Author: Herbert an Evans

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9781332327225

Excerpt from Highways and Byways in Northamptonshire and Rutland All lovers of Northamptonshire must unite in lamenting the loss of that accomplished scholar, the Rev. R. M. Serjeantson, rector of St. Peters, Northampton, and one of the editors of the Victoria County History of the county. In the historical and architectural knowledge of his adopted county (he was a Shropshire man by birth) he had few rivals, and had he lived these pages were to have had the benefit of his revision. The loss, however, has not been without compensation, and I have to express my gratitude to Mrs. Marcon (Miss Alice Dryden, editor of Memorials of Old Northamptonshire), who volunteered to read through the proofs. They could not have been in better hands, and to her I am indebted for many valuable suggestions. I must also express my thanks to Mr. Frederick Bostock, of Northampton, with whom the idea of the book originated, and who has continued to take a kindly interest in its progress. As I write a brighter day seems to be dawning for England, and the time is coming when one and all will have to eschew the evil and choose the good; the errors of the past must be swept away, but among the good things that shall survive let us pray that not the least may be the love of the English countryside and the old country life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.