| SEPARATE PLATES |
| A Mug of Cider: the “White Hart” Inn, Castle Combe. (Photo by Graystone Bird) | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE |
| The Cromwell Room, “Lygon Arms” | 8 |
| The Dining-room at “The Feathers,” Ludlow | 22 |
| Courtyard of the “Maid’s Head,” Norwich, showing the Jacobean Bar | 42 |
| The “Bell,” Barnby Moor: Meet of Lord Galway’s Hounds | 56 |
| The “Four Swans,” Waltham Cross | 152 |
| Sign of the “Pack Horse and Talbot,” Turnham Green | 194 |
| The “Running Footman,” Hay Hill | 194 |
| Interior of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” | 196 |
| “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Bluepitts, near Rochdale | 196 |
| The “Talbot,” Ripley. (Photo by R. W. Thomas) | 212 |
| The “Anchor,” Ripley, in the Days of the Dibbles and the Cycling Boom. (Photo by R. W. Thomas) | 214 |
| The “Swan,” Sandleford | 216 |
| The “Swan,” near Newbury | 216 |
| The Ingle-nook, “White Horse” Inn, Shere | 240 |
| Ingle-nook at the “Swan,” Haslemere | 242 |
| The Ingle-nook, “Crown” Inn, Chiddingfold | 244 |
| Ingle-nook, “Lygon Arms,” Broadway | 246 |
| The “Vine Tavern,” Mile End Road | 258 |
| Yard of the “White Horse,” Maiden Newton | 288 |
| The “White Horse,” Maiden Newton | 288 |
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| ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT |
| Vignette, Toby Fillpot | Title-page |
| PAGE |
| List of Illustrations, The “Malt-shovel,” Sandwich | vii |
| The Old Inns of Old England | 1 |
| Doorway, the “Lygon Arms” | 3 |
| The “Lygon Arms” | 5 |
| The “Bear,” Devizes | 11 |
| Yard of the “Bear,” Devizes | 15 |
| The “George,” Andover | 17 |
| The “Feathers,” Ludlow | 19 |
| Decorative Device in Moulded Plaster, from Ceiling of Dining-room, the “Feathers,” Ludlow | 25 |
| The “Peacock,” Rowsley | 27 |
| The “White Hart,” Godstone | 31 |
| The Old Window, “Luttrell Arms” | 39 |
| Doorway, “The Cock,” Stony Stratford | 43 |
| Yard of “The George,” Huntingdon | 45 |
| The “Bell,” Stilton | 49 |
| The “Red Lion,” Egham | 53 |
| The “Old Hall” Inn, Sandbach | 59 |
| Dog-gates at Head of Staircase, “Old Hall” Inn, Sandbach | 61 |
| The “Bear’s Head,” Brereton | 63 |
| The “Lion and Swan,” Congleton | 67 |
| The “Cock,” Great Budworth | 71 |
| The “Pickering Arms,” Thelwall | 73 |
| The “King Edgar” and “Bear and Billet,” Chester | 75 |
| A Deserted Inn: The “Swan,” at Ferrybridge | 83 |
| The Old “Raven,” Hook | 86 |
| The “Hearts of Oak,” near Bridport | 88 |
| The “Bell” Inn, Dale Abbey | 90 |
| The “Windmill,” North Cheriton | 91 |
| The “Castle” Inn, Marlborough | 95 |
| Garden Front, “Castle” Inn, Marlborough | 99 |
| “Chapel House” Inn | 103 |
| “White Hart” Yard | 107 |
| A “Fenny Popper” | 111 |
| The “Bell,” Woodbridge | 112 |
| The “Red Lion,” Martlesham | 113 |
| “Dean Swift’s Chair,” Towcester | 115 |
| Boots at the “Bear,” Esher | 117 |
| The “George and Dragon,” Dragon’s Green | 119 |
| The “White Bull,” Ribchester | 120 |
| Boots of the “Unicorn,” Ripon | 121 |
| The “Red Lion,” Chiswick | 123 |
| The Old Whetstone | 125 |
| Hot Cross Buns at the “Widow’s Son” | 127 |
| The “Gate” Inn, Dunkirk | 132 |
| The “Gate Hangs Well,” Nottingham | 133 |
| Tablet at the “George,” Wanstead | 141 |
| “Tan Hill” Inn | 145 |
| The “Cat and Fiddle,” near Buxton | 147 |
| The “Traveller’s Rest,” Kirkstone Pass | 149 |
| The “Greyhound,” Sutton | 151 |
| The “Fox and Hounds,” Barley | 154 |
| The “George,” Stamford | 155 |
| The “Swan,” Fittleworth | 158 |
| The “Red Lion,” Hampton-on-Thames | 159 |
| The “Man Loaded with Mischief” | 163 |
| Sign of the “Royal Oak,” Bettws-y-Coed | 173 |
| Sign of the “George and Dragon,” Wargrave-on-Thames. (Painted by G. D. Leslie, R.A.) | 176 |
| Sign of the “George and Dragon,” Wargrave-on-Thames. (Painted by J. E. Hodgson, R.A.) | 177 |
| The “Row Barge,” Wallingford. (Painted by G. D. Leslie, R.A.) | 178 |
| The “Swan,” Preston Crowmarsh | 178 |
| The “Windmill,” Tabley | 179 |
| The “Smoker” Inn, Plumbley | 179 |
| The “Ferry” Inn, Rosneath | 180 |
| The “Ferry” Inn, Rosneath | 180 |
| The “Fox and Pelican,” Grayshott | 181 |
| The “Cat and Fiddle,” near Christchurch | 182 |
| The “Cat and Fiddle,” near Christchurch | 182 |
| The “Swan,” Charing | 189 |
| Sign of the “Leather Bottle,” Leather Lane. (Removed 1896) | 191 |
| Sign of the “Beehive,” Grantham | 193 |
| Sign of the “Lion and Fiddle,” Hilperton | 195 |
| The “Sugar Loaves,” Sible Hedingham | 195 |
| Sign of the “Old Rock House” Inn, Barton | 197 |
| The “Three Horseshoes,” Great Mongeham | 198 |
| Sign of the “Red Lion,” Great Missenden | 198 |
| Sign of the “Labour in Vain” | 199 |
| The “Eight Bells,” Twickenham | 201 |
| Sign of the “Stocks” Inn, Clapgate, near Wimborne | 202 |
| The “Shears” Inn, Wantage | 202 |
| Sign of the “White Bear,” Fickles Hole | 203 |
| The “Crow-on-Gate” Inn, Crowborough | 205 |
| The “First and Last” Inn, Sennen | 206 |
| The “First and Last,” Land’s End | 207 |
| The “Eagle and Child,” Nether Alderley | 209 |
| The “White Horse,” Woolstone | 211 |
| The “Halfway House,” Rickmansworth | 215 |
| The “Rose and Crown,” Mill End, Rickmansworth | 216 |
| The “Jolly Farmer,” Farnham | 217 |
| The “Boar’s Head,” Middleton | 218 |
| The “Old House at Home,” Havant | 219 |
| “Pounds Bridge” | 221 |
| Yard of the “George and Dragon,” West Wycombe | 223 |
| The Yard of the “Sun,” Dedham | 225 |
| The “Old Ship,” Worksop | 226 |
| The “Old Swan,” Atherstone | 227 |
| The “King’s Arms,” Sandwich | 229 |
| The “Keigwin Arms,” Mousehole | 230 |
| The “Swan,” Knowle | 231 |
| Sign of the “Swan,” Knowle | 232 |
| The “Running Horse,” Merrow | 233 |
| Ingle-nook at the “Talbot,” Towcester | 243 |
| Tipper’s Epitaph, Newhaven | 251 |
| Preston’s Epitaph, St. Magnus-the-Martyr | 253 |
| “Newhaven” Inn | 257 |
| House where the Duke of Buckingham died, Kirkby Moorside | 265 |
| The “Black Swan,” Kirkby Moorside | 267 |
| Washington Irving’s “Throne” and “Sceptre” | 270 |
| Yard of the “Old Angel,” Basingstoke | 279 |
| The “White Hart,” Whitchurch | 281 |
| The “Bell,” Tewkesbury | 285 |
| The “Wheatsheaf,” Tewkesbury | 287 |
| Henley-in-Arden, and the “White Swan” | 301 |
