. Vanishing England . east oneword. There is a fair at Ely founded in connexion withthe abbey built by St. Etheldreda, and at this fair afamous fairing was St. Audreys laces. St. Audrey,or Etheldreda, in the days of her youthful vanity was veryfond of wearing necklaces and jewels. St. Audreyslaces became corrupted into Tawdry laces; hence theadjective has come to be applied to all cheap and showypieces of female ornament. Trade now finds its way by means of other channelsthan fairs. Railways and telegrams have changed theold methods of conducting the commerce of the , as we have sai
. Vanishing England . east oneword. There is a fair at Ely founded in connexion withthe abbey built by St. Etheldreda, and at this fair afamous fairing was St. Audreys laces. St. Audrey,or Etheldreda, in the days of her youthful vanity was veryfond of wearing necklaces and jewels. St. Audreyslaces became corrupted into Tawdry laces; hence theadjective has come to be applied to all cheap and showypieces of female ornament. Trade now finds its way by means of other channelsthan fairs. Railways and telegrams have changed theold methods of conducting the commerce of the , as we have said, many fairs have contrived to sur-vive, and unless they degenerate into a scandal and anuisance it is well that they should be continued. Educa-tion and the increasing sobriety of the nation may deprivethem of their more objectionable features, and it would bea pity to prevent the rustic from having some amusementswhich do not often fall to his lot, and to forbid him fromenjoying once a year all the fun of the CHAPTER XVII THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OLDDOCUMENTS THE history of England is enshrined in its ancientdocuments. Some of it may be read in its stonewalls and earthworks. The builders of ourchurches stamped its story on their stones, and by theshape of arch and design of window, by porch and door-way, tower and buttress you can read the history of thebuilding and tell its age and the dates of its additions andalterations. Inscriptions, monuments, and brasses help tofill in the details ; but all would be in vain if we had nodocumentary evidence, no deeds and charters, registers andwills, to help us to build up the history of each town andmonastery, castle and manor. Even after the most carefulsearches in the Record Office and the British Museum itis very difficult oftentimes to trace a manorial spend time and labour, eyesight and midnight oil intrying to discover missing links, and very often it is all invain ; the chain remains broken, and you cannot piece
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