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The author records a series of rambles through lesser-known towns and countryside, combining descriptive travel writing, architectural and antiquarian notes, and brief historical anecdotes. Organized by county and locality, chapters sketch churches, manor-houses, inns, bridges, and village life, often illustrated with photographs by the author. Anecdotes and archival references enliven descriptions, while observations on landscape, antiquities, and changing rural customs recur throughout. The tone mixes affectionate curiosity with antiquarian detail, aiming to guide readers to overlooked places and to preserve memories of buildings, local traditions, and historical episodes encountered on these country excursions.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Memoirs of the Martyr King.

[2] Evelyn's Diary, vol. iv. p. 134, 1870 ed.

[3] See Memoirs of the Martyr King, p. 73.

[4] See Turner's History of Remarkable Providences, 1677.

[5] Continuation of the Life of Lord Clarendon.

[6] Diary, 3 March 1666-67.

[7] The old Hall was pulled down in 1771.

[8] Evelyn's Diary, Sept. 18, 1683.

[9] Descendants of Proger, or Progers, are still living in Bury St. Edmunds.

[10] The Antiquary, vol. xxxviii.

[11] The Miss Hobart who figures in de Gramont's Memoirs was Sir John's sister, one of the first baronet's sixteen children.

[12] There is an illustration of the room that Monmouth slept in at Raynham upon this occasion in King Monmouth.

[13] A Narrative of the Visit of His Majesty King Charles the Second to Norwich, 1671 (1846).

[14] See Secret Chambers and Hiding-Places.

[15] See Memoirs of the Martyr King.

[16] There is an engraving of this room in Nash's Mansions.

[17] The description was written more than twenty years ago.

[18] See King Monmouth.

[19] Illustrations of these relics are in King Monmouth.

[20] The open roof of the manor-house, now a cooper's shop, is also worth inspection.

[21] See The Flight of the King and After Worcester Fight.

[22] See illustration in King Monmouth.

[23] This was formerly the case at "Payne's Place," Worcestershire, a house mentioned in another chapter.

[24] See Some Beauties of the Seventeenth Century.

[25] See Flight of the King and After Worcester Fight.

[26] See Flight of the King.

[27] Hist., MSS. Com. Rep. 7 App. p. 758.

[28] See Flight of the King.

[29] They have been reproduced most carefully for the drawing-room of the Cedar House at Hillingdon.

[30] Pepys' Diary, March 18, 1667-68.

[31] We have described these relics (now in the possession of Mrs. Martin-Edmunds) in detail in the Memoirs of the Martyr King.

[32] In the account in Secret Chambers of the inscription on the swords, it is given in error as "Shortly."

[33] See Some Beauties of the Seventeenth Century.

[34] See King Monmouth.

[35] This and other information we have derived from Mr. Harry Speight's interesting work, Romantic Richmond.