Publisher's Synopsis
This guide to the old towns in Hampshire and Surrey is based on the author's "Historic Towns of South-East England". The book contains information about the history and development of 38 towns in the two counties. The towns include Winchester, Godalming, Guildford and Titchfield.;The historic towns of Hampshire and Surrey have a large number of buildings in brick, stone and timber-frame and some of the best street panoramas in the country. The buildings range from cathedrals, abbeys and medieval wool warehouses to the series of mid-19th century forts constructed as a defence against possible invasion by the French.