Front matter
Reading edition
A map of The Skirts of the Great City
HAMPTON COURT PALACE
THE SKIRTS OF THE GREAT CITY
BY
MRS. ARTHUR G. BELL
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY ARTHUR G. BELL AND SEVENTEEN OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published in 1907
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. HAMPSTEAD AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS
II. HIGHGATE, HORNSEY, HENDON, AND HARROW
III. SOME INTERESTING VILLAGES NORTH OF LONDON, WITH WALTHAM ABBEY AND EPPING FOREST
IV. HAINAULT FOREST, WOOLWICH, AND OTHER EASTERN SUBURBS OF LONDON
V. GREENWICH AND OTHER SOUTH-EASTERN SUBURBS OF LONDON
VI. OUTLYING LONDON IN NORTH-EAST SURREY
VII. CROYDON, CARSHALTON, EPSOM, AND OTHER SUBURBS IN NORTH-WEST SURREY
VIII. WANDSWORTH, PUTNEY, BARNES, AND OTHER SOUTHERN SUBURBS
IX. WIMBLEDON, MERTON, MITCHAM, AND THEIR MEMORIES
X. RIVERSIDE SURVEY FROM MORTLAKE TO RICHMOND
XI. RICHMOND TOWN AND PARK, WITH PETERSHAM, HAM HOUSE, AND KINGSTON
XII. RIVERSIDE MIDDLESEX FROM FULHAM TO HAMPTON COURT
INDEX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
HAMPTON COURT PALACE . . . . . . Frontispiece
CHURCH ROW, HAMPSTEAD
A BIT OF OLD HIGHGATE
EPPING FOREST, NEAR LOUGHTON
GREENWICH HOSPITAL, WITH ST. ALPHEGE'S CHURCH
CHISLEHURST CHURCH AND COMMON
PUTNEY REACH
WIMBLEDON COMMON
THE SHIP INN, MORTLAKE
THE OLD PALACE, RICHMOND
RICHMOND FROM TWICKENHAM FERRY
RICHMOND PARK, WITH THE WHITE LODGE
STRAND ON THE GREEN, WITH KEW BRIDGE
THE CANAL, BRENTFORD
PERIVALE CHURCH
ISLEWORTH
IN MONOTONE
MAP. FROM A DRAWING BY B. C. BOULTER . . . . . . Front Cover
THE SPANIARDS, HAMPSTEAD HEATH from a photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee.
CONSTABLE'S FIRS From a photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate.
HARROW-ON-THE-HILL From a photograph by Messrs. Gale and Polden.
BYRON'S TOMB, HARROW From a photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee.
WALTHAM CROSS From a photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate.
THE THAMES AT WOOLWICH From a photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee.
THE PAINTED HALL, GREENWICH HOSPITAL From a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company.
RUINS OF ELTHAM PALACE From a photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate.
DULWICH COLLEGE From a photograph by Mr. Bartlett, Dulwich.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE From a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company.
THE OLD PALACE, CROYDON From a photograph by Messrs. Roffey and Clark, Croydon.
THE WANDLE, NEAR CARSHALTON From a photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee.
CARSHALTON POND From a photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee.
THE COCK INN, SUTTON From a photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate.
THAMES DITTON From a photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee.
BUSHEY PARK From a photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate.
THE SKIRTS OF THE GREAT CITY