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 SOMERSBY CHURCH AND CROSS.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

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The planning of our tour—Ready for the road—The start—One of Dick Turpin's haunts—Barnet—A curious inn sign—In the coaching days—Travellers, new and old—A forgotten Spa—An ancient map     1

CHAPTER II

Memorial of a great battle—An ancient fire-cresset—Free feasting!—Country quiet—Travellers' Tales—Hatfield—An Elizabethan architect—An author's tomb—Day-dreaming—Mysterious roadside monuments—Great North Road versus Great Northern Railway—Stevenage—Chats by the way—Field life—Nature as a painter—Changed times     21