Chapter I: Front Matter

THE NEWMARKET, BURY, THETFORD,
AND CROMER ROAD

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WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

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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 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.

Cycle Rides Round London.

Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore: A Picturesque History of the
Coaching Age. Two Vols.

The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of the Ingoldsby Legends.

The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road.[_In the Press._

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The Newmarket,
Bury, Thetford,
and Cromer Road

SPORT AND HISTORY ON AN EAST
ANGLIAN TURNPIKE

By CHARLES G. HARPER

Author of “_The Brighton Road_,” “_The Portsmouth Road_,” “_The Dover Road_,” “_The Bath Road_,” “_The Exeter Road_,” “_The Great North Road_,” “_The Norwich Road_,” “_The Holyhead Road_,” “_The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road_,” “_Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore_,” and “_The Ingoldsby Country_.”

_Illustrated by the Author, and from Old-Time Prints and Pictures_

LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL
LTD. 1904

[_All rights reserved_]

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PRINTED AND BOUND BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

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TO
SIR WALTER GILBEY, BART.,
AS SOME
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FAVOURS RECEIVED,
THESE RECORDS OF A ROAD
TO HIM
PECULIARLY INTIMATE.

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