+---------------------------+ | Transcriber's note: words | | surrounded by <g> and </g>| | were in Old English Font | | in the original book. | +---------------------------+ THE CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE NATIONAL RECORDS, EARLY CHRONICLES, AND OTHER STANDARD AUTHORS. BY WILLIAM BEATTIE, M.D., GRAD. OF EDIN.; MEMB. OF THE ROYAL COLL. OF PHYS., LONDON; OF THE HIST. INSTIT. OF FRANCE; AUTHOR OF “SWITZERLAND,” “SCOTLAND,” “THE WALDENSES,” “RESIDENCE IN GERMANY,” ETC. ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-SEVEN ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL AND NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. SECOND SERIES. [Illustration] GEORGE VIRTUE: LONDON AND NEW YORK. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 48 LONDON STREET, GLASGOW. [Illustration] LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. <g>Chepstow Castle.</g> STEEL ENGRAVINGS. ARTISTS. ENGRAVERS. PAGE. CHEPSTOW CASTLE, from the Iron Bridge across the Wye.--This View, looking towards the West, shows part of the Town, the Castle Gate, the Citadel, the Keep, or Marten’s Tower, the Western Gate, the House and Groves Persefield, with the precipitous banks of the River. W. H. BARTLETT. C. COUSEN. 3 CHEPSTOW CASTLE AND BRIDGE, taken from the right bank of the Wye, near the West Gate of the Castle.--This View, looking Eastward, shows the principal features of the Castle on the right; the New Bridge, the Harbour, with the Scenery on the left bank of the Wye. W. H. BARTLETT. E. BRANDARD. 13 CHEPSTOW CASTLE AND TOWN, from the Wyndcliff, showing the windings of the Wye, its junction with the Severn, and the opposite coasts. W. H. BARTLETT. E. BRANDARD. 26, 27 WOODCUTS. Vignette, Castles and Abbeys. W. BEATTIE. MASON. 1 Shield, Sword, and Helmet. SARGENT. EVANS. 12 Plan of Chepstow Castle. W. H. BARTLETT. W. WHIMPER. 13 Marten’s Tower, the ancient Keep of Chepstow Castle. W. H. BARTLETT. W. WHIMPER. 15 Ancient Oratory adjoining the Keep. W. H. BARTLETT. W. WHIMPER. 23 The Arched Chamber in the Castle Rock. W. H. BARTLETT. W. WHIMPER. 24 Passage leading to the Arched Chamber. W. H. BARTLETT. W. WHIMPER. 25