Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Note: Illustrations have been moved so as not to fall in the middle of paragraphs (leaving them as close to the original position in the book as possible). A few minor printing errors were corrected. Volume II is available as Project Gutenberg ebook #57366. THAMES VALLEY VILLAGES WORKS BY CHARLES G. HARPER =The Portsmouth Road=, and its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old. =The Dover Road=: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike. =The Bath Road=: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway. =The Exeter Road=: The Story of the West of England Highway. =The Great North Road=: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Two Vols. =The Norwich Road=: An East Anglian Highway. =The Holyhead Road=: The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. Two Vols. =The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road=: The Great Fenland Highway. =The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road=: Sport and History on an East Anglian Turnpike. =The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road=: The Ready Way to South Wales. Two Vols. =The Brighton Road=: Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway. =The Hastings Road= and the “Happy Springs of Tunbridge.” =Cycle Rides Round London.= =A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction.= =Stage Coach and Mail in Days of Yore.= Two Vols. =The Ingoldsby Country=: Literary Landmarks of “The Ingoldsby Legends.” =The Hardy Country=: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels. =The Dorset Coast.= =The South Devon Coast.= =The Old Inns of Old England.= Two Vols. =Love in the Harbour=: a Longshore Comedy. =Rural Nooks Round London= (Middlesex and Surrey). =Haunted Houses=: Tales of the Supernatural. =The Manchester and Glasgow Road.= This way to Gretna Green. Two Vols. =The North Devon Coast.= =Half Hours with the Highwaymen.= Two Vols. =The Autocar Road Book.= Four Vols. =The Tower of London=: Fortress, Palace, and Prison. =The Somerset Coast.= =The Smugglers=: Picturesque Chapters in the Story of an Ancient Craft. =The Cornish Coast.= North. =The Cornish Coast.= South. =The Kentish Coast.= [_In the Press._ =The Sussex Coast.= [_In the Press._ [Illustration: AT ASHTON KEYNES.] THAMES VALLEY VILLAGES BY CHARLES G. HARPER VOL. I _ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY W. S. CAMPBELL AND FROM DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR_ [Illustration: ISIS]