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THE BATH 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 EXETER ROAD: The Story of the West of England Highway. [In the Press.

GEORGE THE THIRD TRAVELLING FROM WINDSOR TO LONDON, 1806.
(After R. B. Davis.)

The
BATH ROAD

HISTORY, FASHION, & FRIVOLITY ON
AN OLD HIGHWAY

By CHARLES G. HARPER
Author of The Brighton Road, The Portsmouth Road,
The Dover Road, &c. &c.

Illustrated by the Author, and from Old Prints
and Pictures

London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited
1899
(All Rights Reserved)

PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.

To E. T. COOK, Esq.

Dear Mr. Cook,

It was by your favour, as Editor of the Daily News , that the very gist of this book first saw the light, in the form of two articles in the columns of that paper. It seems, then, peculiarly appropriate that these pagesrepresenting, in the measurements common to journalists and authors, a growth from four thousand to some sixty thousand wordsshould be inscribed to yourself.

Sincerely yours,
CHARLES G. HARPER.

Preface

T his, the fourth volume in a series of books having for its object the preservation of so much of the Story of the Roads as may be interesting to the reading public, has been completed after considerable delay. The Dover Road , which preceded the present work, was published so long ago as the close of 1895, and in that book the Bath Road was (prematurely, it should seem, indeed) described as In the Press. Attention is drawn to the fact, partly in order to point out how quickly and how surely the old-time aspects of the roads are disappearing; for, since the Bath Road has been in progress, no fewer than four of the old inns pictured in these pages have disappeared, while great stretches of the road, once rural, have become suburban, and suburban streets have been so altered that they are in no wise distinguishable from those of town. It is because they will preserve the appearance and the memory of buildings that have had their day and are now being swept off the face of the earth, that it is hoped these volumes will find a welcome with those who care to cherish something of the records of a day that is done.

CHARLES G. HARPER.

Petersham, Surrey ,
February, 1899.

List of Illustrations

SEPARATE PLATES
PAGE
1.	George the Third travelling from Windsor to London, 1806. (After R. B. Davis)
2.	Coaching Miseries. (After Rowlandson)
3.	Passengers refreshed after a Long Days Journey. (After Rowlandson)
4.	The White Bear, Piccadilly
5.	Allens Stall at Hyde Park Corner, about 1756
6.	Hyde Park Corner, 1797
7.	Kensington High Street, Summer Sunset
8.	Colnbrook, a Decayed Coaching Town
9.	An English Road
10.	Maidenhead Thicket
11.	The Stage Waggon. (After Rowlandson)
12.	Theale
13.	Woolhampton
14.	Rail and River: The Kennet and the Great Western Railway
15.	At the 55th Milestone
16.	Hungerford
17.	Marlborough
18.	Fyfield
19.	Marlborough Downs, near West Overton
20.	The White Horse, Cherhill
21.	The Old Market House, Chippenham
22.	Box Village
23.	Bathampton Mill
24.	Prior Park
25.	Bath Abbey: the West Front
26.	The Roman Bath, restored
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
PAGE
Old Village Lock-up, Cranford
Sign of the White Bear, now at Fickles Hole
The White Horse Inn, Fetter Lane. Demolished 1898
Courtyard of the Old Bell, Holborn. Demolished 1897
Hyde Park Corner, 1786
Hyde Park Corner, 1792
The Halfway House, 1848
Oldest Inhabitant
Thackerays House, Young Street
The White Horse. Traditional Retreat of Addison
The Red Cow, Hammersmith. Demolished 1897
Robin Hood and Little John
The Old Windmill
The Old Pack Horse
Kew Bridge, Low Water
Cottages, supposed to have been the Haunts of Dick Turpin
A Bath Road Pump
The Berkeley Arms
Cranford House
The Old Magpies
The Gothic Barn, Harmondsworth
Old Flail, Harmondsworth
The County Boundary
Almshouses, Langley
The Stolen Fountain
Windsor Castle, from the Road near Slough
The Bell and Bottle Sign
Palmers Statue
Thatcham
Inscription, Newbury Church
Old Cloth Hall, Newbury
The last of the Smock-frocks and Beavers
Curious old Toll-house
Hungerford Tutti-men
Littlecote
The Haunted Chamber
Roadside Inn, Manton
Avebury
Silbury Hill
Cross Keys
The Hungerford Almshouse, Corsham Regis
Entrance to Box Quarries
The Sun God
Roman inscribed tablet
The Batheaston Vase
Sham Castle
Old Pulteney Bridge
Illustrations to Old Advertisements

THE ROAD TO BATH

London (Hyde Park Corner) to
MILES
Kensington
St. Mary Abbots	1
Addison Road	2
Hammersmith	3
Turnham Green
Brentford
Star Gates
Town Hall (cross River Brent and Grand Junction Canal)
Isleworth (Railway Station)	8
Hounslow (Trinity Church)	9
Cranford Bridge (cross River Crane)	12
Harlington Corner
Longford (cross River Colne)	15
Colnbrook (cross River Colne)
Langley Broom (King William IV. Inn)	18
Slough (Crown Hotel)	20
Salt Hill	21
Maidenhead (cross River Thames)
Littlewick	29
Knowl Hill
Hare Hatch	32
Twyford (cross River Loddon)