Produced by Chris Curnow, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE NEWMARKET, BURY, THETFORD, AND CROMER ROAD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. -------------- The Brighton Road: Old Times and New on a Classic Highway. 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. Cycle Rides Round London. Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore: A Picturesque History of the Coaching Age. Two Vols. The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of the Ingoldsby Legends. The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road.[_In the Press._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: THE NORWICH MAIL IN A THUNDERSTORM ON THETFORD HEATH. _From a print after J. Pollard._] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road SPORT AND HISTORY ON AN EAST ANGLIAN TURNPIKE By CHARLES G. HARPER Author of “_The Brighton Road_,” “_The Portsmouth Road_,” “_The Dover Road_,” “_The Bath Road_,” “_The Exeter Road_,” “_The Great North Road_,” “_The Norwich Road_,” “_The Holyhead Road_,” “_The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road_,” “_Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore_,” and “_The Ingoldsby Country_.” [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] _Illustrated by the Author, and from Old-Time Prints and Pictures_ LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL LTD. 1904 [_All rights reserved_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRINTED AND BOUND BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO SIR WALTER GILBEY, BART., AS SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FAVOURS RECEIVED, THESE RECORDS OF A ROAD TO HIM PECULIARLY INTIMATE.