. Vanishing England . nientquarries for stone and furnished many a farm, cottage andmanor-house with materials for their construction. Hence-forth the old castle became a ruin. In its silent marshymoat reeds and rushes grow, and ivy covers its walls, andtrees have sprung up in the quiet and deserted parties encamp on the green sward, and excursion-ists amuse themselves in strolling along the walls andwonder why they were built so thick, and imagine that thecastle was always a ruin erected for the amusement of thecheap-tripper for jest and playground. Happily care isusually bestow
. Vanishing England . nientquarries for stone and furnished many a farm, cottage andmanor-house with materials for their construction. Hence-forth the old castle became a ruin. In its silent marshymoat reeds and rushes grow, and ivy covers its walls, andtrees have sprung up in the quiet and deserted parties encamp on the green sward, and excursion-ists amuse themselves in strolling along the walls andwonder why they were built so thick, and imagine that thecastle was always a ruin erected for the amusement of thecheap-tripper for jest and playground. Happily care isusually bestowed upon the relics that remain, and diligentantiquaries excavate and try to rear in imagination thestately buildings. Some have been fortunate enough tobecome museums, and some modernized and restored areprivate residences. The English castle recalls some ofthe most eventful scenes in English history, and its bonesand skeleton should be treated with respect and venera-tion as an important feature of vanishing Knightly Bascinet {temp. Henry V) in Norwich Castle CHAPTER VIVANISHING OR VANISHED CHURCHES NO buildings have suffered more than our parishchurches in the course of ages. Many havevanished entirely. A few stones or ruins markthe site of others, and iconoclasm has left such enduringmarks on the fabric of many that remain that it is difficultto read their story and history. A volume, severalvolumes, would be needed to record all the vandalism thathas been done to our ecclesiastical structures in the agesthat have passed. We can only be thankful that somechurches have survived to proclaim the glories of Englisharchitecture and the skill of our masons and artificers whowrought so well and worthily in olden days. In the chapter that relates to the erosion of our coasts wehave mentioned many of the towns and villages whichhave been devoured by the sea with their now lie beneath the waves, and the bells in theirtowers are still said to ring when storms r
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