Blood Royal: A Novel

Chiddingwick High Street is one of the quaintest and most picturesque bits of old town architecture to be found in England. Narrow at either end it broadens suddenly near the middle by a sweeping curve outward just opposite the W hite Horse where the weekly cattle-market is held and where the timbered gable-ends cluster thickest round the ancient stone cross now reduced as usual to a mere stump or relic. In addition to its High Street Chiddingwick also possesses a Mayor a Corporation a town pump an Early English church a Baptist chapel and abundant opportunities for alcoholic refreshment.