The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient TurnpikeHarper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike
Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
Dover Road (England); England -- Description and travel; England -- Social life and customs
Harbledown 54
Canterbury (Cross River Stour) 55-1/4
Gutteridge Gate 57
Bridge (Cross River Stour) 58-1/4
Halfway House 62-3/4
Lydden 65-3/4
Temple Ewell 67-1/2
Buckland 69
Dover 70-3/4
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Mercery Lane, Canterbury Frontispiece
South Gateway, Old London Bridge 6
The "George" 7
Old Telegraph Tower, Tooley Street 10
The "Spur" Inn 15
Saturday Night in the Old Kent Road 21
Greenwich Observatory 26
Arms of Spielman and his first wife 52
Dartford Church 54
The "Bull" Inn, Dartford 56
Dartford Bridge 59
Riverside, Gravesend 69
Denton Chapel 80
Joe Gargery's Forge 81
Ancient Carving--Chalk 82
Sailors' Folly 83
Jack come home again 84
The Light Fantastic. Bank Holiday at Chalk 85
Gad's Hill Place. Residence of Charles Dickens 92
The "Falstaff," Gad's Hill 94
A Good Samaritan 111
Rochester Castle and the Medway 116
High Street, Rochester: Eastgate House 122
Jack in his Glory 123
The Invasion of England: England 127
The Invasion of England: France 131
Paid off at Chatham 135
Key Street 148
Yard of the "Lion" Hotel, Sittingbourne 160
Ospringe: a June hop-garden 167
"Sir William Courtenay" 177
"Courtenay" 180
Westgate, Canterbury 190
The Duc de Nivernais 193
The Black Prince's Arms and Badge 205
"A Gorgeous Creature" 215
William Clements 216
Bridge 218
"Old England's Hole" 223
Barham Downs 227
Watling Street: Moonrise 231
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