Excerpt from Bygone England: Social Studies in Its Historic Byways and High-Ways In the olden time. The book represents the study of many years, made in out-of-the-way places and amongst books and manuscripts which do not usually come under the notice of the general reader. I am not indifferent as to its reception from the public and the press, and I trust that it may meet with the same friendly welcome. 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.