THIS Guide is arranged according to Routes and Districts, which, considering the vast scope of the country, is held to be the most convenient mode of imparting information; but to afford every facility of easy reference, an Alphabetical List of the principal towns is placed on the boards at the beginning, in addition to the more copious Index which will be found at the end of the book. Numerous Plans of Towns, and Charts of favourite Touring Districts and Railway Routes, are interspersed throughout the text, to add as much as possible to the utility of the work. The Plans comprised are those of the principal towns of England, such as London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Hull, Southampton, Plymouth, Brighton, Cheltenham, Leamington, Oxford, and Cambridge. The Population is given according to the Census of 1871. HOTEL CHARGES. iv THE following scale shows the average charge for the several items which enter into the traveller's bill. The prices in the first division of the scale are rarely exceeded in any of the ordinary Hotels, while, in some, charges even more moderate may sometimes be met with. The prices in the second division show the charges in Hotels of the highest class in the principal cities. Bed, 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. .... Port or Sherry, per bottle, 8s. 6d. to 5s. Brandy or other spirits, per measure, 6d. Private Room, 2s. to 5s...... 8s. to 5s. 2s. to 3s. 3s. 6d. to 5s. 1s. 6d. to 28. According to what is ordered. 9d. to 1s. 28. to 58. 5s. to 10s. If the Traveller requires his table to be furnished beyond the ordinary scale of comfort, he must be prepared for a proportionate increase of charge. The payment of the gratuities to servants at Inns is a source of great annoyance to travellers. It largely contributes to the tourist's comfort when the charges under this head are included in the bill. This practice has now been adopted by many Hotel-keepers. When this is not done, the following rules will enable the tourist to calculate the charges for himself. GRATUITIES TO SERVANTS. 1. A single gentleman, taking the general accommodation of the Hotel for one or two meals as a passing traveller, Waiter, Boots, and Chambermaid, 6d. This includes the removal of any reasonable weight of luggage; but extra messages and parcels are charged separately. 2. A single gentleman, staying a day and night, and taking his meals in the hotel, 1s. 6d. or 28. for servants, and if he stays several days, 1s. or is. 6d. per day. 3. A gentleman and his wife, occupying a sitting room and bed-room, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per night for servants. If accompanied by sons or daughters, or other relatives, half this rate from each; but no charge for children under nine years of age. 4. A party of four or six for one night about 1s. 6d. each. In country and village inns, even the lowest of the payments above quoted may be unnecessarily liberal, while in some of the fashionable hotels in London, the highest may be considerably under par. J CONTENTS ACCORDING TO ARRANGEMENT OF ROUTES. 11. London to Hastings, through Tunbridge Wells 12. London-Uckfield-East Bourne 13. London to Lewes and Brighton, through Croydon and East Grin- 14. London to Brighton, through Croydon and Cuckfield 15. London to Brighton, through Croydon, Reigate, Crawley, and 16. London to Brighton, through Sutton, Reigate, and Cuckfield 23. London to Chichester, through Guildford and Midhurst-thence to 24. London to Chichester, through Guildford and Petworth 25. London to Portsmouth, through Esher, Godalming, and Petersfield 26. London to Gosport, through Alton and Fareham 27. London to Southampton, through Farnham, Alton, Alresford, and 28. London to Southampton, through Bagshot, Basingstoke, and Win- 29. London to Southampton, through Alton and Bishop's Waltham 30. London-Basingstoke Whitchurch-Andover-Salisbury-Bland- 31. London to Exeter through Basingstoke, Shaftesbury, and Honiton 32. London to Exeter, through Basingstoke, Andover, Amesbury, Win- canton, Ilminster, and Honiton 33. London (by Railway) to Winchester and Southampton, thence to New Forest, Lymington, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Chichester, 34. London to Portsmouth, by Brighton and South Coast Railways 35. London to Portsmouth, by South Western Railway 36. London to Guildford and Farnham, by South Western Railway 37. London to Salisbury, by South Western Railway 38. London to Poole, Wareham, and Dorchester, by South Western 39. Hastings to Ashford, Canterbury, and Margate, by Railway 40. Hastings to Brighton, Chichester, Southampton, and Dorchester, 41. Portsmouth (or Gosport) to Salisbury, by Railway 42. London to Richmond, Staines, and Windsor, by South Western 43. London to Bath, through Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, Marl- 91-96 44. London to Bath and Bristol, by Great Western Railway 97-103 45. Bath to Southampton, through Salisbury 46. Bath to Poole, through Warminster, Shaftesbury, and Blandford 47. Bath to Weymouth, through Frome 48. Bath to Bridport, through Shepton Mallet, Ilchester, and Crewkerne 106-107 49. Bath to Exeter, through Shepton Mallet, Ilminster, and Honiton 50. Bath to Exeter, through Bridgewater and Taunton 51. Exeter to Teignmouth, Torquay, and Dartmouth 87-90 53. Exeter to Plymouth and Devonport, through Ashburton 54. Bristol to Exeter and Plymouth, by Railway 55. Exeter to Tavistock, Callington, Liskeard, Lostwithiel, and 57. Tour from Bristol along the coast of Wales, through Newport, 59. Bristol-Chepstow - Monmouth-Hereford-Ludlow-Shrews- 60. Bristol to Gloucester, Worcester, and Kidderminster 61. London to Gloucester and Cheltenham, by Railway 62. Gloucester to Birmingham, by Railway 63. London to Gloucester, through Maidenhead, Faringdon, and Ciren- 64. London to Oxford, through Maidenhead and Henley 65. London to Gloucester, through Oxford and Cheltenham 66. London to Hereford, through Gloucester and Ledbury 67. London to Hereford, through Gloucester and Ross 68. London to St. David's, through Cardigan 69. London to Haverfordwest and Milford, by Oxford, Gloucester, 70. London to Aberystwith, through Oxford, Gloucester, and Here- ford 74. London to Shrewsbury, through Aylesbury, Kidderminster, Brose- 76. London to Newbury and Hungerford, by Railway 77. London to Westbury, by Railway |