Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: THE PRIORY GATEWAY, WORKSOP] THE DUKERIES Described by R. Murray Gilchrist Pictured by E. W. Haslehust [Illustration] BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1913 +--------------------------------------------------+ | ~Beautiful England~ | | _Volumes Ready_ | | | | | OXFORD | THE CORNISH RIVIERA | | THE ENGLISH LAKES | DICKENS-LAND | | CANTERBURY | WINCHESTER | | SHAKESPEARE-LAND | THE ISLE OF WIGHT | | THE THAMES | CHESTER | | WINDSOR CASTLE | YORK | | CAMBRIDGE | THE NEW FOREST | | NORWICH AND THE BROADS | HAMPTON COURT | | THE HEART OF WESSEX | EXETER | | THE PEAK DISTRICT | HEREFORD | | THE DUKERIES | | | | _Uniform with this Series_ | | | | ~Beautiful Ireland~ | | | | LEINSTER | MUNSTER | | ULSTER | CONNAUGHT | +--------------------------------------------------+ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page The Priory Gateway, Worksop _Frontispiece_ Worksop Manor 8 Robin Hood's Larder 14 The Major Oak, Thoresby Park 20 The Beech Avenue, Thoresby 26 Welbeck Abbey 32 Clumber 36 Thoresby 42 Ollerton 48 Rufford Abbey 52 The Japanese Garden, Rufford Abbey 56 Edwinstowe 60 [Illustration: THE DUKERIES] WORKSOP AND THE MANOR