tion>P. H. Ditchfield
Vanishing England
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664586056
Table of Contents
VANISHING OR VANISHED CHURCHES
THE DESTRUCTION OF PREHISTORIC REMAINS
CATHEDRAL CITIES AND ABBEY TOWNS
STOCKS, WHIPPING-POSTS, AND OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OLD DOCUMENTS
OLD CUSTOMS THAT ARE VANISHING
THE VANISHING OF ENGLISH SCENERY AND NATURAL BEAUTY
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This book is intended not to raise fears but to record facts. We wish to describe with pen and pencil those features of England which are gradually disappearing, and to preserve the memory of them. It may be said that we have begun our quest too late; that so much has already vanished that it is hardly worth while to record what is left. Although much has gone, there is still, however, much remaining that is good, that reveals the artistic skill and taste of our forefathers, and recalls the wonders of old-time. It will be our endeavour to tell of the
