WANDERINGS IN WESSEX
AN EXPLORATION OF THE SOUTHERN REALM
FROM ITCHEN TO OTTER
BY EDRIC HOLMES
Author of "Seaward Sussex," etc.
With 12 full-page drawings by
M.M. VIGERS
and over one hundred illustrations in the text by the author.
Map and Plans
London:
Robert Scott Roxburghe House
Paternoster Row, E.C.
Dear hills do lift their heads aloft
From whence sweet springes doe flow
Whose moistvr good both firtil make
The valleis covchte belowe
Dear goodly orchards planted are
In frvite which doo abovnde
Thine ey wolde make thy hart rejoice
To see so pleasant grovnde
(Anon. 16th Century)
NOTE
The obvious limitations imposed by the size of this volume upon itscontents, and the brief character of the reference to localities thatrequire separate treatment to do them justice, would call for anapology if it were not made clear that the object of the book is butto introduce the would-be traveller in one of the fairest quarters ofEngland to some of its glories, both of natural beauty and of thosedue to the skill and labour of man.
The grateful thanks of the author are due to those of his predecessorson the high roads and in the by-ways of Wessex who, in time past, havechronicled their researches into the history and lore of thecountry-side. In one way only can he claim an equality withthem—in a deep and undying affection for this beautiful andgracious province of the Motherland.
CONTENTS
- WINCHESTER AND CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE
- SOUTHAMPTON WATER AND THE NEWFOREST
- POOLE, WIMBORNE AND THEISLE OF PURBECK
- DORCHESTER ANDITS SURROUNDINGS
- WEYMOUTH ANDPORTLAND
- WEST DORSET
- EAST DEVON
- THE SOMERSET, DEVON AND DORSETBORDERLAND
- SALISBURY AND THERIVERS
- STONEHENGE AND THEPLAIN
- THE BERKSHIRE BORDER ANDNORTH HAMPSHIRE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FULL PAGE DRAWINGS