Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece: 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_

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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

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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

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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._

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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._

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THE SKIRTS OF THE
GREAT CITY