HERTFORD--ST. ALBANS--ELIZABETHAN ARCHITECTURE AND JOHN THORPE--MARLOW--STONY STRATFORD--COLCHESTER--BANBURY--TETSWORTH--OXFORD--NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK--NORWICH PRELATES--BRICK ARCHITECTURE.....134 CHAPTER VI. THE FEN COUNTIES, AND THEIR PICTURESQUENESS--ELY--CAMBRIDGE--HUNTINGDON--MARKET BOSWORTH--BEDFORD--ADVANTAGES OF WATER POWER--LINCOLN--GAINSBOROUGH--GRANTHAM--STAMFORD--ANGEL INN, GRANTHAM.....175 CHAPTER VII. NOTTINGHAM--ROBIN HOOD--SOUTHWELL--NEWARK--NOTTINGHAM--WARWICKSHIRE--DUGDALE--COVENTRY-- DERBY--STRATFORD--ROMAN ROADS--YORK--RIPON--WAKEFIELD--PONTEFRACT.....217 CHAPTER VIII. BEVERLEY--STONE CROSSES--NORTHUMBERLAND--ALNWICK--HEXHAM--NEWCASTLE--DURHAM--KEPIER HOSPITAL--CARLISLE.....279 CHAPTER IX. MOORE RENTAL--ISLE OF MAN--BERESFORD HOPE’S REMARKS--EXPRESSION IN ARCHITECTURE--REMARKS BY GODWIN--CONTRACT FOR BUILDING ST. MARY’S CHURCH, CHESTER--GENERAL PRINCIPLES--GREEK ARCHITECTURE--CONCLUSION.....301 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. WREXHAM TOWER _Frontispiece._ PAGE PARRY’S ENTRY, CHESTER xiv AT THE CROSS, CHESTER 1 THE ROWS, CHESTER _To face_ 4 CHESTER 5 SCENE IN A CHESTER ROW 8 COURT CONNECTING WATERGATE AND NORTHGATE ROWS 11 OLD LAMB ROW, CHESTER 13 ANCIENT FRONT, CHESTER 14 THE DARK ROW, CHESTER 16 STANLEY HOUSE, CHESTER 17 JULIUS CÆSAR’S TOWER, CHESTER 19 BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER 23 WHITEFRIARS, CHESTER 24 BIDSTON VILLAGE 26 CONGLETON INN 28 NANTWICH 29 GREEN MAN, ELLESMERE, OSWESTRY 32 WHITTINGTON VILLAGE 33 CHESTER: INTERIOR OF OLD ROOM 36 OSWESTRY _To face_ 37 SHREWSBURY 39 OLD HOUSES 40 SHREWSBURY 41 ON BATTLEFIELD ROAD, SHREWSBURY 42 HEAD QUARTERS OF HENRY VII. ON HIS ROAD TO BOSWORTH FIELD 45