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The Hastings Road and the "Happy Springs of Tunbridge"

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By Charles G. Harper
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A road-book itinerary that traces an old turnpike from the suburbs toward the coast, blending close descriptions of steep gradients, villages, inns and countryside with antiquarian and historical anecdotes. It pairs topographical curiosity and traveller’s impressions—especially of cycling and early motoring—with sketches of local architecture, moated sites, coach-era relics and ecclesiastical memorials. Short historical notes on medieval warfare and regional memory punctuate chapters of social color and rural customs, producing an episodic, practical and observant account of landscape, everyday life and the changing character of an ancient highway.

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Title: The Hastings Road and the "Happy Springs of Tunbridge"

Author: Charles G. Harper

Release date: February 18, 2019 [eBook #58909]

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

The cover was created by the transcriber and is placed within the public domain.

THE HASTINGS ROAD

WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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.

The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road: Sport and History on an East Anglian Turnpike.

The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road: The Ready Way to South Wales. Two Vols.

The Brighton Road: Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway.

Cycle Rides Round London.

A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction.

Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore. Two Vols.

The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of “The Ingoldsby Legends.”

The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels.

The Dorset Coast.

The South Devon Coast. [In the Press.

ENTRANCE TO HASTINGS, BY MINNIS ROCK AND THE OLD LONDON ROAD.

THE
Hastings Road

AND
THE “HAPPY SPRINGS OF TUNBRIDGE”

By Charles G. Harper

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

London
Chapman & Hall, Ltd.
1906

[All rights reserved]

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HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.