Sketches of leafy Warwickshire, rural and urban . ISimiwovt^ taetU: A SKETCH OF NOBLE RUINS. Tl 9. UJ _lI- <O II-iro 5 -I ilij 4 Ikcntlwortb Castle: A SKETCH OF NOBLE RUINS. ^J^HERE is no more charming ride, or ramble, in Leafy Warwickshire than from Leamington to Kenilworth, by theKenilworth Road. It is about five miles of shady lane, oneach side of which a varied landscape, with here and there ahouse of historic memories, greets the eye. There is another way—from Warwick through the seques-tered village of Leek Wootton — which, as it passes theromantic mansion of Guys Cliffe, is usually a
Sketches of leafy Warwickshire, rural and urban . ISimiwovt^ taetU: A SKETCH OF NOBLE RUINS. Tl 9. UJ _lI- <O II-iro 5 -I ilij 4 Ikcntlwortb Castle: A SKETCH OF NOBLE RUINS. ^J^HERE is no more charming ride, or ramble, in Leafy Warwickshire than from Leamington to Kenilworth, by theKenilworth Road. It is about five miles of shady lane, oneach side of which a varied landscape, with here and there ahouse of historic memories, greets the eye. There is another way—from Warwick through the seques-tered village of Leek Wootton — which, as it passes theromantic mansion of Guys Cliffe, is usually a popular retreatwith the pleasure-seeker. The village of Leek Wootton, withits fine church, quaint ale-house, and rustic cottages, has alsocertain decided charms for lovers of English rural scenery. Kenilworth is a village-like town, still wearing the garments,so to speak, of a picturesque antiquity. It is the very placefor a castle. The long, straggling street—the entrance to thetown—is still highly reminiscent of bygone days ; and there isabout it the suggestion that it is the pathwa
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