List of Illustrations 



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Madeley Church Ixxxvi 



Here John Offley lies buried. 



Madeley Manor .......... 2 



From the engraving in Plot's History of Staffordshire. 



Map of the River Lea from Waltham to Tottenham .... 20 



Tottenham High Cross . . . . . . . -23 



From an engraving by Rawle after an original drawing by Drummond 

 published in 1804. 



Tottenham High Cross . . . . . . . .27 



Bruce Castle, Tottenham .... . 32 



From an ancient picture at Bruce Castle. 



Ashmole's House in Ship Yard ........ 47 



From an engraving in the British Museum. 



Waltham Cross ...... 53 



After an engraving by G. y. Parkins from a drawing by T. Under- 

 wood, published in 1791 ; in the possession of J . Tydeman, Esq. 



Waltham Cross . . . . . . . . . 57 



An " Eleanor" cross, built in 1294. 



The "Four Swans" Inn and Sign, Waltham Cross . . . .61 

 This Inn is said to date from the end of the i$th century. 



Map of the River Lea from Ware to Cheshunt ..... 66 



The " Four Swans," Waltham Cross 83 



The Abbey Gate and Church Tower of Waltham Abbey ... 89 



Theobald's Park, from the New River .100 



The seat of Sir Henry B. Meux, Bart. 



The Bulls Head " Inn, Turnford . . . . '"' ," . 108 



Shawford Brook . ., . ..... . . . 126 



Behind Walton's Cottage at Shallowford. 



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