Nooks and Corners of Old England

Nooks and Corners of Old England is a work by Allan Fea. The opening says that a recent glance over some old Ordnance Maps, the companions of many a ramble in the corners of Old England, has suggested the idea of jotting down a few fragmentary notes, which we trust may be of interest.

The text says the famous cheese was first sold at an inn, and that why it was dubbed Stilton instead of Dalby in Leicestershire, where it was first manufactured, is a mystery. The text says that at one inn there was stabling for over eighty horses, and that before the birth of trains thirty-six coaches pulled up daily at the portal for hungry passengers to refresh or rest. The text says the glory of Martock is its grand old church, where Fairfax and Cromwell offered up a prayer for the capture of Bridgwater in 1645, and whose carved black oak roof is one of the finest in the west of England. The text says that were it not for Mr. Home's interest in old-time customs, the bull-ring in the market-place would have disappeared.