Latakia) Smoking
- Mixture, Old Virginia (Hand-made)
- Cigarettes, Old Virginia Shag,
- pronounced by Experts to be the
- very best.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-Homeland Handbook, No. 43.
-
-
- HERTFORD
- AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
-
- With Notes on the Country of
- Charles Lamb and Izaak Walton.
-
- WITH MAP AND 48 VIEWS.
-
- 1/- Net. Postage, 2½d.
-
- Of all Booksellers or the Publishers
- of this Volume.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO GO AT HIGH BEECH.
-
-
- FOR LUNCHEONS AND TEAS
- GO TO A
- TEMPERANCE HOUSE.
-
- Roserville Retreat,
- HIGH BEECH.
-
- Excursions, Parties, Sunday Schools, Bands of Hope,
- Cycling Clubs and Guilds will find Clean, Comfortable,
- and Economical Accommodation.
-
- * * * * *
-
- High Level Situation. Fresh Air. Finest View.
- Swings and Roundabouts and every Amusement for
- People of all ages.
-
- _Full Particulars sent on receipt of a Post Card_.
-
- * * * * *
-
- ADDRESS—
- WILLIAM TOZER,
- Proprietor.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-Do you use Automatic
-Gas or Oil Lamps?
-
-
- N.B.—There were 142 Explosions by Oil Lamps in
- London alone last year, involving loss of life.
-
-An OIL LAMP burns ONE PENNYWORTH OF PARAFFIN OIL in 8 hours, and gives a
-light equal to only 16 Candles. It is much dearer than a GEM GAS BURNER,
-which makes ONE PENNYWORTH OF AUTOMATIC GAS last about 12 hours, and
-gives a light equal to 30 Candles. In fact a Gem Burner is nearly equal
-to 4 Oil Lamps. That is to say, a Gem Burner will give you about as much
-light for a Farthing as an Oil Lamp will give for a 1d.
-
-AUTOMATIC GAS costs you nothing for fitting it up. The Gas Company
-instal it free of all cost. The following fittings are supplied free for
-your use:—
-
- One Swing Bracket for Hall Light.
-
- One Pendant or Bracket for Sitting Room.
-
- One ,, ,, Kitchen.
-
- One Swing Bracket for Bedroom.
-
- One Boiling Ring and Tube to boil Kettle, etc.
-
-By payment of 5s. for fixing you can have a good Gas Cooker Free of any
-Rental, or a better one for 10d. a month.
-
-Remember Automatic Gas saves a lot of worry and trouble in the house.
-Half-an-hour’s more rest instead of getting up earlier to light the fire.
-The Oil Man need not call. No dust or ashes, and no Dustman to call for
-them. The Coal Man need not call. No bundles of firewood wanted. You
-simply put your penny in the slot and the Gasworks does the rest.
-
- * * * * *
-
- For further particulars apply to—
- THE WALTHAM ABBEY & CHESHUNT GAS CO.,
- York Road, Waltham Cross.
-
- * * * * *
-
-
-
-WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.
-HERBERT BEEDELL
-
-
- [Picture: Photograph of Herbert Beedell’s shop]
-
- The House for Smart and Up-to-date
-
-MILLINERY! Prompt
- Attention.
- DRESSMAKING!
- Prices COSTUMES!
- Moderate
-
- GENERAL AND FANCY DRAPERY.
-
- * * * * *
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-Title: Harold's Town and it's Vicinity
- Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, and High Beech, Epping Forest
-
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-Author: Freeman Bunting
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-***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HAROLD'S TOWN AND IT'S VICINITY***
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-<p>Transcribed from the 1905&ndash;6 Homeland Association Ltd.
-edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/cover.jpg">
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-<a href="images/fpb.jpg">
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-"The Abbey Church at Waltham"
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-"The Abbey Church at Waltham"
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-<h1>Harold&rsquo;s Town<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">And its Vicinity</span>.</h1>
-<p style="text-align: center">Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross,
-Cheshunt,<br />
-and High Beech, Epping Forest.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A Handbook for Visitors</b>,<br
-/>
-<span class="GutSmall">BY</span><br />
-FREEMAN BUNTING.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">With
-Photographic Illustrations</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">BY</span><br />
-J. A. C. BRANFILL.</p>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<p class="gutindent">Published under the general editorship<br />
-of <span class="smcap">Prescott Row</span>, in co-operation with
-the<br />
-<span class="smcap">Urban District Councils of Waltham</span>,
-<span class="smcap">Holy</span> <br />
-<span class="smcap">Cross and Cheshunt</span>, by The Homeland<br
-/>
-Association for the encouragement of Touring<br />
-in Great Britain.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Waltham Abbey</b>: M. <span
-class="smcap">Cuthbert</span>, 13, Sun Street.<br />
-,,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ,,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span
-class="smcap">William Pallett</span>, jun., The Churchyard.<br />
-<b>Waltham Cross</b>: P. W. <span class="smcap">Mitchell</span>,
-High Street.<br />
-<b>Cheshunt</b>: <span class="smcap">Aug. J. Hall</span>, 91,
-Turner&rsquo;s Hill.<br />
-<b>London</b>: <span class="smcap">The Homeland
-Association</span>, <span class="smcap">Ltd</span>., 22, Bride
-Lane,<br />
-Fleet Street, E.C.</p>
-<p><i>FIRST EDITION</i>, 1905&ndash;1906.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>All Rights Reserved</i>.</p>
-<h2>Ordnance Survey Map of the Country around Waltham Cross and
-Waltham Abbey.</h2>
-<p><i>Scale of One Inch to One Statute Mile</i>,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/mapb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Map"
-title=
-"Map"
- src="images/maps.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h2><a name="page2"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-2</span>EDITORIAL NOTE.</h2>
-<p><span class="smcap">With</span> a view to making future
-Editions of this Handbook as accurate and comprehensive as
-possible, suggestions for its improvement are cordially
-invited.&nbsp; If sent to <span class="smcap">The Editor</span>,
-The Homeland Association, Association House, 22, Bride Lane,
-Fleet Street, E.C., they will be gratefully acknowledged.</p>
-<h2>COPYRIGHT.</h2>
-<p>This Book as a whole, with its Contents, both Literary and
-Pictorial, is Copyrighted in Great Britain.</p>
-<h2>ADVERTISING.</h2>
-<p><span class="smcap">Local</span>.&mdash;Terms for Advertising
-in future issues of the Waltham and Cheshunt Handbook will be
-forwarded on application to the General Manager of the Homeland
-Association, at the above address.</p>
-<p><span class="smcap">General</span>.&mdash;Contracts for the
-insertion of Advertisements through the whole series of Homeland
-Handbooks, nearly fifty volumes, circulating throughout the
-country, can be arranged on application to the General
-Manager.</p>
-<h2><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-3</span><i>CONTENTS</i>.</h2>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">PAGE</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'><p><i>Bibliography</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page4">4</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'><p><i>Prefatory Note</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page6">6</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Chapter</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p><i>I.&mdash;Describes Waltham Abbey</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><i>II.&mdash;A Ramble to Epping Forest and High
-Beech</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page31">31</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><i>III.&mdash;Describes Waltham Cross and
-Theobalds</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page35">35</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><i>IV.&mdash;Describes Cheshunt and its
-Surroundings</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'><p><i>A Chronology of Waltham Abbey</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h2><a name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-4</span>BIBLIOGRAPHY.</h2>
-<p>&ldquo;The Foundation of Waltham Abbey.&rdquo;&nbsp; Rt. Rev.
-William Stubbs.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;History of the Abbey of Waltham.&rdquo;&nbsp; John
-Farmer.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;The Parish of Waltham Abbey.&rdquo;&nbsp; John
-Maynard.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;History of Waltham Abbey.&rdquo;&nbsp; W. Winters.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;History of Waltham Holy Cross.&rdquo;&nbsp; Rev. J. H.
-Stamp.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;The Norman Conquest.&rdquo;&nbsp; E. A. Freeman.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Architecture and Early History of Waltham
-Abbey.&rdquo;&nbsp; E. A. Freeman.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;A History of Abbeys.&rdquo;&nbsp; Stevens.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;London and its Environs.&rdquo;&nbsp; Hunter.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Circuit of London.&rdquo;&nbsp; Hughson.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Church History of Britain.&rdquo;&nbsp; Thomas
-Fuller.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Worthies of England.&rdquo;&nbsp; Thomas Fuller.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Cheshunt in the Olden Time.&rdquo;&nbsp; Rev. A.
-Brown.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Visitors&rsquo; Handbook to Cheshunt.&rdquo;&nbsp; W.
-Winters.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;The Family Memoirs of the Rev. W. Stukeley.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Gentleman&rsquo;s Magazine&rsquo;
-Library.&rdquo;&nbsp; Vol. 17.&nbsp; G. L. Gomme.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;British Topographer.&rdquo;&nbsp; Vol. 1.&nbsp; R.
-Gough.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;History of Herts.&rdquo;&nbsp; Cussans.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;History of Herts.&rdquo;&nbsp; Salmon.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;History of Herts.&rdquo;&nbsp; Clutterbuck.</p>
-<h2><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>LIST OF
-ILLUSTRATIONS.</h2>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">PLATES.</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Abbey Church at Waltham</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><i>Frontispiece</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="GutSmall">PAGE</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Abbey Gateway</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Eleanor Cross</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page34">34</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Parish Church</i>, <i>Cheshunt</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page48">48</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">ILLUSTRATIONS.</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Romeland</i>, <i>Waltham Abbey</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image11">11</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Ancient Bridge</i>, <i>known as</i>
-&ldquo;<i>Harold&rsquo;s Bridge</i>&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image15">15</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Waltham One Hundred Years Ago</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image19">19</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Interior of the Abbey Church</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image23">23</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Home of Foxe</i>, <i>the Martyrologist</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page29">29</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>The Eleanor Cross showing detail of carving</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page36">36</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Theobalds</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image37">37</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Temple Bar</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image39">39</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>In the Village at Cheshunt</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image45">45</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><i>Cheshunt Great House</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="imageref"><a
-href="#image47">47</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h2><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-6</span>PREFATORY NOTE.</h2>
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> little book is intended for
-the ordinary individual rather than the earnest student or the
-ardent antiquary.&nbsp; As I have attempted to embellish the dry
-bones of history and to present the undoubted beauties and charms
-of the corner of England that lies upon the Herts and Essex
-border in a manner likely to interest the former, my effort will
-possibly appear to the latter to have several shortcomings.</p>
-<p>That part of the book dealing with Cheshunt has presented some
-difficulty.&nbsp; One day, perhaps, some industrious historian
-will prepare a really good history of the ancient parish of
-Cheshunt, and utilise to the best purpose the wealth of material
-that lies hidden away in the parish chests.</p>
-<p>To the Rev. J. H. Stamp, I am indebted for reading the proofs
-and for some valuable information, as well as for his kind
-permission to use the chronological data prepared by him.&nbsp;
-To Mr. H. Collingwood Lee my thanks are also due for his kind
-assistance.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">FREEMAN BUNTING.</p>
-<p><span class="smcap">White Webbs</span>, July, 1905.</p>
-<h2><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 7</span>The
-Publisher&rsquo;s Address to the Reader.</h2>
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> little volume forms one of the
-Homeland Handbooks, a series founded in 1897, with a view of
-providing adequate information respecting special localities and
-districts.&nbsp; They are issued at popular prices, and contain
-everything likely to interest the intelligent visitor regarding
-the History, Traditions, Worthies, and Antiquities of the
-neighbourhoods with which they deal.</p>
-<p>In each case the books are written by a qualified Author, with
-special local knowledge.</p>
-<p>Other Volumes in the Series likely to interest the reader of
-this book are as follows:&mdash;</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">CLOTH.</span></p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">PAPER.</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hertford, and the Country of Charles Lamb and Izaak
-Walton</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>The City of St. Albans, its Abbey and its Surroundings</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>2/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dunstable and its Surroundings</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>A full list will be found on
-pages</i> <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#pageii">ii</a></span> <i>and</i> <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#pageiii">iii</a></span>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapmediumline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p><b>The Homeland Association for the Encouragement of Touring
-in Great Britain, Association House, </b><b><i>22</i></b><b>,
-Bride Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.</b></p>
-<h2><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-8</span>&lsquo;DON&rsquo;TS&rsquo; FOR PICNIC PARTIES.</h2>
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> Council of the Selborne Society
-urgently requests visitors to treat the country they are visiting
-with the reverence due to natural beauty.</p>
-<p>DON&rsquo;T gather such quantities of wild flowers and ferns
-that before the day is over you are obliged to throw them away on
-the roadside.&nbsp; By such gathering you injure the flora of the
-district, and you take away pleasures from many people who like
-to see flowers and ferns growing in their native haunts.</p>
-<p>DON&rsquo;T disturb the birds in their breeding season.</p>
-<p>DON&rsquo;T litter the places visited with waste papers or
-torn letters.</p>
-<p>DON&rsquo;T leave empty bottles and other d&eacute;bris of
-your picnic to vulgarise the spots, the scenery of which you have
-been enjoying.</p>
-<h2><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-9</span>HAROLD&rsquo;S TOWN AND ITS VICINITY.</h2>
-<p style="text-align: center">WALTHAM ABBEY, WALTHAM CROSS,<br />
-CHESHUNT, AND HIGH BEECH, EPPING FOREST.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><span class="GutSmall">CHAPTER I.</span><br />
-WALTHAM ABBEY.</h3>
-<p><span class="smcap">Harold&rsquo;s Town</span>!&nbsp; We may
-well speak of Waltham Holy Cross in this way, for the place
-virtually owes its foundation to the last representative of the
-Saxon dynasty, and abounds in associations with the brave, pious,
-and wise prince whose lordship, like that of his great
-predecessor, Alfred, had so great an influence for good upon the
-social and political institutions of our England, and who so
-nobly and bravely disputed the claim to the throne with the
-Norman invader on the field of Senlac.&nbsp; We find a
-contemporary estimate of Earl Harold&rsquo;s character in the
-historic tract, <i>De Inventione Sanct&aelig; Crucis</i>, the
-unknown author of which, who was, however, a Waltham man, says:
-&ldquo;His was the truest heart and the wisest head and the
-strongest and gentlest hand in the land.&rdquo;&nbsp; And the
-greatest historians of our own time have spoken in high,
-appreciative terms of Harold&rsquo;s work and influence.&nbsp;
-How considerable, then, is the interest to the traveller and
-student alike of the place with which the life of Harold was so
-intimately associated.</p>
-<p>Though within just over half an hour&rsquo;s journey by rail
-from the Metropolis, and but a crow flight of some <a
-name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 10</span>thirteen
-miles therefrom, it would be pretty safe to say that not one per
-cent. of the inhabitants of the great city have made any sort of
-acquaintance with the beautiful old minster of Waltham, which
-stands to-day for one of the finest examples of Norman
-architecture, vying with Westminster Abbey in this respect,
-whilst its history is, as old Thomas Fuller has observed,
-&ldquo;the history of the Church of England.&rdquo;&nbsp; And if
-this ancient pile represents so much architecturally and
-ecclesiastically, it occupies no mean position among those
-various influences that have gone to the making of English
-history.</p>
-<p>Hither came, for one purpose and another, many of the royal
-heads of England, from Harold, the founder, to Charles II.;
-dignitaries of the Church, and potent ornaments of the State;
-while within the shadow of the minster&rsquo;s massy walls lived
-and laboured men who have moulded and influenced the thoughts and
-lives of the people.&nbsp; Henry I. and Matilda of Scotland were
-visitors to the Abbey, the latter being a considerable
-benefactress; Henry II. established the monastery here and richly
-endowed it, he &ldquo;loved Waltham entirely, and lay many times
-thereat.&rdquo;&nbsp; King John came often to Waltham; Henry III.
-loved the Abbey for its beauty and seclusion, and resorted
-thereto often for peace and retirement.&nbsp; Edward I. and his
-beloved wife Eleanor were frequently in residence here, and when
-the body of the latter was brought from Grantham to London in
-1290, it rested for a night here, the mortal remains of the king
-himself remaining in the Abbey, beside Harold&rsquo;s tomb, for
-fifteen weeks, on their way from Scotland to Westminster in
-1307.&nbsp; When Wat Tyler&rsquo;s insurrection placed Richard
-II. in jeopardy he sought the sanctuary of the ancient
-pile.&nbsp; Henry VIII., who was very fond of Waltham, had a
-private lodging close by the Abbey, and was often the guest of
-the abbot.&nbsp; Cranmer was frequently resident at Waltham; John
-Foxe lived and wrote his &ldquo;Book of Martyrs&rdquo; here;
-Thomas Tallis, father of our beautiful church music, was organist
-at the Abbey; Thomas Fuller, author of the &ldquo;Worthies of
-England,&rdquo; was incumbent of the <a name="page12"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 12</span>Abbey Church; so also was Bishop
-Joseph Hall, author of the &ldquo;Contemplations&rdquo;; Bishop
-George Hall was a native of the town; and Izaak Walton, who so
-loved the &ldquo;gentle Lea,&rdquo; was here often on a visit to
-a relative.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image11" href="images/p11b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Romeland. Waltham Abbey"
-title=
-"Romeland. Waltham Abbey"
- src="images/p11s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The bustling train lands the visitor at Waltham Cross Station,
-in the county of Herts, and one must proceed for about a mile on
-foot eastward to attain the Abbey and town of Waltham Holy Cross,
-which lie in the adjoining county of Essex.&nbsp; But after the
-&ldquo;mean things that are new&rdquo; have been passed, the way
-is pleasant.&nbsp; The road is bordered on one side for a goodly
-distance by the marshlands and crosses many times over the river
-Lea, which, as old Fuller humorously observes, &ldquo;not only
-parteth Herts from Essex, but also seven times parteth from
-itself, and is crossed by so many bridges.&rdquo;&nbsp; Beyond
-the waterside inn on the bridge that spans the Lea navigation,
-and displays the comforting sign of the &ldquo;Old English
-Gentleman,&rdquo; Highbridge Street is entered, and the old town
-opens out, with the tower of the Abbey, but just restored to its
-original dignity of design, closing in the view.&nbsp; The
-principal entrance to the Royal Gunpowder Factory lies just to
-the left here, and much that is picturesque and quaint will
-strike an observant eye on the way.&nbsp; The diversity in
-character and style of the houses and shops, the irregularity of
-their disposition, with their time-tinted exteriors, and the bits
-of garden and splashes of verdant foliage, which break up the
-line of bricks and mortar, timber and stucco, give the old street
-that peculiar charm which is so often characteristic of an
-ancient town.</p>
-<h4>Romeland.</h4>
-<p>Just before the Abbey is reached, approached by a way that
-allows little more room than is needful for a cart to pass, is an
-open square of very old houses, a most picturesque corner of the
-old town, that bears the somewhat curious appellation of
-Romeland. <a name="citation12"></a><a href="#footnote12"
-class="citation">[12]</a>&nbsp; How and why the place came <a
-name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>to be so
-called it is not easy to determine; but the abbots of Waltham,
-whose seat was at Copt Hall, had their London house on or
-adjacent to a site in the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill, adjoining
-what is now Billingsgate Market, which was also called
-Romeland.&nbsp; To the rent of this, as well as the market square
-at Waltham, the Pope laid claim, and the latter was then known as
-Romescot or Peter&rsquo;s Piece.&nbsp; It is to this
-circumstance, probably, that the place owes its name.</p>
-<p>It was in the house of Master Cressy, a long-fronted
-structure, which stands on the left of the entrance to Romeland,
-that, in 1533, Cranmer, Fox, and Gardiner discussed the question
-of Henry&rsquo;s divorce from Katherine of Aragon.&nbsp; Then it
-was that Cranmer &ldquo;struck the keynote of the
-Reformation,&rdquo; by claiming &ldquo;for the Word of God that
-supremacy which had been usurped by the popes for
-centuries.&rdquo;&nbsp; Fuller refers to this as a significant
-circumstance and says: &ldquo;Thus did Waltham give Rome the
-first deadly blow in England.&rdquo;</p>
-<h4>A King&rsquo;s Diversions.</h4>
-<p>Bluff King Hal was very partial to Waltham and enjoyed the
-hunting in the forest.&nbsp; He frequently stayed at his house in
-the Romeland, still standing at the north-east corner.&nbsp;
-There are many stories, often with the &ldquo;merry
-monarch&rdquo; for a hero, connected with his patronage of
-Waltham.&nbsp; One day he left his hunting companions and
-returned to Waltham in the guise of one of his attendants, and,
-being invited to the abbot&rsquo;s table, ate heartily of the
-sirloin of beef placed before him, to the great admiration of his
-host.&nbsp; &ldquo;Well fare thy heart,&rdquo; the latter toasted
-his guest, &ldquo;here is a cup of sack, and remember the grace
-of thy master.&nbsp; I would willingly give one hundred crowns on
-condition that I could feed as heartily on beef as thou
-dost!&nbsp; Alas! my weak stomach will hardly digest the wing of
-a small rabbit or chicken.&rdquo;&nbsp; The king pledged his
-host, and thanked him; in due time he departed as secretly as he
-had come.&nbsp; A little while after, the abbot was suddenly
-arrested and conveyed to the Tower, where he was kept for some
-days on bread and water.&nbsp; Then a sirloin of beef was set <a
-name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 14</span>before him,
-of which he ate heartily.&nbsp; The king entered in the midst of
-the meal, and demanded of his prisoner payment of the hundred
-crowns, which, when the abbot recognised the trap into which he
-had fallen, he gladly paid.</p>
-<p>On another occasion, when Henry was the guest of Sir Henry
-Colte, of Nether Hall, Roydon, the latter provided a novel
-entertainment for his royal guest.&nbsp; It is related that the
-knight and his men waylaid the monks on Waltham marsh one dark
-night, having been informed by spies that they were on a visit to
-Cheshunt nunnery, and, catching them in a buck stall (a trap used
-for deer) left them wallowing in the mire until dawn.&nbsp; Then
-the &ldquo;knight of merry conceits&rdquo; conducted his dejected
-captives to the king, and presented them to his majesty as the
-splendid game he had been able to secure.&nbsp; King Harry burst
-into a loud fit of laughter, and declared that, though he had
-&ldquo;often seen sweeter, he had never viewed fatter
-venison.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>The open space (Romeland), with its quaint high-gabled,
-stuccoed, and red-brick houses, is a busy scene on Tuesdays, when
-the cattle market is held here.&nbsp; On the eastern side,
-abutting upon the Abbey church, the tower of which comes
-charmingly into view over the house tops, is the ancient corn
-mill, which was given to the Abbey by Maud, Queen of Henry I., in
-1108, in exchange for the site of Holy Trinity, Aldgate.&nbsp;
-She also restored to the Abbey certain lands, which had been
-alienated, known as the Abbey fields, which stretch northward
-from here; and moreover established two fairs for the town.</p>
-<p>Having so far diverged from the direct road to the Abbey, we
-may well go a little further, taking a narrow roadway that runs
-by the mill leading to the Abbey fields.</p>
-<h4>The Abbey Gateway.</h4>
-<p>At the termination of half a dozen or so of old houses and
-cottages, there comes into view a bridge over the mill stream,
-giving access to a beautiful arch, or rather pair of arches,
-known as the Abbey Gateway.&nbsp; What remains of this once
-important structure, which formed the <a name="page16"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 16</span>main entrance to the Abbey and the
-abbot&rsquo;s house, consists of the front only of the old
-gateway, and comprises two ancient pointed arches, with a tower
-on the south side (the corresponding tower on the north has
-disappeared).&nbsp; At the spring of the main arch, on either
-side, are still traceable the arms of Edward III. on a shield
-surmounted by an angel.&nbsp; The gateway was originally
-approached by a drawbridge, and the porter&rsquo;s window in the
-tower which commanded this still exists.&nbsp; The entrance to
-the old monastic buildings was by a pointed doorway in the south
-wall, which extends from the gate, now bricked up.&nbsp; This
-handsome old gateway also formed the entrance to the mansion
-erected by Sir Edward Denny, to whom the abbot&rsquo;s house was
-given by Elizabeth.&nbsp; He was the grandson of Sir Anthony
-Denny, Chamberlain to Henry VIII., to whom much of the
-ecclesiastical property of Waltham was given after the
-Dissolution.&nbsp; Sir Edward Denny&rsquo;s house, which was a
-large one in the characteristic Elizabethan style (a central
-doorway and two projecting wings), is spoken of by an old
-chronicler as being &ldquo;beautiful to behold,&rdquo; with a
-spacious garden of a character &ldquo;scarcely to be equalled by
-any private gentleman&rsquo;s.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image15" href="images/p15b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Ancient bridge at Waltham Abbey, known as Harold&rsquo;s
-Bridge. A most interesting Architectural Relic"
-title=
-"The Ancient bridge at Waltham Abbey, known as Harold&rsquo;s
-Bridge. A most interesting Architectural Relic"
- src="images/p15s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Higher up the Corn mill stream, in the Abbey fields, and
-bordering on the &ldquo;pool,&rdquo; is another beautiful remnant
-of very early architecture, probably contemporary with the Abbey
-church, known as Harold&rsquo;s Bridge.&nbsp; Tradition says that
-in early times this was the only passage across the stream, and
-that not only Harold, but Tovi before him, used this bridge, when
-proceeding into or from the royal forest of Waltham.&nbsp; It is
-a most interesting architectural relic.&nbsp; There are still
-visible two of the five beautiful ribs which originally adorned
-this fine arch.&nbsp; Recently steps were taken to preserve this
-interesting monument of antiquity by restoring the stonework
-forming the base of the bridge.&nbsp; The Abbey farmhouse, with
-its picturesque Elizabethan front, which is said to have formed
-the abbot&rsquo;s stabling in medi&aelig;val times, stands to the
-north-east of Harold&rsquo;s Bridge.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p16b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Waltham. The Abbey Gateway"
-title=
-"Waltham. The Abbey Gateway"
- src="images/p16s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h4><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 17</span>The
-Abbey Church.</h4>
-<p>From the Abbey fields, the finest view of Harold&rsquo;s noble
-minster is obtained, and it is with feelings of pleasant
-anticipation that one retraces one&rsquo;s steps thereto,
-meditating on the way upon the many strange and wondrous scenes
-that have been witnessed on the ground over which one
-passes.&nbsp; As the eye wanders over the beautiful lines and the
-massive, age-stained walls of the ancient church, the mind is
-impressed with its grandeur and its significance as a vast page
-of England&rsquo;s story.</p>
-<p>The Abbey church and town of Waltham Holy Cross alike owe
-their actual foundation to Tovi the Proud, standard-bearer and
-chief counsellor to Cnut, who, delighted by the fine
-opportunities for hunting which were afforded by the number of
-deer running in the great forest of Waltham, established a
-settlement here, and founded a convent.&nbsp; Hither, also, Tovi
-brought from his manor of Lutegarsbury (Montacute), in Somerset,
-a miraculous crucifix, and set it up in the church.&nbsp; The
-legend of this Holy Cross, as told in the <i>De Inventione</i>
-tract, and translated by Lambarde, is a wonderfully interesting
-story.</p>
-<h4>The Legend of the Holy Cross.</h4>
-<p>It runs as follows: <a name="citation17"></a><a
-href="#footnote17" class="citation">[17]</a> &ldquo;In the tyme
-that Kinge Cnut reigned in Ingland theare lyved at a Place of the
-called comonly Lutegarsbyry, in French Montague, a simple man by
-occupation a carpenter and by Office Sexton of his parishe, to
-whom on a Night appeared a Vision of Christe Crucified
-commaundinge him that as sone as Day brake he should goe to the
-parishe priest and with him accompanied by his parishioners in
-solemne processione to go up to the Toppe of the Hyll adjoyninge
-and to digge wheare (if they would beforehand make theimselves by
-Confession, Fastinge, and Praier worthy of suche a Revelacion)
-they should finde a Crosse, the very sign of Christes
-passion.&nbsp; This plaine Man, supposinge <a
-name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 18</span>it a
-fantastical Dreame, tooke at first no great Head thereof, save
-that, he imparted it with his Wife who also thought it but an
-Illusion.&nbsp; Wherefore the Image appeared againe, and so
-griped him by the Hande that the Dynt of the Nayles remayned in
-his Hand to be sene the Daye followinge.&nbsp; Being thus pricked
-forwarde on he goeth to the Priest and discloseth the hole
-matter.&nbsp; He arrayeth his Parishe, displayeth his Banners,
-putteth on Copes and Surplas, and setteth the Carpenter foremost
-as his Captaine, they digge awhile and anone they find a great
-Marble havinge in it of black Flynt the Image of the Crucifixe so
-artificially wroughte as if God himselfe (sayth myne Auteur) had
-framed it.&nbsp; Under the right Arme of this Crucifixe thear was
-a small Image of the same Forme, a litle Belle also, and a black
-Booke conteyninge the Text of the four Evangelists.&nbsp; All
-this they signified to Tovi le Prude then Lord of the Soyle,
-Standarde Bearer to the Kinge and his Chief Councelor, who came
-to the place in great Hast and by the advice of his Gents lefte
-the smalle cross in the Churche theare determyninge to bestow the
-greater in suche Place as God should appointe.&nbsp; Forthewithe
-therefore he caused to be yoked twelve red Oxen and so many white
-Kyne and layeth the Stone in a Wayne myning if God so wille to
-cary it to Canterbyrye, but the Cattle could not by any Force be
-compelled to draw thytherwarde.&nbsp; When he saw that he changed
-his Mynde and bad theim dryve toward his House at Readinge
-whearin he had great Delighte, but still the Wayne stode
-immoveable notwithstandinge that the Oxen did thear best.&nbsp;
-At the Lengthe he remembered a small House that he had begone to
-buyld at Waltham for his Disporte and commanded them to make
-thytherward.&nbsp; Which words he had no soner spoken but the
-Wayne of itselfe moved.&nbsp; Now in the way many weare healed of
-many Infirmities; amongste the whiche threscore sixe
-Parsons&rsquo; <a name="citation18"></a><a href="#footnote18"
-class="citation">[18]</a> vowed their labour towarde the
-Conveiance of this Crosse, and weare the first Founders of
-Waltham Towne wheare was nothing <a name="page20"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 20</span>before but only a simple House for
-this Tovi to repose himself at when he came thyther to hunte
-notwithstandinge that he had thereby divers Landes, as Enfield,
-Edelmetun, Cetrehunt, Myms, and the hole Baronie that Goffrey of
-Maundville the first of that name had.&nbsp; Now when the Crosse
-was broughte thyther, Tovi commaunded it to be set up, and while
-one by Chaunce perced it with a Nayle the Blood issued out of the
-Flinte in great Abundance.&nbsp; Whereat Tovi beinge greatly
-amazed, fel downe and worshipped it promiseth before it to
-manumittee <a name="citation20"></a><a href="#footnote20"
-class="citation">[20]</a> his Bondmen to bestow possession on
-such as should deserve it.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image19" href="images/p19b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Waltham Abbey one hundred years ago. (Dr. Hughson&rsquo;s
-&ldquo;Circuit of London,&rdquo; 1808)"
-title=
-"Waltham Abbey one hundred years ago. (Dr. Hughson&rsquo;s
-&ldquo;Circuit of London,&rdquo; 1808)"
- src="images/p19s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The cross gave its name to the place, and over a long series
-of years attracted crowds of the devote, the maimed, and diseased
-to the place.&nbsp; In 1192 the cross was covered with silver,
-but the figure of Christ was left untouched by reason, it is
-surmised, of a remarkable incident that had happened a few years
-previously.&nbsp; On that occasion, the crucifix being under
-repair, Robert the Goldsmith, of St. Albans, removed the circlet
-round the thigh, when all present were stricken blind for a
-considerable time.</p>
-<h4>Harold&rsquo;s Minster.</h4>
-<p>On the site of Tovi&rsquo;s foundation Earl Harold, upon whom
-Waltham and vast lands had been bestowed by Edward the Confessor,
-reared and endowed a magnificent church, which he intended to
-rival in beauty and importance King Edward&rsquo;s abbey church
-at Westminster.&nbsp; The dean and twelve secular Black canons
-who formed the ecclesiastical constitution of Harold&rsquo;s
-foundation, were amply provided for, each of the latter having a
-manor and the dean six manors for his maintenance.&nbsp; In later
-times (1177) Henry II., on the ground that the canons had grown
-wasteful and corrupt, substituted for Harold&rsquo;s foundation
-an Augustinian priory, then, seven years later, raised this to
-the dignity of an Abbey, installing Walter de Gaunt, of Oseney,
-as the first abbot.</p>
-<p>Harold&rsquo;s church was splendidly adorned, in a manner <a
-name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 21</span>that
-suggests, as the late Bishop Stubbs observes, that the founder
-had been influenced by Eastern art.&nbsp; Brazen plates, gilt,
-were spread over the walls, the capitals and bases of the massive
-pillars were curiously carved and wreathed with the gilded metal;
-the altar was enriched with elaborate ornaments, the furniture,
-reliquaries, and vestments were provided on a liberal
-scale.&nbsp; Numerous relics, in addition to the miraculous
-crucifix, formed part of the endowment.&nbsp; The consecration of
-the church probably took place on May 3, 1060, the Feast of the
-Invention of the Holy Cross, which became one of the fair days
-under the charter of Matilda.&nbsp; Kinsinge, Archbishop of York,
-performed the ceremony of consecration, assisted by most of the
-English bishops.&nbsp; King Edward and his queen Edith, sister of
-Harold, and the flower of the nobility, were present.</p>
-<p>It was here that, scarce six years later, Harold, on his
-return from Stamford Bridge, had news of the Norman
-invasion.&nbsp; He stayed for the night at his mansion in the
-park at Nazeing, still called Harold&rsquo;s Park, and on the
-morrow offered up prayers for his success in the Abbey.&nbsp; It
-is recorded that the figure of the Saviour on the wondrous
-crucifix bowed the head as if to express sorrow for his
-inevitable fate.&nbsp; He set out for Senlac accompanied by two
-of the canons, who, if the omen were fulfilled, were bidden to
-bring back with them the body of the founder.&nbsp;
-Harold&rsquo;s war-cry was &ldquo;Holy Rood.&rdquo;&nbsp; The
-canons, true to their trust, recovered the king&rsquo;s body, by
-the aid of Harold&rsquo;s old love, Editha the
-&ldquo;Swan-necked,&rdquo; and brought it to Waltham with all
-possible honours.&nbsp; Here the remains were interred, being
-translated from time to time as alterations and additions to the
-church necessitated (it was not finally completed until 1125),
-finding a final resting place near the great altar, about 140
-feet from the present east end of the church.&nbsp; Here a most
-beautiful and imposing tomb was erected, but all that remains of
-this is a curious piece of carved ironstone representing the face
-of a warrior, which, after many vicissitudes, including its use
-as a fountain ornament, was returned to the possession of the
-church a few years ago, <a name="page22"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 22</span>and now reposes on the tomb of Robert
-Smith in the chancel.</p>
-<p>To the antiquary, the student, and the lover of all that is
-beautiful in architecture, the ancient minster offers a boundless
-store of interest.&nbsp; In the course of his scholarly
-observations upon the architecture and history of the abbey
-church the late Professor Freeman says: &ldquo;Barbarous
-mutilations and hardly less barbarous additions have entirely
-destroyed its character, as seen from without, and even within,
-both medi&aelig;val alterations of the strangest kind and the
-accumulated enormities of more recent days have gone far to ruin
-the general effect of the original building.&nbsp; Still a large
-portion of the original interior remains untouched; an interior
-deserving attentive study as one of the noblest specimens of
-Northern Romanesque, and invested with a yet higher interest if
-we may regard it as called into being by the taste and bounty of
-the last of our native kings.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>The noble edifice was cruciform in plan, with a nave and
-aisles (all that now remain), choir, and central tower.&nbsp; The
-spring of one of the great arches upon which this latter stood,
-is plainly visible at the present east end.&nbsp; This tower fell
-in 1552, doubtless owing to the destruction of the choir, and the
-present western tower was erected about five years later out of
-the fragments.&nbsp; The nave consists of seven bays, and is 109
-feet long from east to west, by 55 feet wide, and from the floor
-to the beautifully painted ceiling, the work of Sir E. J.
-Poynter, is a height of 52 feet.&nbsp; Upon the great pillars
-that support the arches will be noticed the spiral and chevron
-indenting, originally filled with chased and gilt metal.&nbsp; In
-some places the rivet holes are still discernible.&nbsp; The
-aisles were originally vaulted, and the triforium passage above
-was lighted by the circular windows that will be noticed.&nbsp;
-There are three tiers of arches: the nave or arcade, the
-triforium, and the clerestory.&nbsp; The Rev. J. H. Stamp, in his
-excellent little history of Waltham, says of the plan and design
-of the church that whilst the cruciform plan was significant of
-Christ crucified, the twelve pillars <a name="page24"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 24</span>represented the apostles, and the
-three tiers of arches the Holy Trinity.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image23" href="images/p23b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The interior of the Abbey Church, Waltham. Drawn by Duncan
-Moul"
-title=
-"The interior of the Abbey Church, Waltham. Drawn by Duncan
-Moul"
- src="images/p23s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The wonderful grandeur and nobility of the interior can well
-be appreciated by standing just within the tower and viewing the
-&ldquo;long-drawn aisles&rdquo; through the great western
-arch.&nbsp; This arch formed part of the scheme of restoration
-and rebuilding which took place at the latter end of the
-thirteenth century, when the original Norman doorway was removed
-and a grand Decorated west front substituted.&nbsp; This had two
-turrets on each side, terminating in octagonal pinnacles of fine
-proportions and design, and a beautiful Decorated window appears
-to have been inserted over the arch.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the
-present tower obscures much of this thirteenth century
-work.&nbsp; With this scheme of rebuilding, which was instigated
-by Abbot Reginald and carried out by his successors, Abbots Hugh
-and Robert, is associated a curious and unfortunate defacement or
-destruction of a portion of the beautiful Norman arcading.&nbsp;
-There will be noticed on either side of the church, near the west
-end, a high Gothic arch, sadly out of harmony with the remaining
-arcading.&nbsp; It is said that the architect who was first
-engaged upon the restoration work was demented, and set about
-transforming the architectural character of the church.&nbsp; He
-removed the elegant filling-in of the triforium and cut away the
-lower Norman arches, and after having thus mutilated two tiers of
-arches on each side, began upon the third tier on the north side,
-but was happily stopped in his crazy efforts by the interference
-of the abbot, and his peremptory dismissal.&nbsp; It is to his
-successor that we owe the beautiful western doorway and
-front.&nbsp; This restoration scheme also included the adornment
-of the interior with beautiful frescoes, signs of which are still
-slightly visible on one or two of the arches.</p>
-<h4>Relics and Monuments.</h4>
-<p>Within the tower of the church are preserved the old stocks
-and whipping-post, together with the pillory, which formerly
-stood on the site now occupied by the new municipal
-buildings.&nbsp; In the vestry are also preserved a number <a
-name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 25</span>of
-interesting relics, including a pilgrim&rsquo;s bottle and the
-massive blade of a battle-axe which, tradition avers, was
-Harold&rsquo;s.</p>
-<p>There are many monuments and numerous interesting tablets and
-memorials.</p>
-<p>Of the monuments the most noticeable is the tomb of Sir Edward
-Denny and his wife Margaret, in the chancel.&nbsp; The knight is
-represented in armour lying on his left side, the figure of his
-wife reclining below; their ten children are carved in relief, in
-attitudes of prayer, upon the panel beneath.&nbsp; This Edward
-Denny was the comrade of Spenser, the poet, and Sir Philip
-Sidney, and the captor of the rebel Earl of Desmond.</p>
-<p>Near by stands the effigy of Lady Elizabeth Greville, first
-cousin to Lady Jane Grey, widow of Henry Denny (son of Sir
-Anthony Denny) and wife of Sir Edward Greville, third son of the
-ancestor of the present Earl of Warwick.&nbsp; This effigy is all
-that remains of an elegant tomb of alabaster, which formerly
-stood to the north of the altar.</p>
-<p>On the opposite side of the chancel, near the organ, stands
-the marble tomb of Robert Smith, a wealthy seaman of the
-seventeenth century.&nbsp; The magnificent choir which was so
-ruthlessly demolished by Henry VIII. at the Dissolution
-contained, in addition to the tomb of the founder, the handsome
-sarcophagi of Baron Hugh Nevil, Lord High Justice of England,
-temp. Richard I.; Archdeacon Passelew, and numerous abbots,
-earls, and knights.</p>
-<p>There are three mural brasses on the south wall, one being to
-the memory of Edward Stacey, one of the lay pensioners of the
-monastery at the time of the Dissolution, and another to Thomas
-Colte, second son of Sir John Colte, of Nether Hall, Roydon.</p>
-<p>The remains of the old choir screen, a beautiful example of
-carpentry and carving; the ancient Purbeck marble font; the
-handsome reredos, and the fine rose window above; the marks of
-the chain that once held the great Bible, on one of the pillars,
-and many other features are here to interest the visitor.&nbsp;
-The handsome <a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-26</span>stained glass in the Rose window, depicting the
-Creation, and the three lights under the arch were designed by
-the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones.</p>
-<p>Nor must the beautiful Lady Chapel (the only chapel remaining
-of five that were originally attached to the church) be
-forgotten.&nbsp; This dates its foundation from 1316, and is by
-some regarded as one of the richest specimens of medi&aelig;val
-architecture in England.&nbsp; Its window tracery is certainly
-very elegant, though this has undergone considerable
-restoration.&nbsp; The interior was originally adorned with
-statuary and frescoes, a painting of the Last Judgment occupying
-the east wall.&nbsp; Traces of this ancient and curious
-representation are still discernible.&nbsp; The remains of the
-old piscina are also still in existence.&nbsp; Of the crypt
-beneath, Thomas Fuller, who, by the way, was for many years
-incumbent here, quaintly speaks as being &ldquo;the finest that I
-ever saw.&rdquo;</p>
-<h4>The greatness of the Abbey.</h4>
-<p>Having feasted the eye and the mind on the many beautiful and
-interesting features of the ancient fane, one may rest beneath
-the aged elm tree in the churchyard, and meditate upon the
-circumstance that this magnificent edifice is but a third portion
-of Harold&rsquo;s minster, and that only a fragment of the old
-monastery which grew up around it in medi&aelig;val times,
-forming a vast congregation of stately buildings, now remains;
-that just as the physical characteristics of the Abbey and its
-minster were vast and important, so were its landed possessions,
-which stretched out far and wide on all sides; that the immensity
-of its wealth was such that at the time of the Dissolution the
-gross revenue amounted to &pound;1,079 12s. 1d., representing
-about &pound;15,000 at the present day; whilst the potency of the
-abbots, who were mitred and sat in Parliament, was great, and the
-splendour of their respective establishments was upon a generous
-scale.&nbsp; Some of these abbots, of whom there were thirty in
-all, were great in the best sense of the word, and exercised
-their potency for the good of the Abbey and the community towards
-which they stood in the joint relation of spiritual and <a
-name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 27</span>temporal
-overlords.</p>
-<h4>A Feudal Abbot.</h4>
-<p>One of these particularly was a man of vigorous character and
-determined spirit, who, &ldquo;in asserting the rights and
-privileges of the monastery during his rule, came into collision
-with parishioners, neighbours, pope, and king.&rdquo;&nbsp;
-First, differences appear to have arisen between the parishioners
-and the abbot as to the former having right of access to the
-central tower and bells, which they had enjoyed under
-Harold&rsquo;s foundation.&nbsp; The abbot accordingly shut out
-the people from this and the choir (the monastic part of the
-church) by erecting a stone screen or wall immediately behind the
-altar of the parish church (the present nave).&nbsp; This wall is
-clearly observable from the outside beneath the Rose window at
-the east end, and in this will be seen traces of two doorways
-with which it was pierced to allow the dean or parish priest to
-enter and minister to the people.&nbsp; There would seem to have
-been reprisals on the part of the parishioners, for a little
-later they disputed the abbot&rsquo;s rights of grazing on the
-marsh, and, resorting to violence, severely assaulted the keepers
-and killed the abbot&rsquo;s horses.&nbsp; For this the offenders
-suffered the double penalty of being heavily fined by the
-justices of the King&rsquo;s Bench and excommunicated by the
-abbot.&nbsp; The latter, however, did not enforce either, and
-forgave the erring ones.&nbsp; Next Abbot Simon was at war with
-the lord of the manor of Cheshunt, Peter, Duke of Savoy, who
-claimed all the land west of the main stream of the
-Lea&mdash;called the King&rsquo;s stream&mdash;whilst the abbot
-contended that his jurisdiction extended to the smaller stream
-half a mile further west.&nbsp; The lawsuit which ensued was, as
-old Fuller says, &ldquo;as long lived as any in England,&rdquo;
-by reason of &ldquo;the greatness of the clients&rdquo;; but it
-was finally concluded in favour of the abbot.&nbsp; This occurred
-in 1248, and three years later the doughty abbot was setting the
-pope at defiance by protesting against the persecution,
-oppression, and robbery of the conventual churches by the bishops
-and legates.&nbsp; Twice also Abbot Simon successfully resisted
-the extortionate demands of the king, and stubbornly <a
-name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span>refused to
-enrich the royal treasury at the expense of the monastery.</p>
-<p>I am afraid I have rather digressed from the main purpose of
-this little work in relating some of the deeds of this sturdy
-abbot, but I think the brief relation of these may be of some
-interest as an illustration of the social and religious
-conditions of Waltham in medi&aelig;val times and of the
-wonderful power wielded by these old ecclesiastical
-potentates.</p>
-<h4>A Conventual Relic.</h4>
-<p>Now to resume the broken thread.&nbsp; The remaining fragment
-of the conventual buildings to which I have alluded above
-consists of a beautiful little chamber, often spoken of as
-&ldquo;an architectural gem,&rdquo; which stands in the Abbey
-gardens.&nbsp; It is locally known by the undignified appellation
-of the &ldquo;potato cellar,&rdquo; due to its irreverent use in
-modern times.&nbsp; It consists of a small longitudinal
-apartment, with a beautifully groined ceiling and quadripartite
-vaulting.&nbsp; It is 29 feet long, running north and south, and
-has two doorways, one of which is blocked up.&nbsp; It is
-considered to have been either the fratry or an antechamber to
-the abbot&rsquo;s mansion, in which the monks assembled
-preparatory to the procession to the church.</p>
-<p>One passes from the churchyard to the
-market-place&mdash;another interesting corner of the old
-town&mdash;by an ancient lych-gate, adjacent to the Harp Inn,
-which is peculiarly interesting as being probably the oldest
-existing relic of domestic architecture directly connected with
-the Abbey, and has from very early times formed the main entrance
-to the church.</p>
-<p>Turning sharp to the left, into Sun Street, one is soon in the
-old main road that runs from London, by Walthamstow, Chingford,
-and Sewardstone, to Nazeing, Roydon, etc.&nbsp; To the left,
-round by the New Inn, the fine old wall of the Abbey gardens
-comes into view, and midway along its extent will be noticed the
-sign of the cross and a lozenge (probably a sign indicative of
-the Trinity) inserted in black brick.&nbsp; The remains of the
-moat, which, with the mill stream, completely surrounded the
-Abbey, will also be seen.</p>
-<p><a name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-29</span>Retracing our steps towards London, a few yards beyond
-the entry of Sun Street, will be noticed an old house jutting
-upon the street, with stucco and &ldquo;roughcast&rdquo;
-exterior, the entrance to which is by a gate in the adjoining
-garden wall.&nbsp; This was the home of John Foxe, the
-martyrologist, and here he wrote the famous &ldquo;Book of
-Martyrs.&rdquo;&nbsp; It is said that Cranmer also occupied this
-house when resident in Waltham.&nbsp; Its interior presents many
-interesting features.&nbsp; In the garden is a tulip tree, which
-is probably a descendant of <a name="page30"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 30</span>a fine specimen of this arboreal
-rarity, which flourished for centuries in the old Abbey
-gardens.&nbsp; This tree is said to have been one of the largest
-and finest of its kind in all England.&nbsp; Its fame is
-perpetuated by two finely carved chairs, made out of the wood of
-the old tree, which stand within the sacrarium of the Abbey
-church.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p29b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The home of Foxe the martyrologist at Waltham"
-title=
-"The home of Foxe the martyrologist at Waltham"
- src="images/p29s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3><a name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 31</span><span
-class="GutSmall">CHAPTER II.</span><br />
-A RAMBLE TO EPPING FOREST AND HIGH BEECH.</h3>
-<p><span class="smcap">From</span> Foxe&rsquo;s house it is a
-pleasant walk to Epping Forest and High Beech.&nbsp; The way is
-by Farm Hill (almost opposite Foxe&rsquo;s house) to Brookside,
-thence sharp to the right over the bridge, and up the hill by the
-old windmill for a little more than half a mile, to the hamlet
-known as Honey lane, where the margin of the fine old forest, the
-heights of which will have been viewed on the way, opens
-out.&nbsp; We turn up by the covered well and trough into Honey
-lane itself.&nbsp; Those who may prefer to ensure a right
-direction may keep to the roadway, which strikes up the hill
-through the forest, and, bearing sharp to the left and right
-respectively, leads direct to High Beech.&nbsp; It is more
-pleasant, perhaps, to wander through the woodland, and such as
-would prefer to do this may strike across the plain to the left
-of the bridge over the stream, following the line of the
-watercourse, then, taking a break in the thicket that will be
-found, a clear way called the Verderer&rsquo;s Path will soon be
-entered.&nbsp; Pursuing this to the right (south), we come out at
-the top of the hill in Honey lane, near a cyclists&rsquo; caution
-board, and the way to High Beech, the spire of the church being
-clearly noticeable, is then straight along the road.&nbsp; Many a
-charming peep over the Lea Valley will have been enjoyed on the
-way, but from High Beech Plain a panorama of superb beauty is
-opened out to view.&nbsp; Those who have hitherto regarded the
-home counties of Essex, Middlesex, and Herts as poor, flat, and
-featureless parts of our England will be agreeably surprised at
-the rich beauty of the landscape which this view of the <a
-name="page32"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 32</span>Lea Valley
-affords.</p>
-<h4>Tennyson&rsquo;s home.</h4>
-<p>It was a scene that the late Lord Tennyson, who resided for
-some years at Beech Hill Park here, which lies a little to the
-west of the King&rsquo;s Oak Inn, loved and admired, as he also
-reverenced the ancient town and minster of Waltham.&nbsp; It was
-the sonorous bells of Harold&rsquo;s church that inspired the
-beautiful lines of &ldquo;In Memoriam&rdquo;:</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center">&ldquo;Ring out, wild
-bells, to the wild sky.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>His noble drama of &ldquo;Harold,&rdquo; too, doubtless owes
-its inception to the poet&rsquo;s residence in and intimate
-connection with this locality.&nbsp; High Beech church lies a
-little beyond the King&rsquo;s Oak Inn and the plain; it is a
-modern building in the Gothic style.</p>
-<p>From the church we retrace our steps to the inn named, and
-make the historic earthworks known as Ambresbury Banks or Camp (a
-bee line of about two miles) our next objective.&nbsp; The road
-continues beyond the junction with Honey lane, whence we came,
-then bears to the right on to the Wake Arms Inn and the main
-Epping road, a little less than a mile along which brings us to
-the camp, this lying on the east side of the road.&nbsp; But
-there is a very pleasant way thither through the heart of the
-forest, which I will endeavour to describe.&nbsp; Here, however,
-I would suggest that all who wish to enjoy the real beauty of the
-forest in this way should take the precaution to carry a reliable
-compass, for it is very easy to become confused about the
-geographical circumstances of one&rsquo;s surroundings among the
-wood and thicket.</p>
-<p>We turn off across the open plain to the right, about 300
-yards beyond the King&rsquo;s Oak Inn, where will be found a
-track or walk, which at times is rather indistinct.&nbsp; Follow
-this for about half a mile, then turn sharp to the right (east)
-through the glade into the valley, skirting the swamp and Wake
-Valley ponds (leaving these to the north) on to the main
-road.&nbsp; Here we turn to the left and continue to the Wake
-Arms Inn.&nbsp; Thence the Theydon road (opposite) is taken, down
-Jack&rsquo;s Hill for about half a mile, and when the <a
-name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-33</span>Verderers&rsquo; Ride is noticed on the left, this is
-followed to Ambresbury Banks.&nbsp; This route will take the
-wanderer through parts of the forest that are almost
-unfrequented, where oak and beech and hornbeam flourish in all
-their wild grandeur; where many of the fungi and lichens, for
-which the forest is so noted, will be met with, as well as many
-beautiful flowering plants, rare-winged insects, and most of the
-birds, so large and representative a number of which make their
-home in the forest.&nbsp; Nor is it at all unlikely that a herd
-of the forest deer will be seen, for these graceful creatures
-generally resort to this part.&nbsp; Upon the walk one&rsquo;s
-mind almost naturally reverts to the days when this 5,000 odd
-acres of woodland, now the &ldquo;people&rsquo;s
-playground,&rdquo; was a mere morsel of the great forest of
-Waltham, an almost boundless tract of wild forest land, which
-formed the favourite hunting ground for the Saxon, Norman,
-Plantagenet, and Tudor kings.</p>
-<p>Of Ambresbury Camp, which we have now attained, much has been
-said and written in dispute as to its origin.&nbsp; There,
-however, seems to be little doubt that it formed an important
-British earthwork, and, despite all that has been said to the
-contrary, it is extremely probable that it formed the final
-stronghold of Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, from which she and
-her vast army of Britons issued forth to do battle with the Roman
-legions under Suetonius Paulinus, and suffered that terrible
-defeat of which history tells us.&nbsp; This is a spot,
-therefore, that awakens solemn thoughts.</p>
-<h4>Copt Hall and Upshire.</h4>
-<p>The road back to Waltham turns out of the Epping highway
-directly opposite the camp, and takes us by the main entrance and
-lodges of Copt Hall, once the stately seat of the abbots of
-Waltham, who frequently entertained royal heads, potent princes,
-and great nobles here.&nbsp; Robert Fuller, the last abbot,
-surrendered the beautiful mansion and domain to Henry VIII. at
-the Dissolution.&nbsp; In later times Copt Hall was the residence
-of the Princess Mary, subsequently the seat of the Earl of
-Middlesex, patron of old Thomas Fuller, and is now held by the
-Wythes family.&nbsp; Half a mile further on we enter <a
-name="page34"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 34</span>the pretty
-hamlet of Upshire, with its broad expanse of green and pretty
-little church, built a year or two ago by Sir T. Fowell Buxton,
-Bart., lord of the manor, whose fine domain of Warlies stretches
-far away over the undulating country to the north.&nbsp; The
-entrance to Warlies is passed at the bottom of the hill.&nbsp;
-Thence the way is by a pleasant country road, running through
-fields and pastures, with here and there a farm-house or a group
-of cottages, to Waltham Abbey again.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p35b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Eleanor Cross at Waltham"
-title=
-"The Eleanor Cross at Waltham"
- src="images/p35s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3><a name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 35</span><span
-class="GutSmall">CHAPTER III.</span><br />
-WALTHAM CROSS AND THEOBALDS</h3>
-<p><span class="smcap">Waltham Cross</span>, which is not to be
-confounded with Waltham Holy Cross, commonly called Waltham
-Abbey, for whilst the latter is in Essex, the former is in
-Hertfordshire, and forms part of the parish of Cheshunt.&nbsp; To
-reach Waltham Cross, the visitor must retrace his steps towards
-the railway, and passing over this, the historic monument, which
-stands at the junction with the old Great North Road&mdash;is
-reached by a walk of five minutes&rsquo; duration.</p>
-<p>Waltham Cross was one of the several similar monuments erected
-to the memory of Queen Eleanor by her devoted husband, Edward
-I.&nbsp; She died at Herdby, near Grantham, on November 12, 1290,
-whence her remains were conveyed to Westminster for interment by
-stages which were marked by ten crosses.&nbsp; Of these only the
-crosses at Geddington, Northampton, and Waltham remain.</p>
-<p>Waltham Cross has long been admired as an elegant specimen of
-Early English or Middle Pointed architecture.&nbsp; It is
-hexagonal in form, and consists of three handsome stages or
-storeys, each terminated by an embattled frieze, whilst the
-angles are respectively supported by a graduated buttress,
-ornamented with foliated finials.&nbsp; Within the panels of the
-lower storey are shields bearing the arms of England, Castile,
-and Leon and Poictou; whilst statues of Queen Eleanor occupy
-niches on the second storey.</p>
-<h4>The Four Swans Inn.</h4>
-<p>Each corner of the road that here debouches upon the main high
-road is occupied by an inn, that nearer London being the Falcon,
-and the other the Four Swans.&nbsp; Both are survivals of that
-period of prosperity when the coaches between <a
-name="page36"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 36</span>London and
-Cambridge sped along the road.&nbsp; Whilst, however, the Falcon
-has been rebuilt in recent times&mdash;a work which made possible
-the widening of the roadway and the preservation of the
-Cross&mdash;the Four Swans retains very much of its old-time
-glory, and its sign is still stretched across the main street,
-forming an advertisement of such a conspicuous character as would
-not be admissible now-a-days.&nbsp; The interior of this inn
-possesses many of those interesting features which are generally
-attached to old coaching and posting houses, and in its oldest
-portion is a handsome Jacobean staircase.&nbsp; Its foundation,
-however, <a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-38</span>dates far beyond even coaching days, for the house
-originally formed part of the possessions of the Abbey, of which
-it was a guest house, whilst the Abbot&rsquo;s manorial court was
-held here.&nbsp; The oldest part of the house is that to the left
-of the gateway on entering, and it is highly probable that the
-suite of rooms in which the tenants assembled&mdash;described by
-Dr. Stukeley in 1752 as being &ldquo;where the chimneys
-are&rdquo;&mdash;were contained in this wing, whilst the older
-portion of the spacious apartment over the gateway, now used as a
-masonic hall, formed the abbot&rsquo;s court-room.&nbsp; At other
-times the place was used for the lodgement of pilgrims and
-similar purposes.&nbsp; The sign of the Four Swans, the only one
-that I have met with, is derived from the arms of Earl Harold,
-whose shield had emblazoned upon it a cross with four swans.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p36b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Eleanor Cross, showing detail of carving. From
-&ldquo;Picturesque Hertfordshire.&rdquo; Drawn by Duncan Moul"
-title=
-"The Eleanor Cross, showing detail of carving. From
-&ldquo;Picturesque Hertfordshire.&rdquo; Drawn by Duncan Moul"
- src="images/p36s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image37" href="images/p37b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Theobalds, formerly the favourite residence of King James I."
-title=
-"Theobalds, formerly the favourite residence of King James I."
- src="images/p37s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h4>Theobalds.</h4>
-<p>With the Abbey, the Cross, and the Four Swans Inn we leave
-behind us, it may be said, associations with and monuments of
-medi&aelig;val times, and enter upon the later, but no less
-stirring epoch of English history which is marked by the Tudor,
-Jacobean, and Commonwealth periods, by a visit to the historic
-seat of Theobalds, or Tibbles, as it is locally called.&nbsp; The
-entrance to the park is from the high road, close to Theobalds
-Grove Station on the Great Eastern Railway branch line to
-Cheshunt.&nbsp; As one saunters through the long leafy aisle,
-there comes to mind the reference to this famous seat and its
-locality in old Izaak Walton&rsquo;s famous classic, the
-&ldquo;Complete Angler,&rdquo; wherein the angler, the hunter,
-and the falconer, each commends his recreation; Piscator avows
-his intention of going &ldquo;this fine, fresh May
-morning,&rdquo; as far as Ware, whereupon Venator says his
-purpose is to &ldquo;drink my morning draught at the Thatched
-House, Hoddesdon,&rdquo; and Anceps rejoins: &ldquo;Sir, I shall,
-by your favour, bear you company as far as Theobalds, and there
-leave you; for then I turn up to a friend&rsquo;s house, who mews
-a hawk for me, which I now long to see.&rdquo;&nbsp; The present
-house of Theobalds, which is the seat of Lady Meux, is modern,
-having <a name="page40"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-40</span>been erected in 1768, and, though large, is not
-beautiful.&nbsp; A view of the house and gardens can be obtained
-by taking the footpath on the left, running along the bank of the
-New River, the stream being widened into a lake here, and
-creating a very pretty feature of the Park lands.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image39" href="images/p39b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Temple Bar. In its new home, at the main entrance to Theobalds
-Park"
-title=
-"Temple Bar. In its new home, at the main entrance to Theobalds
-Park"
- src="images/p39s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The main entrance to the house is by the famous Temple Bar,
-which stands a little further along the drive from which the path
-has been taken.&nbsp; A more beautiful setting for Wren&rsquo;s
-wonderful gateway it would scarcely be possible to conceive or
-create, and I know not another gateway entrance to a private park
-or domain throughout the country that is more beautiful than
-this.&nbsp; The nobility of its lines, the grandeur of the
-design, and the beauty of the stone are here all thrown into
-wonderful relief by the rich green of the foliage which forms the
-setting of the gate.&nbsp; One cannot help wondering what Dr.
-Johnson, or Sir Joshua Reynolds, or Charles Lamb, to all of whom
-the old gate that marked the western boundary of the city was
-familiar, would have said if they could have seen it transported
-to its present position.&nbsp; They were all ardent lovers of the
-town, and would certainly have lamented its loss from their Fleet
-Street.&nbsp; The Doctor would probably have said, &ldquo;Sir! it
-is a vile outrage upon the City of London.&rdquo;&nbsp; Yet I
-think their artistic perceptions would have compelled them to
-admit that its new home endowed it with a grandeur that it never
-before possessed.</p>
-<p>Theobalds and its immediate vicinity is very rich in historic
-incidents.&nbsp; With it are associated the lives and deeds of
-Cardinal Wolsey, the great Lord Burleigh, Queen Elizabeth, James
-I., Charles I., the Cromwells, and others.</p>
-<p>Theobalds formed one of the six manors into which was
-parcelled the parish of Cheshunt, which itself at the time of the
-Conquest formed a manor in the Honour of Richmond, conferred upon
-Earl Alan by his uncle, William the Conqueror.&nbsp; The origin
-of the name is unknown, but in 1441 we find the manor of
-Theobalds was granted by the Crown to the hospital of St. <a
-name="page41"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 41</span>Anthony, in
-London.&nbsp; About the middle of the sixteenth century it was
-conferred upon William Cecil, afterwards Lord Burleigh, Secretary
-of State to Edward VI. and Elizabeth.&nbsp; In July, 1564, the
-queen paid her trusty counsellor a visit here, and was so pleased
-with her reception and the beauty of the place, that she
-expressed her intention of returning hither at a future
-date.&nbsp; Cecil accordingly demolished the old grange and
-erected a spacious and handsome mansion for her majesty&rsquo;s
-reception.</p>
-<p>A contemporary biographer of Cecil has pertinently observed,
-&ldquo;He buylt three houses; one in London for necessity,
-another at Burghley, of computency for the mansion of his Barony,
-and another at Waltham for his younger sonne, which at the first
-he meant but for a little pile, as I have hard him saie, but
-after he came to enterteyne the Quene so often there he was
-inforced to enlarge it, rather for the Quene and her greate
-traine and to sette poore on worke, than for pompe or glory, for
-he ever said it wold be to big for the smalle living he cold
-leave his sonne.&rdquo;&nbsp; The same author also says Cecil
-&ldquo;greatlie delighted in making gardens, fountaines, and
-walkes, which at Theobalds were perfected most costly, bewtyfully
-and pleasauntly, while one might walk twoe myle in the walkes
-before he came to their ends.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>Norden has remarked of Cecil&rsquo;s new house: &ldquo;To
-speake of the state and beauty thereof at large as it deserveth
-for curious Buildings, delightfull walkes and pleasaunt conceits
-within and without and other Thinges very glorious and elegant to
-be seene, would challenge a great portion of this little
-treatise, and therefore leaste I should come short of that one
-commendation that it deserveth, I leave it as indeede it is, a
-princely seate.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>Vallens, in his &ldquo;Tale of Two Swannes&rdquo; (1590) also
-pays a graceful tribute to Cecil and old Theobalds in the
-following lines:</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Now see these Swannes, the new and worthy
-seate<br />
-Of famous Cecil, tresorer of the land,<br />
-Whose wisdome, counsell, skill of princes&rsquo; state<br />
-<a name="page42"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 42</span>The world
-admires; then Swannes may do the same:<br />
-The house it selfe doth shewe the owner&rsquo;s wit,<br />
-And may for beautie, state and every thing,<br />
-Compared be with most within the land.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<h4>James I. and Theobalds.</h4>
-<p>Lord Burleigh was succeeded in 1598 by his second son, Robert,
-first Earl of Salisbury, who here entertained James I. for four
-days on his way from Scotland to London to take possession of the
-throne, as well as the Lords of the Council, who were here to do
-homage to the son of Mary, Queen of Scots.&nbsp; In July, 1606,
-James again visited the earl at Theobalds, together with the King
-of Denmark, and their majesties were entertained with great
-magnificence during a stay of five days.&nbsp; The account of the
-proceedings related by a contemporary chronicler furnishes us
-with an interesting if not very edifying glimpse into the ways
-and manners of Court life in the seventeenth century.&nbsp; Much
-of the period of their majesties&rsquo; stay at Theobalds appears
-to have been occupied by a series of masques and debauches.&nbsp;
-At one of the pageants the King of Denmark represented Solomon,
-and a lady of the Court, in the character of the Queen of Sheba,
-proceeded to perform her part by laying gifts at the
-monarch&rsquo;s feet.&nbsp; She had, however, imbibed so freely
-of the fine wines supplied from the Cecil cellar that she was
-unable to retain her balance, and fell, sprawling, into the lap
-of the king.&nbsp; Rising from his magnificent throne, the latter
-attempted to dance with the &ldquo;fallen&rdquo; queen, but the
-royal legs being as unsteady as those of the lady, the twain cut
-a sorry sight, and his majesty had to be carried away
-ignominiously to his chamber.&nbsp; &ldquo;Now did appear,&rdquo;
-writes the chronicler, who would seem to have been one of the
-guests, &ldquo;Faith, Hope, and Charity.&nbsp; Hope did essay to
-speak, but wine did render her endeavours so feeble that she
-withdrew.&nbsp; Faith was then all alone, for I am certain she
-was not joined by Good Works, and left the Court in a staggering
-condition.&nbsp; Charity came then to the king&rsquo;s feet, and
-soon returned to Hope and Faith, who were both sick in the lower
-hall.&rdquo;</p>
-<p><a name="page43"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 43</span>So
-delighted was King Jamie with Theobalds and the hunting afforded
-by its domain, as well as in the adjoining Enfield Chase and
-Waltham Forest, that he prevailed upon the noble owner to
-exchange it for Hatfield, and the latter has since that time
-(1608) remained the home of the Cecils.&nbsp; The king enlarged
-the park of Theobalds, which he enclosed with a wall ten miles in
-circumference.&nbsp; He passed nearly all his leisure here, and
-died at Theobalds on March 25, 1625.</p>
-<p>Charles I. also received homage at Theobalds upon his
-succession to the throne, but he had not that affection for the
-place which his father displayed.&nbsp; He retired hither,
-however, at the end of 1641, or beginning of 1642, to escape the
-unpleasantness of State affairs, and in February of the latter
-year here received the solemn remonstrance of Parliament.&nbsp;
-Hence he set out a month later, with a body of adherents, to
-raise the Royal Standard at Nottingham.&nbsp; It is by some
-stated that the unfortunate king wrote a portion of the
-&ldquo;Eikon Basilike&rdquo; at Theobalds.</p>
-<p>That strange passion for destruction which possessed Cromwell
-and the Parliamentarians moved these ignorant sectarians to
-destroy the handsome palace reared by Lord Burleigh, and enlarged
-and beautified by James I.; its rich contents were dispersed, and
-its beautiful gardens ruthlessly destroyed.</p>
-<p>Charles II. bestowed the manor of Theobalds upon General
-Monk&mdash;for the consideration of &pound;12,067 6s.
-8d.&mdash;and created him Duke of Albemarle.&nbsp; It descended
-to the Duke of Montagu, and later to the Cromwell family, then
-with the estate of Cheshunt Park to the Russells, subsequently
-became the property of Sir George Prescott, and finally was
-purchased by the late Sir Henry Meux, Bart.&nbsp; In 1712, when
-Sir Thomas Abney lived at Theobalds, he persuaded Dr. Isaac Watts
-to retire hither.&nbsp; During his thirty-six years&rsquo;
-residence here the learned divine wrote his famous hymns and
-songs, and died in 1748 at the age of seventy-four.</p>
-<h3><a name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span><span
-class="GutSmall">CHAPTER IV.</span><br />
-CHESHUNT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.</h3>
-<p><span class="smcap">Old</span> Cheshunt village is a little
-less than a mile north of Theobalds by the road that turns up the
-hill, opposite Temple Bar, to Bury Green, thence leaving the
-cemetery on the left.&nbsp; A pleasant old-fashioned inn, where
-the magisterial business was dispensed for many years, and a
-small cluster of houses form the old village to-day, with
-Cheshunt College, a foundation by Selina Countess of Huntingdon,
-for the training of Nonconformist ministers, hard by, and the
-fine old parish church reposing in its ample &ldquo;God&rsquo;s
-Acre,&rdquo; opposite.&nbsp; But in quite recent times the
-builder has been busy in this locality, and at the bottom of the
-village a good many houses of the suburban villa type have been
-erected.&nbsp; The most populous part of Cheshunt has grown up
-along either side of the high road, here known as Cheshunt
-Street, nearly half a mile distant, eastward, leaving the old
-village isolated, as it were.&nbsp; But it was here that stood
-the fine old mansions for which the parish was once famed,
-grouped around and about the church.&nbsp; Of these more
-presently.&nbsp; Meantime a walk may profitably be taken along
-Church Gate, whence proceeding between some handsome old
-sixteenth century houses, with overhanging fronts, one steps into
-a street or lane that wears a most charming air of
-antiquity.&nbsp; At the bottom is the old Free school, founded by
-Robert Dewhurst in 1640, the building forming an interesting
-example of the domestic Tudor-Jacobean transition style.</p>
-<h4>A strange Custom.</h4>
-<p>Cheshunt is the modernised form of the Roman Cestrehunt.&nbsp;
-A British encampment is said to have existed here, a little to
-the west of the ancient Ermine Street, upon the track of which
-the high road now runs.&nbsp; What may <a name="page46"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 46</span>be the remains of this exist in a
-field lying on the west of the churchyard and close to the
-cemetery.&nbsp; It is also recorded that a bank or earthen wall
-extended in early times through this parish, which is believed to
-have been the boundary of the East Saxons.&nbsp; In connection
-with this bank a curious custom exists.&nbsp; By this, if a
-copyholder dies seised of land on the west, or above bank, the
-right of succession falls to the eldest son, but if it is below
-the bank then to the youngest son.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image45" href="images/p45b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"In the village at Cheshunt"
-title=
-"In the village at Cheshunt"
- src="images/p45s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Cheshunt parish is an extensive one, and its physical aspect
-wonderfully varied, with a richly wooded undulating
-surface.&nbsp; There are many elevated situations from 300 to 354
-feet above sea-level, and from most of these beautiful views of
-the surrounding country are to be enjoyed.&nbsp; The district,
-too, abounds in charming walks, and field paths are
-numerous.&nbsp; Large areas are devoted to fruit culture, roses,
-horticultural nurseries, and market gardens.&nbsp; Quite a
-feature of the place are the extensive rose nurseries of Messrs.
-Paul and Son in the high road, and these are well worthy a visit
-by lovers of flowers, to whom they are at all times
-accessible.</p>
-<p>It was to old Pengelly House, which stood in its spacious
-grounds (now built over), opposite Cheshunt College, that Richard
-Cromwell, the deposed Protector, retired after his return from
-the Continent in 1680.&nbsp; He spent his remaining days here as
-the guest of Sergeant Pengelly, afterwards Chief Baron of the
-Exchequer, in the name of Clarke.</p>
-<h4>Cheshunt Great House.</h4>
-<p>A little beyond the old village, on the road that runs to
-Goff&rsquo;s Oak and Cheshunt Common&mdash;a beautiful breezy
-height&mdash;stands a structure that strikes one as odd in form
-and character.&nbsp; It is isolated and alone, occupying a slight
-elevation, and little conjecture is needed to recognise this as
-the remains of an old moated mansion.&nbsp; It is known as the
-Great House, and believed to have originally been the Palace of
-Waltham, of which ancient records speak, and later served as the
-seat of the lord of the manor of St. Andrews-le-Motte.&nbsp; The
-foundations <a name="page48"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-48</span>of this structure are by some authorities considered to
-date back to the fifteenth century, and a well-known local
-antiquary asserts that it was built 1380&ndash;90, as the palace
-for Cardinal Henry Beaufort, second son of John of Gaunt.&nbsp;
-The original house was a quadrangular Gothic building, surrounded
-by a moat, of which traces are clearly discernible.&nbsp; A
-considerable portion of the structure was demolished in
-1801.&nbsp; The Great House long formed a dower palace of the
-queens of England, and in 1519 was granted to Cardinal
-Wolsey.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p46b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Cheshunt Great House"
-title=
-"Cheshunt Great House"
- src="images/p46s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Though it is difficult to be precise and certain about the
-history of this interesting old building, there can be no doubt
-about its being a very old foundation, and having formed part of
-a large and important domestic structure.&nbsp; The great hall,
-which is the chief feature of the remains, is a very noble
-apartment, and must belong to a period earlier than the
-Tudors.&nbsp; It is 27 feet long by 21 feet wide, with a height
-of 36 feet to the centre of the arched roof.&nbsp; This is
-supported by ribs of chestnut wrought in the Gothic style.&nbsp;
-The sides are wainscoted, and the floor is paved with black and
-white marble.&nbsp; On the walls hang numerous portraits of kings
-and queens, statesmen, and others, most of them attributed to
-great masters.&nbsp; All I should like to say about them is that
-as portraits many are interesting.&nbsp; There are also some
-examples of chain and other armour and various weapons of war, as
-well as some curious pieces of furniture, said to have belonged
-to the mighty Cardinal.&nbsp; Several other apartments are open
-to visitors, and in one is a quaint rocking-horse reported to
-have belonged to Charles I., who was, of course, frequently at
-Theobalds in the days of his childhood.&nbsp; Grim and tragic
-stories are told about the underground chambers of this old
-place.</p>
-<h4>Cheshunt Church.</h4>
-<p>The handsome old parish church of St. Mary&rsquo;s, which is
-seen from the Great House, pleasantly and serenely ensconced amid
-rich arboreal surroundings, is reached by a path through the
-fields opposite.&nbsp; Though its foundation dates back to a
-period anterior to the Conquest, for the church then <a
-name="page49"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 49</span>existing was
-presented to the canon of the priory of Fulgar, in Brittany, by
-Constance, daughter of William of Normandy, the present church is
-a building of the sixteenth century, in the early Perpendicular
-or Transition style.&nbsp; It was erected by Nicholas Dixon,
-Clerk of the Pipe Office and Baron of the Exchequer, who held the
-Rectory, temp. Henry VI.&nbsp; Like many another parish church
-this of Cheshunt has undergone numerous alterations and
-additions, ill-planned restorations and barbaric effacements, but
-the survival is a beautiful building, of noble proportions and of
-no slight architectural interest.&nbsp; Perhaps its most
-noticeable feature is the fine stone and flint embattled tower,
-with an octagon cupola at the south-east corner.&nbsp; This
-probably replaced the spire which originally graced the tower,
-and from a date on the lead beneath would seem to have been
-erected in 1811.&nbsp; From another angle formerly projected a
-cresset, very similar to that on Hardley Church, near
-Barnet.&nbsp; The precise use of these old beacon lights on
-churches seems not to be very clear, but they were probably used
-as signals of alarm in troublous times.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a name="image47" href="images/p47b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Parish Church, Cheshunt"
-title=
-"The Parish Church, Cheshunt"
- src="images/p47s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Few who enter this church by the handsome doorway at the base
-of the tower, the armorial ornamentation of which is worthy
-notice, will fail to admire the view which is afforded when
-standing beneath the noble western arch of the lower wall, by the
-handsome nave and chancel, lighted by a clerestory, and closed in
-by an open timber roof, the latter beautifully painted.&nbsp;
-There is a good deal to interest one within the church.&nbsp;
-There will be noticed a modern Rood screen across the chancel
-front, and originally there existed a very handsome screen of
-this character, access to which was gained by a small staircase
-on the southern side, which was clumsily demolished at the
-restoration in 1872.&nbsp; In the chancel pavement is a brass to
-Nicholas Dixon, the founder, whilst a Gothic altar tomb of
-Purbeck marble occupies a recess in the north wall.&nbsp; The
-latter is to the memory of Robert Dacres, of Cheshunt, Privy
-Councillor to Henry VIII.&nbsp; Other notable monuments are those
-of Sir Henry Atkins, physician to James I. <a
-name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 50</span>and Charles,
-Daniel Dodson and Margaret Lady Whatton, whose virtues are thus
-recited:</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Fair as an Angel, virtuous as a saint,<br
-/>
-Whose beauty and whose grace no art can paint,<br />
-Highly belov&rsquo;d by all and so admir&rsquo;d,<br />
-As much bewail&rsquo;d when she from hence retir&rsquo;d,<br />
-Her soul so pure from earth to Heaven soar&rsquo;d,<br />
-There to enjoy the God she here enjoy&rsquo;d,&rdquo; etc.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Between the nave and chancel on either side is a curious
-ornamental opening pierced through the wall.&nbsp; What purpose
-these served it is hard to determine.&nbsp; In the tower chamber,
-which has a beautiful vaulted roof, is the ancient octagonal font
-of Purbeck marble, as well as the very old alms chest or poor
-man&rsquo;s box, with three fine hasps and locks, and strongly
-bonded with iron.&nbsp; In the churchyard stand a large square
-tomb, the burial place of the Cromwell family for several
-generations.</p>
-<p>The Cromwells held Cheshunt Park, which lies a little less
-than a mile north of the church, beyond Flamstead End.&nbsp; This
-pleasant little hamlet would seem by its name to furnish another
-link with Saxon times, for Flamstead in Anglo-Saxon would mean
-&ldquo;place of refuge.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>The manor of Cheshunt Park originally belonged to the Crown,
-but was purchased by Sir William Cecil in 1570, and became merged
-in the manor of Theobalds.&nbsp; It was seized with other Crown
-lands by the Parliament in 1650, and then leased to William
-Groff.&nbsp; Thence it passed to the Cromwells and
-Russells.&nbsp; Mrs. Russell was the last person who bore at
-birth the name of Cromwell, through direct male descent.&nbsp;
-Her father, Oliver, great-grandson of Henry, son of the
-Protector, was very desirous of leaving his name to his
-son-in-law, and applied several times for the royal licence for
-Mr. Russell to assume it.&nbsp; But the king, George III., always
-refused, saying, &ldquo;No! no!&nbsp; No more Oliver
-Cromwells!&rdquo;&nbsp; There is a plan of the park made in
-connection with a survey in 1611, in the British Museum, and it
-is therein stated to be &ldquo;in length just 3 myles and in
-circuit along the paile 8 myle lack 30 poles.&rdquo;</p>
-<p><a name="page51"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 51</span>At the
-northern extremity of the parish, along the high road, lies the
-hamlet of Turnford, still a picturesque little spot, though now
-given over to the builder and market gardener.&nbsp; Scores of
-acres of glasshouses exist here.&nbsp; In early times, however,
-the famous nunnery of the Benedictines extended along the eastern
-side of the road here.&nbsp; At the Dissolution this, with other
-lands in the parish, fell into the possession of that &ldquo;old
-land grabber,&rdquo; as a Herts antiquary has dubbed Sir Anthony
-Denny.&nbsp; Nothing now remains of the nunnery.</p>
-<p>Cheshunt Street contains a good many interesting examples of
-old domestic architecture.&nbsp; There is rather a curious
-structure here known locally as the Round House, which has been
-in the family of the present owner since the time of
-Elizabeth.&nbsp; It was built by a descendant of one of
-Elizabeth&rsquo;s sea captains, who was engaged in the seven
-years&rsquo; war.&nbsp; He settled down here, and called it
-Effingham Place.</p>
-<h4>The heights of Cheshunt</h4>
-<p>The highlands of Cheshunt are all of a beautiful character,
-and the climate of these elevated situations is particularly
-healthful, the air being clear and bracing.&nbsp; To the north
-lie Hammond Street, Appleby Street, and the beautiful sylvan
-hamlet of Beaumont Manor; to the west is the pleasant old village
-of Goff&rsquo;s Oak, with pretty Newgate Street beyond, and the
-noble domain of Wood Green Park adjacent.&nbsp; More to the north
-is the picturesque old hamlet of Cuffley, to the curative waters
-of whose well King James frequently repaired.&nbsp; From Cuffley
-one may enjoy a very fine view of the Lea Valley and the richly
-timbered undulations of Epping Forest.&nbsp; The little place is
-effectually cut off from the affairs of ordinary civilisation,
-and is as isolated as a hamlet in the heart of Warwickshire.</p>
-<p>Goff&rsquo;s Oak is a pretty little place, with many
-interesting features about it.&nbsp; Its numerous
-cottages&mdash;there is only one good-sized house&mdash;lie,
-irregularly disposed on either side of the road, often behind
-ample gardens beautiful with lilies and larkspur, rocket,
-wallflowers, hollyhocks, and other old-time flowers.&nbsp; It
-gains its <a name="page52"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-52</span>name from a famous old oak tree, said to have been
-planted by one of William the Conqueror&rsquo;s heroes, Sir
-Theodore Godfrey, to whom lands here had been assigned (hence
-Godfrey&rsquo;s&mdash;Geoffrey&rsquo;s
-Oak&mdash;Geoff&rsquo;s&mdash;Goff&rsquo;s Oak).&nbsp; The
-venerable tree, of which only the trunk now remains, has a girth
-of over twenty feet at three feet from the ground.&nbsp; It
-reminds one of the beautiful lines of Dryden:</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;The Monarch Oak, the Patriarch of the
-Trees,<br />
-Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;<br />
-Three centuries he grows, and three he stays,<br />
-Supreme in state; and in three more decays.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p52b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Decorative footer"
-title=
-"Decorative footer"
- src="images/p52s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h2><a name="page53"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 53</span>A
-CHRONOLOGY OF WALTHAM HOLY CROSS,<br />
-OTHERWISE WALTHAM ABBEY.</h2>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">By the Rev. J.
-H. Stamp</span>.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">54 B.C.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>The British Prince Caswallon encamps at Waltham.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">circ. A.D. 64.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Defeat, death, and burial of Queen Boadicea near Warlies,
-in this Parish.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">A.D. 894.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>King Alfred floods Waltham Marshes and discomfits the
-Danes.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">circ. 1030.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Discovery of the Holy Cross of Waltham at Montacute, in
-Somerset.&nbsp; Tovi, Canute&rsquo;s Standard Bearer, builds the
-first Parish Church of Waltham.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1059.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Earl Harold, afterwards King, erects his Norman Church on
-the site of Tovi&rsquo;s Church.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1060.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Consecration of Harold&rsquo;s Church on May 3rd, in the
-presence of King Edward the Confessor.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1062.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Foundation of Harold&rsquo;s secular college.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1066&ndash;7.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Burial of King Harold before the High Altar.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1177.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Harold&rsquo;s College dissolved and Augustinian Priory
-founded by Henry II.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1184.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Waltham Priory becomes Waltham Abbey.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1201.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hugh Nevil, the Crusader and High Justice, interred in the
-Choir.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1252.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Interment of Archdeacon Passelew, Bishop-designate of
-Chichester.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1286&ndash;1370.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Restoration of Nave of Parish Church, Decorated West Front
-inserted, and Lady Chapel erected.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1290.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>The body of Queen Eleanor deposited in the Church for one
-night.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1291&ndash;2.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Erection of Eleanor Memorial at Waltham Cross.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1307.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>King Edward the First&rsquo;s body rests for three months
-near Harold&rsquo;s Tomb.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">circ. 1370.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Erection of the Abbey Gateway and Walls.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1400.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Abbot William de Harleston assists at the Funeral of
-Richard II., at Kings Langley.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><a name="page54"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 54</span>circ. 1509.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Stained Glass Window, presented to Waltham by Henry VIII.,
-now in St. Margaret&rsquo;s, Westminster.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1528&ndash;29.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Henry VIII. at Waltham.&nbsp; Cranmer meets Fox and
-Gardiner in the Homeland, near the Abbey of Waltham, and strikes
-the keynote of the Reformation.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">circ. 1530&ndash;40.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>The King places Waltham at the head of his scheme of new
-Bishoprics.&nbsp; Thomas Tallis, Organist of the Abbey.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1540.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Monastery dissolved on March 24th.&nbsp; Abbot, Robert
-Fuller, Ex-prior of St. Bartholomew&rsquo;s, Smithfield.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1540&ndash;52.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Destruction of the Monastery, Choir, Transepts, Eastern
-Chapels, and Central Tower.&nbsp; Estates granted to Sir Anthony
-Denny.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1556&ndash;58.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Present Tower erected at the West End.&nbsp; Five Abbey
-Bells sold to provide funds for the completion of the
-Steeple.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1563.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Parish Registers commenced.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1565.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>John Foxe, the Martyrologist, resides at Waltham.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1600.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sir Edward Denny, Knt. (comrade of Sir Philip Sidney and
-Spenser, the Poet), interred in the Chancel.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1605&ndash;27.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Dr. Joseph Hall, author of the Contemplations, &amp;c.,
-Incumbent of the Parish, afterwards Bishop of Exeter and
-Norwich.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1613.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Birth of Dr. George Hall, third son of Bishop Hall, at
-Waltham Abbey.&nbsp; He became Archdeacon of Canterbury and
-Bishop of Chester.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1619.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lady Elizabeth Greville, cousin to Lady Jane Grey,
-interred in the Abbey Church.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1637&ndash;38.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Edward, Baron Denny of Waltham, and Earl of Norwich,
-interred in the Chancel; also his wife, the Lady Mary Cecil,
-Granddaughter of Lord Burleigh.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1648&ndash;58.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Dr. Thomas Fuller, Church Historian, incumbent of
-Waltham.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">circ. 1656.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Six Bells presented by the Parishioners.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1660.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>James Haye, the second Earl of Carlisle and Baron of
-Waltham, interred in the Chancel.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1668.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Restoration of Church and Lady Chapel.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1798&ndash;1810.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Repair and alteration of Tower.&nbsp; Two Bells added.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><a name="page55"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 55</span>circ. 1837&ndash;40.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lord Tennyson resides at Beech Hill Park in this
-Parish.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1848&ndash;50.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Dr. W. H. Cummings (Principal of Guildhall School of
-Music), Organist of Abbey Church.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1853.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Great West Doorway Restored: Ambrose Poynter, Esq.,
-Architect.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1859&ndash;60.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Restoration of Interior: W. Burges, Esq., Architect.&nbsp;
-East Windows designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones.&nbsp; Ceiling
-painted by Sir E. J. Poynter, P.R.A.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1876.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Restoration of the Lady Chapel by Sir T. Fowell Buxton,
-Bart.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1879&ndash;93.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Reconstruction and completion of the Organ.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1882.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lord Frederick Cavendish at Waltham the Sunday before his
-assassination in Ph&oelig;nix Park on May 6th, when Queen
-Victoria visited the Parish, and declared &ldquo;the Royal Forest
-of Waltham free and open to the Public for ever.&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1886.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Carved Oak Screen, presented by the Parishioners, in
-memory of Rev. J. Francis, Vicar of the Parish 1846&ndash;85.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1887.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Illuminated Memorial Clock and Westminster chimes
-presented by J. Parnell, Esq., J.P.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1901&ndash;2.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Erection of St. Thomas&rsquo; Mission Church, near Warlies
-Park, by Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., G.C.M.G.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1902.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Unveiling of Rough Riders&rsquo; Memorial Tablet by Sir
-Ian Hamilton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1904&ndash;5.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Repair of upper stage of the Tower, rebuilding of parapet
-with battlements and turrets in accordance with the original
-design of 1556&ndash;8.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h2><a name="page56"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-56</span>INDEX.</h2>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="GutSmall">PAGE</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Abbey Gateway, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, Waltham</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Abbots of Waltham</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page26">26</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ambresbury Camp</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page33">33</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Architecture of the Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page22">22</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Beech, High</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page31">31</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Beech Hill Park</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Brasses in the Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page25">25</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cheshunt</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cheshunt Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page48">48</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, Free School</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, Park</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page50">50</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'><p>Churches:&mdash;</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cheshunt</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page48">48</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;High Beech</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upshire</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page34">34</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Copt Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Eleanor Cross, Waltham, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page35">35</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Eleanor, Queen</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page10">10</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ermine Street</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Four Swans, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page35">35</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Foxe, John</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page29">29</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fuller, Thomas</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page10">10</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Goff&rsquo;s Oak</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Great House, Cheshunt, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gunpowder Factory</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page12">12</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Harold&rsquo;s Bridge</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Harold, King</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page20">20</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Harold&rsquo;s Burial Place</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page21">21</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Henry VIII. and Waltham</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>High Beech</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page31">31</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>High Beech Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>History of Waltham Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Holy Cross, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Honey Lane</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page31">31</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>James I., King</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page42">42</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>King&rsquo;s Oak Inn, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lady Chapel, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page26">26</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lea Navigation, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page12">12</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Legend of the Holy Cross</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Market Place, Waltham</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page28">28</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pillory, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Potato Cellar, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page28">28</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Reformation, The Keynote of the</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Romeland</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page12">12</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rose Nurseries, Cheshunt</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Round House, Cheshunt</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Stocks, Waltham, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Temple Bar</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page40">40</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tennyson, Lord</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Theobalds</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page38">38</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tombs</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page25">25</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page49">49</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tovi the Proud</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Turnford</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Upshire</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page34">34</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page34">34</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td colspan='2'></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wake Arms Inn, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Waltham Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, History of</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>,, and Henry VIII.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Waltham Cross</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page35">35</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Watts, Dr.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page43">43</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Whipping Post, The</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h2><a name="pageii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-ii</span>ADVERTISEMENTS. <a name="citationii"></a><a
-href="#footnoteii" class="citation">[ii]</a></h2>
-<h3>THE HOMELAND HANDBOOKS.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A DELIGHTFUL SERIES OF
-ILLUSTRATED</b><br />
-<b>TOPOGRAPHICAL GUIDES</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>With Maps and Plans</b>.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Cloth.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Paper.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Tonbridge for the Angler</b>, <b>the Holiday-maker and
-the Resident</b>.&nbsp; By Stanley Martin and Prescott Row</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>2</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Tunbridge Wells of To-Day</b>.&nbsp; By Stanley Martin
-and Prescott Row.&nbsp; Second Edition in preparation.&nbsp;
-Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>3</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;<b>London Town</b>.&rdquo;&nbsp; By Eric
-Hammond.&nbsp; With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>4</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;<b>Lyonesse</b>&rdquo;: <b>The Isles of
-Scilly</b>.&nbsp; With Introduction by the late Sir Walter
-Besant.&nbsp; Fourth Edition in preparation.&nbsp; Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>5</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;<b>Wolfe-Land</b>&rdquo;: <b>The Westerham
-District</b>, <b>Kent</b>.&nbsp; By Gibson Thompson.&nbsp; Third
-Edition.&nbsp; Ordnance Map</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;<b>Kent&rsquo;s Capital</b>&rdquo;:
-<b>Maidstone</b>.&nbsp; By Stanley Martin and Prescott Row.&nbsp;
-Second Edition.&nbsp; With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>7</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Croydon</b>, <b>New and Old</b>.&nbsp; By Edward A.
-Martin, F.G.S., and J. E. Morris, B.A.&nbsp; Third Edition.&nbsp;
-With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>8</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Dartmoor and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By Beatrix F.
-Cresswell.&nbsp; Fourth Edition.&nbsp; Edited by William
-Crossing.&nbsp; With two Ordnance Maps.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>9</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Rochester and Chatham with Pen and Camera</b>.&nbsp; By
-A. G. Munro, B.A.&nbsp; Second Edition.&nbsp; With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>10</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Reigate and Redhill</b>.&nbsp; By T. Francis W.
-Hamilton.&nbsp; Second Edition.&nbsp; With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>11</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;<b>Surrey&rsquo;s Capital</b>&rdquo;: <b>Guildford
-and District</b>.&nbsp; By J. E. Morris, B.A.&nbsp; Third
-Edition.&nbsp; With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>12</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Dulverton and District</b>: <b>The Country of the Wild
-Red Deer</b>.&nbsp; By F. J. Snell, B.A.&nbsp; Second
-Edition.&nbsp; Cloth Edition contains Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>13</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Farnham and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By Gordon
-Home.&nbsp; With Introduction by the late Edna Lyall.&nbsp;
-Second Edition.&nbsp; With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>14</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Godalming and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By T. F. W.
-Hamilton.&nbsp; With Map.&nbsp; Second Edition in
-preparation.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>15</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Teignmouth and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By Beatrix
-F. Cresswell.&nbsp; With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>16</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Hastings and St. Leonards</b>.&nbsp; By W. H.
-Sanders.&nbsp; With Plan.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>17</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Epsom and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By Gordon
-Home.&nbsp; With a Prefatory Note by &ldquo;A.R.&rdquo;&nbsp;
-With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">9d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>18</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Minehead</b>, <b>Porlock</b>, <b>and Dunster</b>: The
-Seaboard of Exmoor.&nbsp; By C. E. Larter.&nbsp; Second
-Edition.&nbsp; With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>19</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Cranbrook</b>: <b>The Town of the Kentish
-Weald</b>.&nbsp; By Stanley Martin.&nbsp; Second Edition.&nbsp;
-With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>20</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Dawlish</b>, <b>and the Estuary of the Exe</b>.&nbsp;
-By Beatrix F. Cresswell.&nbsp; Cloth Edition contains Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>21</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>St. Albans</b>: <b>Its Abbey and its
-Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By C. H. Ashdown, F.R.G.S., F.C.S.&nbsp;
-With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="pageiii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-iii</span>22</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Bromley</b>, <b>Beckenham and Chislehurst</b>.&nbsp; By
-George Clinch.&nbsp; Introduction by Philip Norman, F.S.A.&nbsp;
-With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>23</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Exeter and the Cathedral</b>.&nbsp; By Beatrix F.
-Cresswell.&nbsp; With Plan.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>24</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Kingston-upon-Thames and Surbiton</b>.&nbsp; By Dr. W.
-E. St. L. Finny.&nbsp; With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>25</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Evesham and its Neighbourhood</b>, <b>including
-Broadway</b>.&nbsp; By William Smith.&nbsp; With Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>26</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Petworth and Mid-West Sussex</b>.&nbsp; By L. C.
-Barnes.&nbsp; With Map.&nbsp; (Cloth only).</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">&mdash;</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>27</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Newquay</b>, <b>The Vale of Lanherne and
-Perranzabuloe</b>.&nbsp; By Fanny Goddard.&nbsp; With Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>28</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Haslemere and Hindhead</b>.&nbsp; By Joseph E. Morris,
-B.A.&nbsp; Second Edition.&nbsp; With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>29</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Taunton and Taunton Deane</b>.&nbsp; By Beatrix F.
-Cresswell.&nbsp; Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/3</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>30</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Littlehampton</b>, <b>Arundel and Amberley</b>.&nbsp;
-By Rev. W. Goodliffe, M.A.&nbsp; Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>31</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Tavistock</b>: &ldquo;<b>The Western Gate of
-Dartmoor</b>.&rdquo;&nbsp; By William Crossing.&nbsp;
-Introduction by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould.&nbsp; Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>32</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Plymouth</b>: &ldquo;<b>The Metropolis of the
-West</b>.&rdquo;&nbsp; By W. H. K. Wright.&nbsp; Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>33</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>The Chalfont Country</b>, <b>South Bucks</b>.&nbsp; By
-S. Graveson.&nbsp; Introduction by the Rev. W. H. Summers.&nbsp;
-Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>34</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Dunstable</b>: <b>The Downs and the District</b>.&nbsp;
-By Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S., F.A.I., F.R.S.A., Ireland.&nbsp;
-With two Maps, showing, the antiquities and Plans.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>35</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>The Quantock Hills</b>: <b>Their Combes and
-Villages</b>.&nbsp; By Beatrix F. Cresswell.&nbsp; With Ordnance
-Map (Cloth only).</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">&mdash;</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>36</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Oxted</b>, <b>Limpsfield and Edenbridge with their
-Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By Gordon Home.&nbsp; Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>37</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Lynton</b>, <b>Lynmouth and the Lorna Doone
-Country</b>.&nbsp; By Joseph E. Morris, B.A.&nbsp; Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>38</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Horsham with its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By W.
-Goodliffe, M.A.&nbsp; With a Chapter on Christ&rsquo;s Hospital
-by R. H. Hamilton.&nbsp; Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>39</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Seaford and Newhaven with their Surroundings</b>.&nbsp;
-By George Day.&nbsp; Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>40</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Huntingdon</b>, <b>St. Neots and St. Ives</b>.&nbsp; By
-H. L. Jackson, M.A. and G. R. Holt Shafto.&nbsp; Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>41</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>King&rsquo;s Lynn with its Surroundings</b> (including
-Sandringham).&nbsp; By W. A. Dutt.&nbsp; With Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>42</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Woking and Ripley with their Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By
-A. H. Anderson.&nbsp; Plan and Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>43</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Hertford and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; The country of
-Charles Lamb and Izaak Walton.&nbsp; By W. Graveson.&nbsp;
-Ordnance Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>44</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Dorking and Leatherhead with their
-Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By J. E. Morris, B.A.&nbsp; Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>45</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Harold&rsquo;s Town</b>, <b>Waltham and Cheshunt with
-their Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By Freeman Bunting.&nbsp; Ordnance
-Map.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>46</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Dorchester and its Surroundings</b>.&nbsp; By F. R. and
-Sydney Heath.&nbsp; Ordnance Map and Plan.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>47</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>The Church of St. Mary, Luton</b>.&nbsp; By Constance
-Isherwood.&nbsp; Plan</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1/-</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>MANY OTHERS IN
-PREPARATION</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pageiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p. iv</span>E. J.
-HANCHET,</h3>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center">Estimates given free<br />
-for Renovating and<br />
-Repairing.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pivb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Picture of grave with stone monument"
-title=
-"Picture of grave with stone monument"
- src="images/pivs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center">MARBLE FIGURES.<br />
-STATUES.<br />
-FOUNTAINS.<br />
-BATHS.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center">MONUMENTAL and<br />
-GENERAL MASON,<br />
-SUN STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagev"></a><span class="pagenum">p. v</span><span
-class="smcap">Cheshunt Laundry</span>.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">(Well known as the Hand
-Laundry.)</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>ESTABLISHED . . . . . . .
-1901</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align:
-center">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>HIGH CLASS DYEING &amp;
-CLEANING</b><br />
-and<br />
-<b>GENERAL LAUNDRY WORK</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>Expert Shirt and Collar
-Dressers</i></b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pvb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Picture of the Cheshunt Laundry"
-title=
-"Picture of the Cheshunt Laundry"
- src="images/pvs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Head Office:&mdash;91, HIGH STREET,
-CHESHUNT.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>Orders Collected and
-Delivered Free by our</i></b><br />
-<b><i>own Vans</i></b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>LARGE OPEN AIR DRYING
-GROUNDS</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">Excellent
-References can be Given</span>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagevi"></a><span class="pagenum">p. vi</span><span
-class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP.</span><br />
-HOLLAND &amp; BARRETT,<br />
-Waltham Cross,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">TEA DEALERS</span>.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>HOLLAND &amp; BARRETT</b>,<br />
-Cheshunt,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><b>TEA DEALERS</b></span>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>HOLLAND &amp; BARRETT</b>,<br />
-Waltham Abbey,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><b>BAKERS AND
-CONFECTIONERS</b></span>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Special Notice.</h3>
-<p><i>To</i> . . .</p>
-<p class="gutindent"><b>Town Clerks</b>,<br />
-<b>Clerks of Local Authorities</b>,<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Secretaries of Advertising
-and</b><br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Town Improvement
-Committees</b>.</p>
-<p>If you are interested in a District to which you wish to draw
-Public Attention, and think that it would be helped by the issue
-of a well-illustrated &ldquo;Homeland Handbook,&rdquo; write to
-the <b>General Manager</b>, The Homeland Association for the
-Encouragement of Touring in Great Britain, Association House, 22,
-Bride Lane, Fleet St., London, E.C.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagevii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-vii</span><span class="GutSmall">THE . . .</span><br />
-Homeland Readers.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>By M. T. YATES</i></b>,
-<b><i>LL.D.</i></b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>With numerous Illustrations,
-Maps and Diagrams</b>.</p>
-<p><b>THE HOMELAND READERS</b>, for Council and all Public and
-Private Schools, are issued by the Homeland Association, which is
-doing so much to encourage Touring at Home in the Motherland of
-our Empire, and in widening our knowledge of Great Britain, by
-publishing a series of Handbooks containing useful and
-interesting information relating to towns and country districts
-in various parts of the land.&nbsp; This &ldquo;national and
-patriotic work&rdquo; has not only received the commendation of
-the King, but his Majesty has authorised a copy of each volume
-issued by the Association to be sent to him.</p>
-<p><b>THE HOMELAND READERS</b>, like the Homeland Hand-books,
-contain a description of the most striking Geographical and
-Natural features, with particulars of the History, Traditions,
-Antiquities, Worthies, and Industries of each County.&nbsp; The
-treatment of the subject is very simple and, as far as possible,
-all difficulties are explained as they occur.&nbsp; The First, or
-Junior Book, for children under 10 years of age, contains but few
-place-names.&nbsp; Only the chief features and events are given,
-with sufficient details to awaken interest and impart life and
-colour.&nbsp; The Second, or Senior Book, for older children, is
-as comprehensive and exhaustive as the space will allow.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Book I</b>.&mdash;<b>STORIES of
-SURREY</b>.&nbsp; <b>Cloth Boards</b>, 1/- net.<br />
-<b>Book II</b>.&mdash;<b>The COUNTY of SURREY</b>.&nbsp; <b>Cloth
-boards</b>.&nbsp; 1/3 net.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">PUBLISHED
-FOR THE HOMELAND ASSOCIATION BY</span><br />
-<b>RUDD &amp; CO.</b>, <b>12</b>, <b>Ludgate Square</b>,
-<b>E.C.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pageviii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-viii</span><span class="GutSmall">Where to Stay at Waltham
-Abbey.</span><br />
-NEW INN COMMERCIAL HOTEL,</h3>
-<p class="gutindent"><b>Sun Street</b>, . . . . . . . .<br />
-<b>WALTHAM ABBEY</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>The House for
-Catering</i></b>.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><b>ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR DINNERS, TEAS,
-&amp;c.</b></span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pviiib.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of New Inn Commercial Hotel, Waltham Abbey"
-title=
-"Photograph of New Inn Commercial Hotel, Waltham Abbey"
- src="images/pviiis.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">NEW INN
-COMMERCIAL HOTEL, WALTHAM ABBEY.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>SPLENDID ACCOMMODATION FOR
-CYCLISTS</b>.<br />
-(Private Entrance, etc.)<br />
-<b>Wines</b>, <b>Spirits and Cigars of the Finest
-Quality</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Proprietor</b> . . . . . . .
-<b>P. G. HULME</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><span class="smcap">The Cock Hotel</span>,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">. . . WALTHAM ABBEY.</span></h3>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center"><b>Wines</b><br />
-<b>and</b><br />
-<b>Spirits</b><br />
-<b>of the</b><br />
-<b>Highest</b><br />
-<b>Quality</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Finest</b><br />
-<b>Brands</b><br />
-<b>of</b><br />
-<b>Cigars</b>.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pcockb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of the Cock Hotel, Waltham Abbey"
-title=
-"Photograph of the Cock Hotel, Waltham Abbey"
- src="images/pcocks.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center"><b>Every</b><br />
-<b>convenience</b><br />
-<b>for</b><br />
-<b>Motorist</b><br />
-<b>and</b><br />
-<b>Cyclist</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Excellent</b><br />
-<b>Stabling</b><br />
-<b>Accommodation</b>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall"><i>CLOSE TO
-THE ABBEY AND OPPOSITE THE TOWN HALL</i></span><span
-class="GutSmall">.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A MOST CONVENIENT HOTEL FOR
-VISITORS TO THE TOWN</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>All Parties Catered for</b>. . .
-. <b>Fully Licensed for Music and Dancing</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Large Room suitable for Masonic
-Purposes, Smoking Concerts, etc.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>Apply to</i> <b>F. K. WARD</b>
-(<b>Late H. M. Service</b>), <i>Proprietor</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><span class="smcap">McMullen</span> &amp; <span
-class="smcap">Sons</span>, <sup>Ltd.,</sup><br />
-Brewers, Wine and Spirit Merchants.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/phertbrewb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Hertford Brewery"
-title=
-"The Hertford Brewery"
- src="images/phertbrews.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">THE HERTFORD BREWERY.</p>
-<p style="text-align:
-center">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">FAMILY PALE ALE,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">18 gallons,
-18/-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9 gallons,
-9/-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4&frac12; gallons,
-4/6</span><br />
-INVIGORATING STOUT,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">IN CASK AND BOTTLE.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align:
-center">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>GAIRLOCH GOLDEN MALT SCOTCH
-WHISKY</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">The large and increasing demand for
-this Pure Whisky proves how<br />
-much its quality is appreciated.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Per dozen</b> . . . . .
-<b>42/-</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Stores</b> . . . <b>WALTHAM
-ABBEY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pageix"></a><span class="pagenum">p. ix</span><span
-class="GutSmall">All Seeds and Bulbs sent carriage and packing
-free on receipt of remittance.</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pix1b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Graphic heading for Barr&rsquo;s Superior Seeds for Flowers
-&amp; Kitchen Garden"
-title=
-"Graphic heading for Barr&rsquo;s Superior Seeds for Flowers
-&amp; Kitchen Garden"
- src="images/pix1s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>BARR&rsquo;S SEED GUIDE</b></p>
-<p>Contains a Select List of the best Seeds for securing a supply
-of Vegetables &ldquo;The Year Round,&rdquo; and a full
-Descriptive List of the most beautiful Annuals and Perennials for
-keeping the Flower Garden and Greenhouse always gay.&nbsp; It is
-full of Practical Hints on the culture of Vegetables and Flowers,
-valuable to Gardeners, Amateurs and Exhibitors.&nbsp; <i>Sent
-free on Application</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall"><b>BARR&rsquo;S COLLECTIONS OF</b></span><br />
-<b>SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">5/6, 7/6, 12/6, 21/-, 42/-, 63/- to
-105/-&nbsp; Full particulars on application.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall"><b>BARR&rsquo;S COLLECTIONS OF</b></span><br />
-<b>CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">2/6, 5/6, 7/6, 10/6, 15/-, 21/-,
-30/-, 42/-, 63/-&nbsp; Full particulars on application.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pix2b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Graphic heading for Barr&rsquo;s Beautiful Hardy Gold Medal
-Daffodils. The most lovely of all Spring Flowers"
-title=
-"Graphic heading for Barr&rsquo;s Beautiful Hardy Gold Medal
-Daffodils. The most lovely of all Spring Flowers"
- src="images/pix2s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><b>BARR&rsquo;S DAFFODILS</b> were awarded the only <b>GOLD
-MEDAL</b> at the Royal Horticultural Society&rsquo;s First Great
-Daffodil Conference, 1884; <b>PREMIER PRIZE</b>, 1894; <b>GOLD
-MEDAL</b>, 1896; <b>GOLD MEDAL</b>, 1899; <b>TWO GOLD MEDALS</b>,
-<b>FIRST PRIZE</b>, and <b>&pound;10 10s. CHALLENGE CUP</b>,
-1901; <b>TWO GOLD MEDALS</b>, 1902; <b>GOLD MEDAL</b>, 1903;
-<b>GOLD MEDAL</b>, 1904; <b>GOLD MEDAL</b>, 1905; also many
-Silver and Silver-gilt Medals, Certificates, etc., at the London
-and Country Flower Shows.</p>
-<p><b>BARR&rsquo;S 21s. AMATEUR&rsquo;S COLLECTION OF
-DAFFODILS</b> contains 6 Bulbs each of 26 high-class Daffodils,
-all beautiful.</p>
-<p><b>BARR&rsquo;S 21s. &ldquo;WOODLAND&rdquo; COLLECTION</b>
-contains <b>500</b> Daffodils in 20 fine showy varieties,
-suitable for naturalizing in grass, shrubberies, etc.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>BARR&rsquo;S COLLECTIONS OF
-BULBS</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><b>FOR INDOORS AND OUTDOORS</b></span></p>
-<p><b>BARR&rsquo;S 21s. &ldquo;GREENHOUSE&rdquo; COLLECTION</b>
-contains <b>300</b> Spring-flowering Bulbs of finest quality.</p>
-<p><b>BARR&rsquo;S 21s. &ldquo;FLOWER GARDEN&rdquo;
-COLLECTION</b> contains <b>600</b> Spring and Summer-flowering
-Bulbs, all decorative.</p>
-<p><b>BARR&rsquo;S 21s. &ldquo;WOODLAND&rdquo; COLLECTION</b>
-contains <b>800</b> Bulbs, suitable to naturalize in Woodlands,
-Orchards, Wild Gardens, etc.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">For full particulars of the above
-and other Collections, see Barr&rsquo;s Bulb Catalogue.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>BARR &amp; SONS</b>, 11, 12
-&amp; 13, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">Nurseries:&mdash;DITTON HILL, SURBITON,
-SURREY.&nbsp; Visitors Invited.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagex"></a><span class="pagenum">p. x</span><span
-class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.</span><br />
-. . MILK . .</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>Delivered Direct from
-the</i></b><br />
-<b><i>Farm to the Consumer</i></b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A. C. WITHERS.</b><br />
-<b>69, York Road, Waltham Cross.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>JAMES GLENDENING,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>COAL AND COKE MERCHANT</b><br />
-<b>FACTOR AND COLLIERY AGENT</b>,<br />
-<b>WALTHAM CROSS</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">GLENDENING&rsquo;S COALS FOR
-COMFORT.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>You cannot MOVE without it.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>WHERE TO LIVE ROUND
-LONDON</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">An A B C Guide to 90 Districts on
-the Southern side of London.&mdash;Rates, Price of Gas, Subsoils,
-Schools, Agents, invaluable information, with Coloured Geological
-Map.&nbsp; 2s. 6d. post free.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>THE HOMELAND ASSOCIATION,</b><br
-/>
-<b>22, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexi"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xi</span><span
-class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.</span><br />
-<i>When you want</i> . . .<br />
-Boots and Shoes</h3>
-<p>you will be well GUIDED if you go to</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>F. </b><span
-class="smcap"><b>Butterfield</b></span><b>,</b><br />
-The Cash Boot Stores,<br />
-<b>WALTHAM CROSS</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">With every CHANGING SEASON you will
-there<br />
-find a very Large Variety of</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Up-to-Date Boots and
-Shoes</b><br />
-. . suitable for . .<br />
-<b><i>ANY POSSIBLE REQUIREMENT</i></b>.</p>
-<p class="gutindent"><b>ALWAYS the Latest Shapes</b>,<br />
-<b>ALWAYS the Best Possible Value</b>,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">NO JOB LINES, but</p>
-<p class="gutindent"><b>ALWAYS the Very Best Lines in
-Footwear</b></p>
-<p>that can be secured for money.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xii</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-CROSS.</span><br />
-COALS!&nbsp; COALS!</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Best Qualities</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AT</span><br />
-<b>Lowest Prices.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>J.&amp; H. GIRLING.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Depot: WALTHAM CROSS STATION.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Office&mdash;79, Eleanor Cross
-Road, Waltham Cross.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><i>For BOOTS and SHOES</i><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">GO TO</span><br />
-H. BOWEY.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A good variety of Ladies&rsquo;
-and Gent.&rsquo;s BOOTS and SHOES</b><br />
-<b>for best wear kept in stock</b>.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">STRONG RELIABLE BOOTS for WORKING MEN.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">Also SCHOOL BOOTS for CHILDREN . . . . .</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>REPAIRS A SPECIALITY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>175, High Street, Waltham
-Cross.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: center"><a name="pagexiii"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. xiii</span>Posters.<br />
-Handbills.<br />
-Billheads.<br />
-Memos.<br />
-Time Sheets.<br />
-Prospectuses.<br />
-Circulars.<br />
-Pamphlets.<br />
-Balance Sheets.<br />
-Programmes.<br />
-Note Headings.<br />
-Testimonials.<br />
-Sermons.<br />
-Visiting Cards.<br />
-Business Cards.<br />
-Invitation Cards.<br />
-Wedding Cards.<br />
-Xmas Cards.<br />
-Mourning Cards.<br />
-Receipt Books.<br />
-Order Books.<br />
-Delivery Books.<br />
-Etc., Etc.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b>Telegrams</b>:&mdash;</p>
-<p class="gutindent">&ldquo;<b>Welsford</b>, <b>Waltham
-Cross</b>.&rdquo;</p>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<p><b>H. WELSFORD</b>,</p>
-<p class="gutindent"><i>Caxton</i> . .<br />
-<i>Steam</i> . .<br />
-<i>Printing</i> . .<br />
-<i>Works</i> . .</p>
-<p><b>WALTHAM CROSS</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<p><b>Good Commercial</b> . . .<br />
-<b>Printing at Moderate</b> . . .<br />
-<b>Prices</b>. . . .</p>
-<p><b>Up-to-date Plant</b> . .&nbsp; .</p>
-<p><b>Prompt Delivery</b> . . .</p>
-<p><b>No Order too large</b> . . .</p>
-<p><b>Office of the</b> . . .<br />
-<b>Waltham and Cheshunt</b> . . .<br />
-<b>Pocket Time Table</b> . . .</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xiv</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-CROSS.</span><br />
-D. J. CARTER,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">WILLOW
-DEALER,</span><br />
-<b>Cricket and Lawn Tennis Outfitter</b>,<br />
-109, ELEANOR CROSS ROAD, and<br />
-103, HIGH STREET,<br />
-<b>Waltham Cross, HERTS.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">EVERY DESCRIPTION OF INDOOR &amp;
-OUTDOOR<br />
-SPORTS AND GAMES SUPPLIED.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>REPAIRS A SPECIALITY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>The following Makers&rsquo;
-Goods can be supplied at</b><br />
-<b>the shortest possible notice:</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="smcap">Messrs</span>.<br />
-F. H. AYRES; BREEDON; F. SURRIDGE; CLAPSHAW;<br />
-FRANK BRYAN; DUKE &amp; SON; W. SYKES;<br />
-FELTHAM &amp; <span class="smcap">Co</span>.; GRADIDGE &amp;
-SONS; VAUGHAN;<br />
-GUNN &amp; MOORE; QUAIFE BROS.; ODD &amp; SON;<br />
-T. H. PROSSER &amp; SONS; WINDETT &amp; SMITH;<br />
-RILEY &amp; <span class="smcap">Co</span>.; WISDEN &amp; <span
-class="smcap">Co</span>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>D. J. CARTER&rsquo;S Cricket
-Bats</b>,<br />
-<b>The Slogger, 10/6 each.&nbsp; The Ideal, 12/6 each.</b><br />
-<b>Perfection, 15/- each.&nbsp; The Autocrat, 18/6 each.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexv"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xv</span><span
-class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM CROSS.</span><br />
-<span class="smcap">Metcalfe&rsquo;s Emporium</span>,<br />
-<i>Established 1877</i>,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">For Furniture, Bedding, Carpets,
-Sewing<br />
-Machines, Wringers, Mangles, Wedding Rings,<br />
-Jewellery, Watches, Clocks, Drapery, Ladies&rsquo;<br />
-Jackets, Mantles, Dress Goods, Under Linen,<br />
-Baby Linen, Musical Instruments, Pianos,<br />
-Gramophones, Musical Boxes, Boots and Shoes.<br />
-Men&rsquo;s, Boys&rsquo; and Youths&rsquo; Clothing, ready<br />
-made and to measure, fit guaranteed.&nbsp; Every<br />
-requisite for the Household.</p>
-<p>Pay for a complete home or any single article by easiest of
-easy instalments, or <b>5 per cent. discount for cash</b>.&nbsp;
-A pair of Boots for <b>6d. per week</b>.&nbsp; A good Silver
-Watch for <b>1/- per week</b>.&nbsp; A Piano for <b>2/6 per
-week</b>.&nbsp; <b>20/-</b> worth of Goods for <b>6d. per
-week</b>.&nbsp; A Suit of Clothes for <b>1/- per week</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p><i>NOTICE</i>.&mdash;<i>Any of the above-mentioned goods</i>,
-<i>and others too numerous to mention</i>, <i>kept in
-stock</i>.&nbsp; <i>A visit is respectfully solicited</i>, <i>or
-price of goods will be sent on application</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p><span class="GutSmall"><span class="smcap">Note the
-Address</span></span><span class="GutSmall">:</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>W. METCALFE</b>,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HOUSE FURNISHER, GENERAL DRAPER,
-CLOTHIER,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">BOOT &amp; SHOE MERCER,
-&amp;c.,</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>WALTHAM NEW TOWN, WALTHAM CROSS,
-N.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexvi"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xvi</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-CROSS.</span><br />
-General and Fancy Drapery,<br />
-R. H. MARLOW.</h3>
-<p>MILLINERY, HOSIERY,<br />
-HABERDASHERY, BOOTS<br />
-AND SHOES.</p>
-<p><b>TERMS&mdash;CASH on or</b> <br />
-<b>before Delivery.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>POST OFFICE,</b><br />
-<b>149</b><br />
-<b>Eleanor Cross Rd.,</b><br />
-WALTHAM NEW TOWN.</p>
-<p style="text-align:
-right">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>Straw Hats and Bonnets Trimmed
-Free of Charge</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Works: STATION ROAD.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>T. C. HOWARD,</b><br />
-<b>Carpenter, Builder &amp; Decorator,</b><br />
-<b>7, YORK ROAD,</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WALTHAM CROSS, N.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align:
-center">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;<br
-/>
-All kinds of Drainage and Sanitary Work done.<br />
-
-&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Estimates given for all kinds of
-House Repairs</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexvii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xvii</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-CROSS.</span><br />
-H. J. BOLTON,<br />
-<i>Cowkeeper and Dairy Farmer</i>,<br />
-WALTHAM CROSS.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">PURE NEW MILK SUPPLIED FROM HIS OWN
-COWS,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">. . ALSO . .</span><br />
-<b>STERILIZED &amp; HUMANISED MILK TO ORDER.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Always obtainable at:<br />
-DAIRY FARM, STATION ROAD, WALTHAM CROSS;<br />
-THE DAIRY, No. 171, HIGH ROAD, WALTHAM CROSS;<br />
-No. 25, HIGHBRIDGE STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.</p>
-<p>All Cream supplied is &ldquo;Separator Skimmed,&rdquo; and all
-Butter sold is made from &ldquo;Separated&rdquo; Cream.&nbsp; Ice
-is manufactured on the premises with water supplied by the
-Metropolitan Water Board.</p>
-<p>All Milk supplied is now passed through a Filter, which
-removes all sediment, and which is far superior to the
-old-fashioned strainer.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY
-EXECUTED</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>WALTER LAWRENCE &amp; SON,<br />
-BUILDING . . . . .<br />
-CONTRACTORS.</h3>
-<p><i>HEAD OFFICE</i>:&mdash;</p>
-<p class="gutindent"><b>Canal Works,</b><br />
-<b>Waltham Cross, N.</b></p>
-<p>AND AT</p>
-<p class="gutindent"><b>Moselle Works,</b><br />
-<b>Tottenham, N.</b></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Nat. Tel</span>. 5, <span
-class="smcap">Waltham Cross</span>.&nbsp; 1741, <span
-class="smcap">Tottenham</span>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">ESTABLISHED 1871.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexviii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xviii</span>FUNERALS PERSONALLY CONDUCTED.<br />
-STRICTLY MODERATE CHARGES.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>WILLIAM H. MASH</b>,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxviiib.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of William H. Marsh&rsquo;s establishment"
-title=
-"Photograph of William H. Marsh&rsquo;s establishment"
- src="images/pxviiis.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">FUNERAL FURNISHER and MONUMENTAL
-MASON.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>230, High St., and 18, Trinity
-Villas,</b><br />
-<b>WALTHAM CROSS.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexix"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xix</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-H. C. WALSH,</h3>
-<p>Cycle and = = =<br />
-Motor = =<br />
-Works,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Cheshunt,<br />
-Herts.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><span class="GutSmall"><i>Established 1717</i></span><span
-class="GutSmall">.</span><br />
-RICHARD GATER &amp; SONS,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">UNDERTAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS,</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Cabinet Makers, French Polishers,
-Paper Hangers,<br />
-and General House Decorators.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">CONTRACTORS FOR HOUSE REPAIRS.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">NOTE&mdash;</span><br />
-<b>84, King Edward&rsquo;s Rd., Waltham Cross,</b><br />
-<b>HERTS, N.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexx"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xx</span><span
-class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-<i>E. ROPER</i>,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: right">Cowkeeper and<br />
-Dairy Farmer,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Drawing of a cow"
-title=
-"Drawing of a cow"
- src="images/pxxs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Crossbrook house</b>,<br />
-<b>High Street, CHESHUNT.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Claremont Farm, GOFFS OAK.</p>
-<p>Butter, Eggs and Cream.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Families waited upon twice
-daily.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Cows kept on the Premises.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxi"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxi</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">91, TURNER&rsquo;S HILL, CHESHUNT,
-HERTS.</span><br />
-AUG. J. HALL.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Printing, Stationery, Fancy
-Goods &amp; Toys.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">Large
-assortment of</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">LOCAL POST CARDS OF THE
-NEIGHBOURHOOD.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">ROYAL
-DEVONSHIRE ART POTTERY.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Bookbinding, Relief Stamping,
-Copper-plate</b><br />
-<b>Printing.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Letterpress Printing done ON THE
-PREMISES</i>.<br />
-<b>Newspapers and Periodicals delivered</b>.&nbsp; <b>Lending
-Library</b>.<br />
-AGENT FOR PULLARS&rsquo; DYE WORKS, PERTH.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">ORDERS BY POST PROMPTLY
-EXECUTED.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>The Model<br />
-DAIRY,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">17, TURNER&rsquo;S HILL,</span><br />
-CHESHUNT.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Special Pure Rich Milk, Butter and
-Eggs<br />
-DELIVERED TWICE DAILY,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FROM THE</span><br />
-<b>DAIRY AT NETHER HALL</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: right">A. E. SWANTON, Proprietor.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxii</span><i>Cheshunt Funeral Establishment</i>.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">DISTANCE NO
-OBJECT.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A. G. NICHOLAS,</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,</span><br />
-<b>189, TURNER&rsquo;S HILL,</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">(Opposite Moray Place).</span><br />
-<b><i>MEMORIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION</i></b><b>.</b><br />
-Office of Church of England Temperance and General Permanent
-Benefit<br />
-Building Society.<br />
-<b>Telegraphic Address: Nicholas, Undertaker, Cheshunt.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>Of the many classes of business called into requisition by the
-requirements of mundane existence, that of the Funeral Furnisher
-demands an interest which it is seldom accorded.&nbsp; This is,
-however, not the correct position to adopt in what is an
-eminently practical age, so, at least, we are taught to believe;
-and, therefore, we should not disdain knowledge on so important a
-subject.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>In the district of <b>Cheshunt</b> no name is more intimately
-associated with <b>funeral furnishing</b> than that of <b>Mr. A.
-G. Nicholas</b>, and no house has made a more thorough study of
-the details of the business so as to entail upon the relatives
-and friends of the deceased the <b>minimum amount of trouble and
-discomfort</b>.&nbsp; Over twenty years ago witnessed his initial
-steps in founding what is now the only business which makes a
-speciality of this class of work, as the premises recently
-constructed <b>at 189</b>, <b>Turner&rsquo;s Hill</b> make
-sufficiently plain to the passer-by.&nbsp; Commencing business as
-a joiner, builder, and undertaker at the period mentioned, the
-marked development of the latter department&mdash;as witness the
-many interments of deceased persons&mdash;has induced <b>Mr.
-Nicholas</b> to give special attention to this branch, which
-includes <b>cremating and embalming</b>, the erecting of all
-descriptions of <b>monumental masonry</b>, surveys of property,
-and transactions in all forms of life and other insurance,
-agencies being held for many leading companies.</p>
-<p>When we consider the opportunity which the undertaker
-possesses for exercising influence upon persons under great
-mental strain, it will be seen how essential it is that they
-should be men who are above suspicion.&nbsp; Happily, however,
-the morale of the business has greatly improved, which is due in
-a large measure to the standard of the tradesmen who may be said
-to be representative of their calling.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Cromwell Cottages, Cheshunt, June
-5th, 1891.</p>
-<p>Dear Mr. Nicholas.&mdash;On behalf of myself and the rest of
-our family, I wish to thank you for the way in which you
-conducted the funeral of my mother and brother.&nbsp; I am sure
-you studied our feelings in every possible way, and we all think
-the charges very moderate indeed.&nbsp; Again thanking
-you,&mdash;I remain, yours truly,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">H. NORRIS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">King&rsquo;s Road, Doncaster, June
-22nd, 1895.</p>
-<p>Dear Sir,&mdash;P.O.O. for the balance of your account
-enclosed.&nbsp; Thanking you for the nice quiet way in which the
-interment was conducted,&mdash;Yours faithfully,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">H. BEAVAN.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Wimbledon, April 1st, 1904.</p>
-<p>Dear Mr. Nicholas,&mdash;I feel that I must write to thank you
-for your great kindness to us in our trouble, and for the kind
-help you gave to save us bother in every possible way you
-could.&nbsp; I cannot express to you all I feel about it; but,
-believe me, my sisters and I will never forget your kindness to
-us; and if there were just a few more about as ready as yourself
-to lend a helping hand, the world might be a happier
-one.&mdash;With very kind regards, I am yours sincerely,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">EMILY NEALE.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Oxted, May 15th, 1904.</p>
-<p>Dear Mr. Nicholas,&mdash;I had not an opportunity of seeing
-you yesterday, to thank you for undertaking the removal of the
-body of my poor brother, and for the great trouble it must have
-put you to.&nbsp; I can assure you that you have all our sincere
-thanks, and we quite appreciate all the difficulties you must
-have had to contend with.&nbsp; Now he is at rest, we can also
-rest.&nbsp; You will, I am sure, know how we can and do
-appreciate this after such an anxious and trying time as last
-week.&nbsp; We could not do this but for the trouble you must
-have taken for us.&mdash;Yours very truly,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">E. A. SWAN.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><a name="pagexxiii"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. xxiii</span>Leyton, Essex, October 29th,
-1904.</p>
-<p>Mr. Nicholas.&nbsp; Dear Sir,&mdash;I beg to offer my sincere
-thanks for the trouble you have taken in connection with the
-interment of my deceased father on the 27th inst., for the nice
-way in which your arrangements were made and carried out in so
-quiet and sympathetic a manner that all the mourners thought you
-had conducted the funeral in such a way that the thanks of the
-family were justly due to you.&nbsp; I hope you will accept these
-through me, the son of the late Henry Brewster.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">I remain, yours sincerely, C.
-BREWSTER.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Chiswick, December 31st, 1904.</p>
-<p>Dear Mr. Nicholas.&mdash;Many thanks for your kindness in
-effecting the purchase of my late husband&rsquo;s grave.&nbsp; I
-must thank you and express my appreciation of the able and
-reverent manner in which the funeral arrangements were carried
-out, and with kind regards, I remain yours faithfully,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">EMMA OLIVER.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center"><b>Insurance</b><br />
-<b>Agent</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Fire, Life</b><br />
-<b>and</b><br />
-<b>Accident.</b></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxiiib.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Mr. A. G. Nicolas"
-title=
-"Mr. A. G. Nicolas"
- src="images/pxxiiis.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center"><b>Builder</b><br />
-<b>and</b><br />
-<b>Contractor</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Estimates</b><br />
-<b>for</b><br />
-<b>Repairs.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Rents</b><br />
-<b>Collected.</b></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p>The local &ldquo;Weekly Telegraph,&rdquo; reporting the
-funeral of the late Mr. R. T. Gardner, in 1899, who was for
-twenty-five years rate collector of the Parish of Cheshunt,
-mentioned the fact that the arrangements were undertaken by Mr.
-Nicholas, at the request of the deceased, made shortly before his
-death.</p>
-<p>The following has reference to one of Mr. Nicholas&rsquo;s
-building transactions:</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">Willesden Lane, N.W.</p>
-<p>Dear Mr. Nicholas,&mdash;I am in receipt of your account,
-which I think reasonable.&nbsp; I enclose a cheque for
-&pound;50.&nbsp; Thanking you for the personal interest which you
-took in the work, and the highly successful way in which it was
-carried out,&mdash;With kind regards, yours faithfully,</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">HERBERT T. ANDREWS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">The originals of the above letters
-are open to inspection.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxiv</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-<span class="smcap">Geo</span>. BLAXLAND,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THE CITY TAILOR,</span><br />
-<i>Hatter</i>, <i>Hosier &amp; Gentlemen&rsquo;s
-Outfitter</i>.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxivb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of G. Blaxland&rsquo;s shop"
-title=
-"Photograph of G. Blaxland&rsquo;s shop"
- src="images/pxxivs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>MEN&rsquo;S WEAR</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Best Makes and Newest Shapes in<br
-/>
-HATS &amp; CAPS, RAINPROOF COATS &amp; CYCLE CAPES.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p><b><i>All New Designs for this</i></b><br />
-<b><i>Season</i></b></p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b><i>Tailoring a Speciality</i></b>.<br />
-<b><i>Perfect Fit Guaranteed</i></b>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><b><i>Newest Styles in Ready-</i></b><br />
-<b><i>made Suits</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>in Large</i></b><br />
-<b><i>Variety</i></b></p>
-</td>
-<td><p><b><i>A Large Selection of Ties</i></b>,<br />
-<b><i>Gloves</i></b>, <b><i>Shirts</i></b>, <b><i>Collars
-and</i></b><i> </i><b><i>Hosiery</i></b></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center">JUVENILE AND YOUTHS&rsquo;
-CLOTHING, IN ALL SIZES.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall"><b>TURNER&rsquo;S MILL, CHESHUNT.</b></span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxv"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxv</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-C. &amp; A. BLAXLAND,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FAMILY GROCERS,</span><br />
-Wine, Spirit, Beer &amp; provision Merchants.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxvb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of C. &amp; A. Blaxland&rsquo;s shop"
-title=
-"Photograph of C. &amp; A. Blaxland&rsquo;s shop"
- src="images/pxxvs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">DEALERS IN CORN AND POULTRY
-FOOD.<br />
-<i>AGENTS FOR W. &amp; A. GILBEY</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Bass&rsquo;s Pale Ale,
-Guinness&rsquo;s Stout.&nbsp; Barrett&rsquo;s,
-Whitbread&rsquo;s,<br />
-Fremlin&rsquo;s and Truman&rsquo;s Ale and Stout in Bottles and
-Casks.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>PATENT MEDICINES.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapmediumline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>CHESHUNT.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxvi"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxvi</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-T. BONES,<br />
-Florist and Nurseryman<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HIGH STREET, CHESHUNT.</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>WREATHS, CROSSES, WEDDING
-BOUQUETS, and</b><br />
-<b>other Floral Arrangements, made of the Choicest</b><br />
-<b>Flowers, on the Shortest Notice.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">FRESH CUT FLOWERS, in variety,
-ALWAYS AT HAND.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><i>PRICES TO SUIT ALL
-CLASSES</i></span><span class="GutSmall">.</span><br />
-<b>BEDDING PLANTS, etc., at Lowest Prices for Good Stuff.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortdoubleline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">ORDERS BY
-POST WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>ROBERT ARCHER,<br />
-Builder, House Decorator and Undertaker,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">(Established 70 Years.)<br />
-ESTIMATES FOR ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Funerals conducted to or from all
-parts of the Country.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">DESIGNS
-SUBMITTED AND MEMORIALS SUPPLIED.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">Telegrams&mdash;&ldquo;</span><span
-class="GutSmall"><span class="smcap">Archer</span></span><span
-class="GutSmall">, </span><span class="GutSmall"><span
-class="smcap">Waltham Cross</span></span><span
-class="GutSmall">.&rdquo;</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Office: 43, TURNER&rsquo;S
-HILL.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>ROLAND R. ARCHER,</h3>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p><b>43,</b><br />
-<b>TURNER&rsquo;S HILL,</b><br />
-<b>CHESHUNT.</b></p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Plans, Specifications<br />
-and Detail Drawings<br />
-prepared for New<br />
-Buildings, Alterations<br />
-and Additions at<br />
-Reasonable Fees.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxvii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxvii</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-J. EDWIN GAZE, M.P.S.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">(<i>Late HOPPER &amp; Co.</i>)<br
-/>
-<b>Dispensing and Family Chemist,</b><br />
-<b>77, Turner&rsquo;s Hill, Cheshunt.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">STORE PRICES FOR CASH.<br />
-<i>PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS A SPECIALITY</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">DARK ROOM FOR AMATEURS.<br />
-&mdash; <i>DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN</i>. &mdash;</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><span class="GutSmall">CHESHUNT BUN HOUSE.</span><br />
-J. L. STOREY,<br />
-Bread and Biscuit Baker,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">&mdash;</span><span
-class="GutSmall"><i>PASTRYCOOK AND CONFECTIONER</i></span><span
-class="GutSmall">, &mdash;</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Turner&rsquo;s Hill, CHESHUNT,
-HERTS.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortdoubleline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Genuine Home-Made Bread.&nbsp;
-Peak Frean&rsquo;s Biscuits.</b><br />
-<b>Rowntree&rsquo;s, Fry&rsquo;s and Cadbury&rsquo;s
-Chocolates.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>&mdash; FAMILIES WAITED UPON
-DAILY. &mdash;</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</span><br />
-M. CUTHBERT,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">Stationer and Newsagent,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">13, SUN ST., WALTHAM ABBEY.</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">LOCAL VIEWS A SPECIALITY.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">GIANT POST CARDS, 12 ins. by 9 ins., of
-THE ABBEY, Etc.,</span><br />
-<b>3d. Each.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">A VERY LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT
-OF<br />
-LOCAL VIEW POST CARDS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">&mdash; CALL AND INSPECT.
-&mdash;</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxviii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxviii</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</span><br />
-WM. PALLETT, Junr.,<br />
-Corn and Seed Merchant,<br />
-<i>WALTHAM ABBEY</i>.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Office and Retail
-Department</b>&mdash;<br />
-34, HIGH BRIDGE STREET.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">Mills and Granaries&mdash;</span><br />
-<b>NEAR THE ABBEY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>WILLIAM PALLETT, J<sup><span
-class="smcap">unr</span></sup><sup>.</sup></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>Stationer</i></b><b>,
-</b><b><i>Newsagent</i></b><b>,</b><br />
-<i>and</i><br />
-<b><i>Fancy Toy Dealer</i></b><b>,</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">CHURCH-YARD, WALTHAM ABBEY.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Picture Framing and
-Bookbinding</b>.<br />
-<b>FISHING TACKLE IN GREAT VARIETY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Photographs of Churches and
-Places of Interest</i><br />
-<i>in the Neighbourhood</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxix"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxix</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</span><br />
-MELLODEW &amp; COCKS,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>22</i></b><b>,
-</b><b><i>Sewardstone Street</i></b><b>,</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b><i>WALTHAM ABBEY</i></b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxixb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of Mellodew &amp; Cocks, Grocers &amp; Provision
-Merchants"
-title=
-"Photograph of Mellodew &amp; Cocks, Grocers &amp; Provision
-Merchants"
- src="images/pxxixs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">For the Best of Everything in . . .
-<b>Grocery and Provisions</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>THE CHEAPEST MONEY CAN
-BUY</b>.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Trading Stamps<br />
-Given Gratis . . .</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Families Waited<br />
-on Daily . . . . . .</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h3><a name="pagexxx"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxx</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</span><br />
-<i>W. CLAYDEN</i>,<br />
-Corn, Forage,<br />
-Flour, and Seed Merchant.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>NOTED FOR MIDLOTHIAN
-OATMEAL</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">TRY OUR<br />
-<b>SELF-RAISING FLOUR</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>PASTRY FLOUR A
-SPECIALITY</i></b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">SPRATT&rsquo;S PATENT POULTRY
-AND<br />
-DOG FOODS.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">ALL KINDS
-OF</span><br />
-BIRD SEEDS AND OTHER FOODS.<br />
-POULTRY MIXTURES.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">ALL GOODS ARE OF THE BEST
-QUALITY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>18, SUN STREET, WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxxi"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxxi</span>WALTHAM ABBEY STORES.<br />
-HORACE PEMBLE,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SUN STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.</span></h3>
-<p><b>Draper, Milliner, Outfitter, Tailor, Hatte</b><br />
-<b>Hosier, and General House Furnisher.</b></p>
-<p class="gutindent"><span class="GutSmall"><b>COOPER AND
-SON&rsquo;S NOTED &ldquo;BEEHIVE&rdquo;</b></span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><b>BOOTS AND SHOES.</b></span></p>
-<p>AGENT FOR BERRIE&rsquo;S<br />
-MANCHESTER<br />
-DYEING<br />
-WORKS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>Grocer,</b><br />
-<b>Provision,</b><br />
-<b>Wine, Beer, and</b><br />
-<b>Spirit Merchant.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>Peek, Frean&rsquo;s, and McVitie
-and Price&rsquo;s</b><br />
-<b>Celebrated Cakes and Biscuits.</b><br />
-<b>Pickles, Sauces, and Jams.&nbsp; Brushes and Brooms.</b><br />
-<b>Patent Medicines at Store Prices.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">SEWING MACHINES BY FRISTER AND
-ROSSMANS.<br />
-<b>Agent for the Royal Fire and Life Insurance Company.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxxii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxxii</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</span><br />
-JOHN ALPS,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">50, SUN STREET, WALTHAM ABBEY.</span></h3>
-<p>The Oldest Ironmonger&rsquo;s<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Business in<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Waltham Abbey.</p>
-<p
-class="gutindent">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
-<p>Manufacturer in all<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp; Branches of the<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trade.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>Copper, Tin,</b><br />
-<b>Zinc and Iron</b><br />
-<b>Plate Worker.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>GASFITTER, SMITH, &amp;c.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: right">A Good Assortment of Incandescent
-GAS<br />
-FITTINGS, MANTLES and GLOBES<br />
-always in Stock, at Popular Prices.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Repairs!&nbsp; UPTON&rsquo;S,&nbsp; Repairs!<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">The Old Established</span><br />
-BOOT &amp; SHOE WAREHOUSE.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">Established
-over</span> 100 <span class="smcap">Years</span>.</p>
-<p>Well selected Stock of . . .</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>LADIES&rsquo;, GENT&rsquo;S AND
-CHILDREN&rsquo;S BOOTS AND SHOES.</b></p>
-<p>Superior Hand-Sewn Boots and Shoes made to measure.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>1, CHURCH ST., WALTHAM
-ABBEY.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>W. CASTELLO,<br />
-Waltham Cross<br />
-Cigar Stores . .</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">(<span class="smcap">Opposite
-Imperial Club</span>).</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>The Three Graces of the Tobacco
-World</i>&mdash;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Temple Bar (Latakia)
-Smoking</b><br />
-<b>Mixture</b>, <b>Old Virginia (Hand-made)</b><br />
-<b>Cigarettes</b>, <b>Old Virginia Shag</b>,<br />
-pronounced by Experts to be the<br />
-very best.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Homeland Handbook, No. 43.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>HERTFORD</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">With Notes on the Country of<br />
-Charles Lamb and Izaak Walton.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>WITH MAP AND 48 VIEWS.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">1/- Net.&nbsp; Postage,
-2&frac12;d.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Of all Booksellers or the
-Publishers<br />
-of this Volume.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxxiii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxxiii</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO GO AT HIGH
-BEECH.</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">FOR LUNCHEONS AND TEAS<br />
-GO TO A<br />
-TEMPERANCE HOUSE.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Roserville Retreat,</b><br />
-<b>HIGH BEECH.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Excursions, Parties, Sunday
-Schools, Bands of Hope,<br />
-Cycling Clubs and Guilds will find Clean, Comfortable,<br />
-and Economical Accommodation.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">High Level Situation.&nbsp; Fresh
-Air.&nbsp; Finest View.<br />
-Swings and Roundabouts and every Amusement for<br />
-People of all ages.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Full Particulars sent on receipt
-of a Post Card</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapmediumline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">ADDRESS&mdash;</span><br />
-<b>WILLIAM TOZER,</b><br />
-<b>Proprietor</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxxiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxxiv</span>Do you use Automatic<br />
-Gas or Oil Lamps?</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">N.B.&mdash;There were <b>142</b>
-Explosions by Oil Lamps in<br />
-London alone last year, involving loss of life.</p>
-<p>An OIL LAMP burns ONE PENNYWORTH OF PARAFFIN OIL in 8 hours,
-and gives a light equal to only 16 Candles.&nbsp; It is much
-dearer than a GEM GAS BURNER, which makes ONE PENNYWORTH OF
-AUTOMATIC GAS last about 12 hours, and gives a light equal to 30
-Candles.&nbsp; In fact a Gem Burner is nearly equal to 4 Oil
-Lamps.&nbsp; That is to say, a Gem Burner will give you about as
-much light for a Farthing as an Oil Lamp will give for a 1d.</p>
-<p>AUTOMATIC GAS costs you nothing for fitting it up.&nbsp; The
-Gas Company instal it free of all cost.&nbsp; The following
-fittings are supplied free for your use:&mdash;</p>
-<p class="gutindent">One Swing Bracket for Hall Light.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">One Pendant or Bracket for Sitting Room.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">One ,, ,, Kitchen.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">One Swing Bracket for Bedroom.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">One Boiling Ring and Tube to boil Kettle,
-etc.</p>
-<p>By payment of <b>5s.</b> for fixing you can have a good Gas
-Cooker Free of any Rental, or a better one for 10d. a month.</p>
-<p><b>Remember Automatic Gas</b> saves a lot of worry and trouble
-in the house.&nbsp; Half-an-hour&rsquo;s more rest instead of
-getting up earlier to light the fire.&nbsp; The Oil Man need not
-call.&nbsp; No dust or ashes, and no Dustman to call for
-them.&nbsp; The Coal Man need not call.&nbsp; No bundles of
-firewood wanted.&nbsp; You simply put your penny in the slot and
-the Gasworks does the rest.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">For further particulars apply
-to&mdash;<br />
-<b>THE WALTHAM ABBEY &amp; CHESHUNT GAS CO.,</b><br />
-<b>York Road, Waltham Cross.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxxv"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxxv</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO SHOP AT
-CHESHUNT.</span><br />
-HERBERT BEEDELL</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxxvb.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of Herbert Beedell&rsquo;s shop"
-title=
-"Photograph of Herbert Beedell&rsquo;s shop"
- src="images/pxxxvs.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>The House for Smart and
-Up-to-date</b></p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p>MILLINERY!</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Prompt<br />
-Attention.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">DRESSMAKING!</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Prices<br />
-Moderate</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">COSTUMES!</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>GENERAL AND FANCY
-DRAPERY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>HERBERT BEEDELL,</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">DRAPER AND HOSIER,</span><br />
-<span class="smcap">Cheshunt House</span>, <span
-class="smcap">Cheshunt</span>,</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="pagexxxvi"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-xxxvi</span><span class="GutSmall">WHERE TO STAY AT WALTHAM
-CROSS.</span><br />
-Ye Olde Foure Swannes<br />
-COMMERCIAL HOTEL.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Two Minutes from
-Station</i>.&nbsp; <i>ESTABLISHED 1260</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Best Livery and Posting House in
-Hertfordshire</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pxxxvib.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Photograph of Ye Olde Foure Swannes"
-title=
-"Photograph of Ye Olde Foure Swannes"
- src="images/pxxxvis.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR LARGE OR
-SMALL PARTIES</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Cyclists specially catered
-for.&nbsp; Lock-up Shed for Cycles.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Hot Luncheons every day from 1 to 2
-p.m.<br />
-Teas Served on the Lawn.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortdoubleline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Proprietors</b> &mdash; &mdash;
-&mdash; <b>IGGULDEN &amp; CAIRNS</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<h2>Footnotes.</h2>
-<p><a name="footnoteii"></a><a href="#citationii"
-class="footnote">[ii]</a>&nbsp; In the printed book
-advertisements run from page ii. to the <i>McMullen &amp;
-Sons</i> advertisement inclusive, then the main book occurs, and
-then the advertisements resume with <i>Barr&rsquo;s Superior
-Seeds</i>.&nbsp; In this eBook all of the advertisements have
-been moved to the end but otherwise occur in the original order
-and with the original page numbers.&nbsp; The fold out map has
-been moved from the first set of advertisements&mdash;DP.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote12"></a><a href="#citation12"
-class="footnote">[12]</a>&nbsp; There is also a
-&ldquo;Romeland&rdquo; at St. Albans, on the west side of the
-Abbey.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote17"></a><a href="#citation17"
-class="footnote">[17]</a>&nbsp; Regnante Cnuto et Anglis
-Imperante in loco qui dicitur Mons Acutus quem Lutegarsberi
-compatrio appelant vitam agebat in opere fabrili vit magnae
-simplicitatis et bonae indolis vit sine malitia timens Deum et
-recendens a malo, etc.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote18"></a><a href="#citation18"
-class="footnote">[18]</a>&nbsp; <i>i.e.</i> Persons.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote20"></a><a href="#citation20"
-class="footnote">[20]</a>&nbsp; <i>i.e.</i> To make free.</p>
-<pre>
-
-
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