The Somerset Coast
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THE SOMERSET COAST
The Portsmouth Road, and its Tributaries: To-day and in Daysof Old.
The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike.
The Bath Road: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an OldHighway.
The Exeter Road: The Story of the West of England Highway.
The Great North Road: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. TwoVols.
The Norwich Road: An East Anglian Highway.
The Holyhead Road: The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. TwoVols.
The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road: The GreatFenland Highway.
The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road: Sportand History on an East Anglian Turnpike.
The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road: TheReady Way to South Wales. Two Vols.
The Brighton Road: Speed, Sport, and History on the ClassicHighway.
The Hastings Road and the “Happy Springs of Tunbridge.”
Cycle Rides Round London.
A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods ofReproduction.
Stage Coach and Mail in Days of Yore. Two Vols.
The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of “The IngoldsbyLegends.”
The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels.
The Dorset Coast.
The South Devon Coast.
The Old Inns of Old England. Two Vols.
Love in the Harbour: a Longshore Comedy.
Rural Nooks Round London (Middlesex and Surrey).
Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural.
The Manchester and Glasgow Road: This way to GretnaGreen. Two Vols.
The North Devon Coast.
Half Hours with the Highwaymen. Two Vols.
The Autocar Road Book.
The Tower Of London: Fortress, Palace, and Prison.
The Cornish Coast. North. [In the Press.
The Cornish Coast. South. [In the Press.
CLIFTON BRIDGE
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
| II | THE RIVER AVON—CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE | 6 |
| III | ABBOT’S LEIGH TO CLEVEDON | 17 |
| IV | CLEVEDON—LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS: COLERIDGE | 25 |
| V | CLEVEDON (continued)—LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS: TENNYSON | 32 |
| VI | YATTON—CONGRESBURY—WICK ST. LAWRENCE | 45 |
| VII | WORSPRING PRIORY—KEWSTOKE | 56 |
| VIIIVIII | WESTON-SUPER-MARE | 67 |
| IX | WORLEBURY—WORLE | 78 |
| X | STEEP HOLM—FLAT HOLM—UPHILL—BREAN DOWN | 87 |
| XI | BLEADON—BREAN—BRENT KNOLL | 98 |
| XII | BURNHAM—HIGHBRIDGE—BAWDRIP—“BATH BRICKS”—THE RIVER PARRET | 111 |
| XIII | BRIDGWATER—ADMIRAL BLAKE—THE MONMOUTH REBELLION | 126 |
| XIV | CANNINGTON—THE QUANTOCKS—NETHER STOWEY, AND THE COLERIDGE CIRCLE | 139 |
| XV | STEART—STOGURSEY—THE FOLK-SPEECH OF ZUMMERZET—GLATT-HUNTING AT KILVE—ST. AUDRIES | 158 |
| IXXVI | WILLITON—ST. DECUMAN’S AND THE WYNDHAMS—WATCHET | 179 |
| XVII | CLEEVE ABBEY—OLD CLEEVE—BLUE ANCHOR | 189 |
| XVIII | DUNSTER | 206 |
| XIX | MINEHEAD, NEW AND OLD—SELWORTHY—THE HORNER | 227 |
| XX | PORLOCK—BOSSINGTON—PORLOCK WEIR | 247 |
| XXI | CULBONE AND ITS REVELS—WHORTLEBERRIES | 260 |
| XXII | THE “LORNA DOONE COUNTRY” | 270 |
| XXIII | OARE—MALMSMEAD—THE BADGWORTHY VALLEY—THE “DOONE VALLEY”—GLENTHORNE | 286 |
| Index | 299 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Page | |
| Clifton Bridge | Frontispiece |
| Map of The Somerset Coast | 1 |
| Avonmouth, from Pill | 18 |
| In Portishead Church | 21 |
| Coleridge’s Cottage, Clevedon | 28 |
| Clevedon | 35 |
| Clevedon Court | 43 |
| Kingston Seymour | 46 |
| Yatton Church | 48 |
| The Rectory, Congresbury | 51 |
| Woodspring Priory | 58 |
| Reliquary in Kewstoke Church (Front) | 63 |
| Reliquary in Kewstoke Church (Back) | 65 |
| Uphill | 92 |
| Bleadon Church | 99 |
| Berrow | 102 |
| Brent Knoll | 107 |
| Brent Knoll | 109 |
| Huntspill | 117 |
| Birthplace of Admiral Blake | 128 |
| Bridgwater: St. Mary’s Church, and Corn Exchange | 132 |
| Westonzoyland | 134 |
| Cannington | 140 |
| Nether Stowey; Gazebo at Stowey Court | 143 |
| XIIThe Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey | 153 |
| Nether Stowey | 155 |
| The “Mud Horse” | 161 |
| Stolford | 163 |
| Stogursey Castle | 165 |
| Kilve Church | 171 |
| Kilve: The Chantry | 173 |
| St. Audries | 176 |
| Bench-end, Sampford Brett; supposed to allude to the Legend of Lady Florence Wyndham | 184 |
| Watchet; Old Town Hall and Lock-up | 186 |
| Watchet | 187 |
| Entrance to Cleeve Abbey | 192 |
| The Refectory, Cleeve Abbey | 197 |
| Mysterious Effigy at Old Cleeve | 201 |
| Blue Anchor | 203 |
| Coneygore Tower, and Road into Minehead | 207 |
| Dunster Castle | 210 |
| Dunster; Castle and Yarn Market | 218 |
| Dunster Church, from the South, showing old Alcove in Churchyard Wall for the Stocks | 221 |
| Curious Archway, Dunster Church | 223 |
| The “Nunnery,” or “High House,” Dunster | 225 |
| Minehead | 228 |
| Seventeenth-Century Mantel, “Luttrell Arms” Inn | 230 |
| Quirke’s Almshouses | 236 |
| Doorway of the Manor Office | 238 |
| Minehead Church | 238 |
| The Manor Office, Minehead |
