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The George Inn, Norton St. Philip, Somerset
VANISHING
ENGLAND
THE BOOK
BY
P.H. DITCHFIELD
M.A., F.S.A., F.H.S.L., F.R.HIST.S.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
FRED ROE, R.I.
Canopy over Doorway of Buckingham House, Portsmouth
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
36 Essex Street W.C.
London
1910
CONTENTS
| I. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| II. | THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ENGLAND | 15 |
| III. | OLD WALLED TOWNS | 28 |
| IV. | IN STREETS AND LANES | 67 |
| V. | OLD CASTLES | 111 |
| VI. | VANISHING OR VANISHED CHURCHES | 133 |
| VII. | OLD MANSIONS | 166 |
| VIII. | THE DESTRUCTION OF PREHISTORIC REMAINS | 203 |
| IX. | CATHEDRAL CITIES AND ABBEY TOWNS | 210 |
| X. | OLD INNS | 230 |
| XI. | OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS | 266 |
| XII. | OLD CROSSES | 283 |
| XIII. | STOCKS AND WHIPPING-POSTS | 306 |
| XIV. | OLD BRIDGES | 318 |
| XV. | OLD HOSPITALS AND ALMSHOUSES | 333 |
| XVI. | VANISHING FAIRS | 349 |
| XVII. | THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OLD DOCUMENTS | 364 |
| XVIII. | OLD CUSTOMS THAT ARE VANISHING | 375 |
| XIX. | THE VANISHING OF ENGLISH SCENERY | 383 |
| XX. | CONCLUSION | 392 |
| INDEX | 399 | |
| FOOTNOTES | End |