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[Illustration: ELY AT EVENTIDE]


THROUGH EAST ANGLIA IN A MOTOR CAR

by

J. E. VINCENT

With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by Frank Southgate, R.B.A.







New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
London: Methuen & Co.
1907




CONTENTS


CHAPTER I
                                                               PAGE
WINTER. [OXFORD] TO CAMBRIDGE, NEWMARKET, AND IPSWICH             1

CHAPTER II
WINTER. IPSWICH TO NORWICH VIA WOODBRIDGE, BECCLES,
    LOWESTOFT, AND YARMOUTH                                      30

CHAPTER III
WINTER. NORWICH TO LONDON BY ROMAN ROAD                          56

CHAPTER IV
SPRING. THROUGH THE HEART OF EAST ANGLIA                         70

CHAPTER V
SPRING. [IN NORWICH] AND TO ELY AND CAMBRIDGE                   106

CHAPTER VI
LONDON, FELIXSTOWE--DUNWICH, FELIXSTOWE                         138

CHAPTER VI--(_continued_)
FELIXSTOWE, BAWDSEY, WOODBRIDGE, IPSWICH, DUNMOW, AND LONDON    167

CHAPTER VII
LATE SUMMER. COLCHESTER AND EASTWARDS                           181

CHAPTER VIII
COLCHESTER AND GAINSBOROUGH'S COUNTRY                           229

CHAPTER IX
FROM COLCHESTER WESTWARDS--COGGESHALL, BRAINTREE,
    WITHAM, INGATESTONE, MARGARETTING, DANBURY HILL,
    MALDON, TIPTREE, MESSING, AND COLCHESTER                    250

CHAPTER IX--(_continued_)
COLCHESTER TO THE EXTRAORDINARY "DENE-HOLES" AT
    GRAYS, ESSEX                                                271

CHAPTER X
IN SPRING. TROUBLES MADE EASY                                   292

CHAPTER XI
GREAT AMBITIONS CHEERFULLY RELINQUISHED. HARLESTON
    TO CROMER VIA BUNGAY, BECCLES, LOWESTOFT, GREAT
    YARMOUTH, CAISTER-BY-YARMOUTH, AND NORWICH                  306

CHAPTER XII
A PRIORY--GREAT HOUSES AND THE FENS                             335

CHAPTER XIII
FROM KING'S LYNN AS CENTRE                                      360




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


ELY AT EVENTIDE                             _Frontispiece_

                                                    PAGE

CAMBRIDGE--KING'S COLLEGE AND THE CAM                  5

WOODBRIDGE STREET                                     36

SOUTHWOLD HARBOUR                                     40

FISHING BOATS AT LOWESTOFT                            44

NORWICH MARKET PLACE                                  54

IPSWICH PORT                                          70

DUNWICH AND DESOLATION                               160

ABBEY GATEWAY--BURY ST. EDMUNDS                      300

BECCLES FROM THE WAVENEY                             314

YARMOUTH FROM BREYDON                                320

CHURCH STREET, CROMER                                327

BLAKENEY, A CHARACTERISTIC LANDSCAPE                 335

WALSINGHAM PRIORY                                    342

HEATH, NEAR SANDRINGHAM                              382

BLICKLING HALL                                       384




PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS


Few practical suggestions are needed by the motorist in East Anglia--a
district not presenting many difficulties. Those which are deemed necessary
are here prefixed to the whole body of the text.

ABBREVIATIONS

     R. signifies that there is a garage capable of doing
     moderate repairs.

     R. A. signifies that the facilities for repair are
     abundant.

     P. signifies that petrol can be purchased, but it has
     not been considered needful to state this where the
     existence of a garage renders a supply of petrol
     certain.


CHAPTER I

CAMBRIDGE, NEWMARKET, BURY, AND IPSWICH

     ROADS Cambridge to Newmarket, mostly flat--not good.
     Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds, fair. Bury St. Edmunds
     to Ipswich, poor and very sinuous.

     HILLS A sharp rise to Newmarket. Some small ups and
     downs between Newmarket and Bury St. Edmunds. Some
     small ups and downs between Ipswich and Stowmarket.

     DISTANCES Cambridge (R.A.)to Newmarket (R.), 13-1/4.
     Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds (R.), 14. Bury St.
     Edmunds via Stowmarket (R.), to Ipswich (R.A.), 25-1/2.

_N.B._--_Great care is necessary in driving through Ipswich, owing to
narrow streets and fast tramcars._



CHAPTER II

IPSWICH TO NORWICH, VIA BECCLES, LOWESTOFT, AND YARMOUTH

     ROADS Fair to Blythburgh, poor thence to Beccles, fair
     for rest of journey.

     HILL A sharp ascent on leaving Ipswich.

     DISTANCES Ipswich to Woodbridge (R.), 8. Woodbridge to
     Wickham Market (R.), 4-3/4. Wickham Market to
     Saxmundham (R.), 8.

     _Detour_ to Aldeburgh recommended. Turn to right at
     Farnham, 2 short of Saxmundham. To Aldeburgh (R.), 7.
     Rejoin Blythburgh road at Yoxford. Yoxford from
     Aldeburgh, 9. From Saxmundham, 3-1/2. Saxmundham to
     Yoxford, 3-1/2. Yoxford, via Darsham to Blythburgh,
     3-3/4.

     _Detour_ to Southwold (R.), 6 advised. Return same
     route of going to Beccles, or by Reydon, Wangford and
     Blyford, and then to Beccles road, thus adding 4-1/4 in
     all.

     Blythburgh to Beccles (R. A.), 9. Beccles to Lowestoft
     (R. A.), 10. Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth (R. A.), 10.
     Great Yarmouth to Norwich (R. A.), direct route 19-1/2.


CHAPTER III

NORWICH TO LONDON BY ROMAN ROAD

     ROADS The surface is reasonably good, and the
     milestones are legible so long as the road is in
     Norfolk. On entering Suffolk the milestones are often
     found illegible, and the surface of the road becomes
     noticeably worse. The main road from Colchester to
     London, via the East End of London, is of fairly good
     quality, but traffic is very troublesome during the
     later part.

     HILLS Between Norwich and Ipswich are no hills of at
     all a serious character on this route, except when
     surface is very soft. At Stratford St. Mary, on
     crossing the river towards Colchester, is a fairly
     stiff ascent, and the Colchester vicinity is hilly, but
     not difficult for cars of moderate power.

     _N.B._--Great care should always be observed in leaving
     Norwich, the streets being narrow, crooked and full of
     risk, and the way difficult to find.

     DISTANCES Norwich to London (Marble Arch), 114-3/4.
     Norwich to Long Stratton, 10-1/4. Long Stratton to
     Scole, 9-1/4. Scole to Thornton Parva, 4-3/4. Thornton
     Parva to Thwaite,