A map of The Skirts of the Great City
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
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 OTHEREASTERN SUBURBS OF LONDON
V. GREENWICH AND OTHER SOUTH-EASTERN SUBURBS OF LONDON
VI. OUTLYING LONDON IN NORTH-EAST SURREY
VII. CROYDON, CARSHALTON, EPSOM, AND OTHERSUBURBS IN NORTH-WEST SURREY
VIII. WANDSWORTH, PUTNEY, BARNES, AND OTHER SOUTHERN SUBURBS
IX. WIMBLEDON, MERTON, MITCHAM, AND THEIR MEMORIES
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
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
HAMPTON COURT PALACE . . . . . . Frontispiece
GREENWICH HOSPITAL, WITH ST. ALPHEGE'S CHURCH