What to See in England by Gordon Home
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was ordered to be so written in the will of the archbishop. Translated,
the first portion may be read: "Here lieth Samuel Harsnett, formerly vicar of this church. First the unworthy Bishop of Chichester, then the more unworthy Bishop of Norwich, at last the very unworthy Archbishop of York." [Illustration: THE KING'S HEAD INN AT CHIGWELL. The "Maypole" of Dickens's _Barnaby Rudge_.] WALTHAM ABBEY AND CROSS =How to get there.=--Train from Liverpool Street. Great Eastern Railway. =Nearest Station.=--Waltham. =Distance from London.=--12-3/4 miles. =Average Time.=--40 minutes. Quickest train, 23 minutes. 1st 2nd 3rd =Fares.=--Single 2s. 0d. 1s. 6d. 1s. 1d. Return 3s. 3d. 2s. 6d. 1s. 7d. =Accommodation Obtainable.=--"The New Inn," etc. Waltham Abbey is a market town in Essex on the banks of the Lea, which here divides into several branches which are used as motive power for some gunpowder and flour mills. Harold II. founded the stately Abbey |
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