This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. CANTERBURY TO DOVER. SEATS NEAR CANTERBURY--BRIDGE--CHURCHES--SEATS--LEE PRIORY--BIPRONS--BOURNE HOUSE--CHARLTON PARK--BARHAM DOWNS--THE RACES--DENNE HILLBROOM PARK--WOOTTON COURT--MAYDEACON--WALDERSHARE--WEST LANODON ABBEY--LYDDEN--EWELL--RIVER--KERSNEY ABBEY--BUCKLAND--CHARLTONDOVER. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. CANTERBURY TO DOVER. SEATS NEAR CANTERBURY--BRIDGE--CHURCHES--SEATS--LEE PRIORY--BIPRONS--BOURNE HOUSE--CHARLTON PARK--BARHAM DOWNS--THE RACES--DENNE HILLBROOM PARK--WOOTTON COURT--MAYDEACON--WALDERSHARE--WEST LANODON ABBEY--LYDDEN--EWELL--RIVER--KERSNEY ABBEY--BUCKLAND--CHARLTONDOVER. The ride from Canterbury to Dover is not the least pleasant, though it be the last, of the four divisions of our journey. The road abounds with elegant seats, and the scenery is very agreeably diversified with lofty hills and deep valleys, pretty villages and picturesque churches. At the extremity of Canterbury on the right, is The Paddock, R. Halford, Esq., and Nackington House, W. Delmar, Esq. At about a mile out of Canterbury, a good view may be obtained (on the left) of Hales Place, late the seat of Sir Edward Hales, Bart, but now unoccupied. At the 57th mile-stone, a new residence in the modern Gothic style, just completed for H. Collard, Esq. Three miles from Canterbury is the very neat rural village of Bridge, situate in a valley. Here is a new workhouse for twenty-six united parishes. The church, which is through the village, on the right, is extremely old and picturesque. Near this village and Barham Downs, the seats are very numerous: being laid down in the road-map at SEATS--LEU PRIORY-BIFRONS. 117 the commencement of this volume, we may dispense with here enumerating them; but we cannot refrain from directing particular attention to a few of them, and first to the elegant mansion called Lee Priori/, about two miles distance from the road on the left. This beautiful seat was remodelled a few years ago, (when in possession of T. B. B. Barrett, Esq.) under the superintendence of the celebrated Mr. James Wyatt, and it now forms an...
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