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THE EXETER ROAD
THE
EXETER ROAD
BY CHARLES G. HARPER
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LIMITED
CHARLES G. HARPER.
PETERSHAM, SURREY,
SEPARATE PLATES
PAGE
PAGE
Vignette
Preface vii
The Exeter Road 1
'An Old Gentleman, a Cobbett-like Person' 38
The Pikeman 47
The 'New Police' 51
Tommy Atkins, 1838 53
Old Kensington Church 54
The Beadle 56
The 'Bell,' Hounslow 65
The 'Green Man,' Hatton 72
The Highwayman's Retreat, the 'Green Man' 73
East Bedfont 79
The Staines Stone 84
The 'Bells of Ouseley' 88
Bagshot 97
Roadside Scene. 103
Roadside Scene. 104
Roadside Scene. 105
Roadside Scene. 107
Funeral Garland, Abbot's Ann 154
St. Anne's Gate, Salisbury 182
Highway Robbery Monument at Imber 231
Where the Robber fell Dead 233
Judge Jeffreys' Chair 273
Kingston Russell 284
Chilcombe Church 285
Chideock 293
Sign of the 'Ship,' Morecomblake 294
Interior of the 'Queen's Arms,' Charmouth 295
'Copper Castle' 298
The Exeter City Sword-bearer 307
'Matty the Miller' 313
The End 314
THE ROAD TO EXETER
London to-- MILES Kensington-- St. Mary Abbots 1 1/4 Addison Road 2 1/2
Hammersmith 3 1/4
Turnham Green 5
Brentford-- Star and Garter 6 Town Hall 7
Isleworth 8 1/2
Hounslow 9 3/4 .
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