Brighton 51-5/8 THE BOLNEY AND HICKSTEAD ROUTE Hand Cross 33-1/2 Bolney 39 Hickstead 40-1/2 Savers Common 42 Newtimber 44-1/2 Pyecombe 45 Brighton 50-1/2 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE George the Fourth Frontispiece Sketch-map showing Principal Routes to Brighton 4 Stage Waggon, 1808 13 The "Talbot" Inn Yard, Borough, about 1815 17 Me and My Wife and Daughter 19 The "Duke of Beaufort" Coach starting from the "Bull and Mouth" Office, Piccadilly Circus, 1826 31 The "Age," 1829, starting from Castle Square, Brighton 35 Sir Charles Dance's Steam-carriage leaving London for Brighton, 1833 39 The Brighton Day Mails crossing Hookwood Common, 1838 43 The "Age," 1852, crossing Ham Common 47 The "Old Times," 1888 51 The "Comet," 1890 55 John Mayall, Junior, 1869 70 The Stock Exchange Walk: E. F. Broad at Horley 83 Miss M. Foster, paced by Motor Cycle, passing Coulsdon 86 Kennington Gate: Derby Day, 1839 95 Streatham Common 101 Streatham 107 The Dining Hall, Whitgift Hospital 111 The Chapel, Hospital of the Holy Trinity 113 Croydon Town Hall 120 Chipstead Church 135 Merstham 139 Gatton Hall and "Town Hall" 144 The Switchback Road, Earlswood Common 148 Thunderfield Castle 150 The "Chequers," Horley 151 The "Six Bells," Horley 153 The "Cock," Sutton, 1789 157 Kingswood Warren 162 The Suspension Bridge, Reigate Hill 163 The Tunnel, Reigate 167 Tablet, Batswing Cottages 172 The Floods at Horley 174