Curiosities Of Great Britain: England And Wales Delineated - Part 4
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[Sidenote: Sir Henry Wyatt deprived of seventeen manors and his liberty, for treason.]

[Sidenote: Sir Thomas Wyatt, was an accomplished scholar, soldier and statesman.]

[Sidenote: Parish consists of one house, a church, and a cottage.]

Map

Names of Places.

County.

Number of Miles From

+--+-----------------------+----------+------------------------------+ 41

Allington pa

Wilts

Amesbury 4

Salisbury 6

41

Allington to

Wilts

Chippenham 2

Malmsbury 9

41

Allington to

Wilts

Devizes 4

Calne 7

11

Allington, East pa

Devon

Kingsbridge 4

Dartmouth 6

11

Allington, West pa

Devon

... 1

Modbury 7

24

Allington, West pa

Lincoln

Grantham 5

Newark 10

22

Allithwaite, Upper to

Lancaster

Cartmel 3

Hawkeshead 11

22

Allithwaite, Lower to

Lancaster

... 1

... 13

9

Allonby to

c.u.mberland

Wigton 11

c.o.c.kermouth 9

7

Allostock to

Chester

Knutsford 5

Middlewich 5

36

All Saints, St. Elm pa

Suffolk

Halesworth 5

Bungay 5

17

Almeley pa

Hereford

Weobly 5

Kington 4

12

Almer, West pa

Dorset

Blandford 6

Bere Regis 6

35

Almington to

Stafford

Drayton 1

Newcastle 12

39

Almington & Delph to

Warwick

Tamworth 2

Atherstone 7

38

Almodington pa

Suss.e.x

Chichester 6

Bognor 10

45

Almondbury[A] pa & to

W.R. York

Huddersfield 2

Barnsley 10

15

Almondsbury pa & ti

Gloucester

Thornbury 4

Old Pas. Hou. 5

34

Almsford pa

Somerset

Castle Cary 1

Bruton 4

43

Alne pa & to

N.R. York

Easingwold 3

Borobridge 6

39

Alne, Great chap & to

Warwick

Alcester 3

Henley-Arden 5

29

Alnham pa & to

Northumb

Alnwick 14

Wooler 11

29

Alnwick[B] m.t. & pa

Northumb

Newcastle 34

Morpeth 9

+--+-----------------------+----------+--------------+---------------+

Dist.

Map

Names of Places.

Number of Miles From

Lond.

Population.

+--+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----+---------+ 41

Allington pa

Andover 11

77

80

41

Allington to

Bath 13

95

162

41

Allington to

Marlboro 10

88

162

11

Allington, East pa

Totness 7

205

677

11

Allington, West pa

Plymouth 18

207

872

24

Allington, West pa

M. Mowbray 16

115

357

22

Allithwaite, Upper to

Ulverstone 11

255

759

22

Allithwaite, Lower to

..by Ferry 6

257

838

9

Allonby to

Abbey-Holm 8

315

783

7

Allostock to

Northwich 6

168

448

36

All Saints, St. Elm pa

Harleston 5

105

439

17

Almeley pa

Leominster 7

107

...

35

Almington to

Eccleshall 10

158

340

39

Almington & Delph to

Coleshill 10

112

264

38

Almodington pa

Selsea-Bill 4

68

...

45

Almondbury[A] pa & to

Wakefield 9

186

30606

15

Almondsbury pa & ti

Bristol 8

117

1408

34

Almsford pa

Glas...o...b..ry 9

114

304

43

Alne pa & to

Thirsk 9

212

1967

39

Alne, Great chap & to

Stratford 7

103

343

29

Alnham pa & to

Rothbury 9

314

278

29

Alnwick[B] m.t. & pa

... 11

308

6788

+--+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----+---------+

[A] ALMONDBURY is situated near the river Calder, in the upper division of the wapentake of Aybrigg. Here is a grammar school, founded by patent from James I. and endowed with about 120 per annum. This place is noted for its extensive woollen manufactories. It was anciently called Albanbury. In the neighbourhood traces of an ancient castle, on an eminence, are still discernable. It is supposed, by some antiquarians, to have been the Campodonum of the Romans, and subsequently a royal seat of some of the Saxon kings.

[Sidenote: Grammar school founded by James I.]

[Sidenote: Ancient castle. Campodonum of the Romans.]

[B] ALNWICK, is on the high road from London to Berwick, and usually regarded as the capital of the county. It is situated partly in the southern division of Barnborough Ward, and partly in the eastern division of Coquetdale Ward. It is built irregularly, on the declivities of a hill, near the river Alne, over which a handsome stone bridge was erected by the late Duke of Northumberland, which bears the Percy crest on the parapet; there is also another bridge, of one arch, lower down the river; these two bridges serve as boundaries to the fine lawns surrounding the castle. At the head of Pottergate is a tower or clock-house, built in 1786. An abbey of Premonstratension canons was founded at Alnwick by Eustace St. John, in the year 1147. It was pleasantly situated on the northern margin of the Alne, the site of which was granted, in 1549, to Ralph Sadler, and Lawrence Wennington, after which it became the seat of the Brandling family, and also of the Doubleday family, by whom it was sold to the Duke of Northumberland. A fine gate house still remains, on which the Percy arms is visible. This town has a s.p.a.cious market place, and a considerable town hall, in which the sessions and county courts are held. It is paved, watched, and lighted, under an act pa.s.sed in 1821. Although the county town, the a.s.sizes are held at Newcastle. Alnwick Castle has been for many centuries a fortress of great strength, and the family mansion of the Percys'; it stands on an eminence on the south side of the Alne, opposite to the town, and commands a beautiful view of the country. The walls are flanked with sixteen gothic towers, the battlements of which, are ornamented with figures of ancient warriors: it is very celebrated in border history, and was peculiarly fatal to the kings of Scotland, of whom Malcolm II. and his son Edward, fell before it; and William, surnamed the Lion, was taken prisoner. The castle has lately undergone a complete repair; great attention having been paid to the restoration of the gothic ornaments in their original style. The chapel has been rendered extremely beautiful, by the introduction of a ceiling, in imitation of the celebrated one of King's College, Cambridge. There is also a handsome window, on the model of one at York Minster, and the walls are painted in the manner of those of the cathedral of Milan. The tenants of the estate at Alnwick, in the year 1818, erected a monument to the memory of the late Duke of Northumberland, who died in 1817, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Percy column, as it is called, stands on a beautiful knoll, adjoining the road on the southern entrance to the town; it rises without a pedestal, and may be seen in every direction, it is eighty-three feet in height, but may be ascended easily by a circular flight of stairs within. There is an immemorial custom continued here on the proclamation of the several fairs; divers adjacent townships, which are free of toll in the borough, by this service, send their deputies to attend the bailiff, on the eve of the fair, when he makes proclamation; after which they keep watch all night in every part of the town, and this is the most perfect remains of watch and ward retained in any part of this country. It is said that King John, having endured considerable inconvenience from the miry state of the roads, in humorous revenge, directed that for the future, the freemen of Alnwick, should be made in the following manner, which is still observed.--On St.

Mark's day, those who are to be made free, a.s.semble in the market place, dressed in white, with white caps, and a sword by their side. They proceed on horseback from this place to the town moor, headed by the four chamberlains, attired in the same manner, where they alight and rush through a muddy pool; having performed this ceremony, they change their soiled garments, and return to the town. Here is a free school, supported by a revenue arising out of the tolls, and various minor charities.

_Market_, Sat.u.r.day,--_Mail_ arrives 6-1/4 A.M., departs 5-1/2 P.M.--_Fairs_, Palm Sunday eve, for shoes, hats, &c.; May 12th, horses and horned cattle; last Monday in July, linen and woollen cloth; 1st Tuesday in October, and October 28th, horses and cattle; and Sat.u.r.day before Christmas Day, for shoes, hats, and woollens.--_Bankers_, Ridley and Co., draw on Glynn and Co.--_Inn_, White Swan.

[Sidenote: An abbey of monks, founded in 1147.]

[Sidenote: Fortress of great strength.]

[Sidenote: The fall of Malcolm II. and his son Edward.]

[Sidenote: Monument to the memory of the late Duke of Northumberland.]

[Sidenote: Curious customs in Alnwick.]

[Sidenote: Making freemen at Alnwick through a muddy pool.]

Map

Names of Places.

County.

Number of Miles From

+--+----------------------+-------+------------+------------+ 14

Alphamstone pa

Ess.e.x

Halstead 5

Sudbury 5

36

Alphaston pa

Suffolk

Sudbury 7

Lavenham 3

11

Alphington pa

Devon

Exeter 1

Topsham 5

27

Alpington pa

Norfolk

Norwich 6

Loddon 5

7

Alpraham to

Chester

Tarporley 3

Malpas 8

14

Alresford pa

Ess.e.x

Colchester 5

St. Osyth 6

16

Alresford, New[A] m.t.

Hants

Southamp. 19

Winchester 7

+--+----------------------+-------+------------+------------+

Dist.

Map

Names of Places.

Number of Miles From

Lond.

Population.

+--+----------------------+--------------------+-----+------+ 14

Alphamstone pa

Colchester 10

50

277

36

Alphaston pa

Bury 10

61

309

11

Alphington pa

Chudleigh 8

167

1236

27

Alpington pa

Hempnell 6

119

197

7

Alpraham to

Nantwich 7

176

418

14

Alresford pa

Manningtre 8

56

297

16

Alresford, New[A] m.t.

Alton 10

57

1437

+--+----------------------+--------------------+-----+------+

[A] NEW ALRESFORD, is in the north division of the hundred of Alton: seated on the river Itchin, at no great distance from its source. It was anciently a more populous place than at present, the navigation of the river, having at one time extended from Southampton to this town; whereas, it now ceases at Winchester. Alresford is divided into two parishes, of which that of Old Alresford is deemed the mother church.

The town, which formerly sent a member to parliament, is governed by a bailiff and eight burgesses; and the petty sessions are held here. There is a manufacture of linseys of some consequence, but generally speaking, the trade is much decayed. At Tichbourne Hall, about two miles distant, the seat of Sir H. Tichbourne, there has been bestowed annually, on Lady Day, from the reign of Henry II. a gift to every applicant of twopence in bread or money; of which bounty, in some years, no less than seventeen hundred persons have partaken.

_Market_, Thursday.--_Mail_ arrives 3-1/2 A.M. departs 11-1/2 P.M.--_Fairs_, last Thursday in July, and October 17, sheep, &c.--_Bankers_, Knapp & Co. draw on Barclay & Co.--_Inn_, Swan.

[Sidenote: Formerly a populous place.]

[Sidenote: Tichbourne Hall, seat of Sir H. Tichbourne.]

Map

Names of Places.

County.

Number of Miles From

+--+--------------------+---------+------------+--------------+ 16

Alresford, Old pa

Hants

Southamp. 19

Winchester 7

35

Alrewas pa

Stafford

Lichfield 5

Burton 8

35

Alewas Hayes dis

Stafford

... 4

... 9

7

Alsager pa

Chester

Sandbach 5

Congleton 9

10

Alsop-le-Dale pa

Derby

Ashbourn 6

Longnor 8

22

Alston to

Lancaster

Preston 6

Blackburn 6

42

Alstone chap

Worcester

Tewkesbury 5

Evesham 7

35

Alstonefield pa & to

Stafford

Ashbourn 6

Longnor 6

22

Altcar chap

Lancaster

Ormskirk 6

Liverpool 11

8

Alternon pa

Cornwall

Launceston 8

Camelford 8

22

Altham to & chap

Lancaster

Burnley 5

Colne 11

14

Althorne pa

Ess.e.x

Maldon 6

Southminster 3

24

Althorp pa & to

Lincoln

Burton 5

Epworth 5

27

Althorpe ham

Norfolk

Fakenham 2

N. Walsingh. 3

48

Altmawr chap

Brecon

Builth 3

Brecon 12

45

Altofts to

W.R. York

Wakefield 4

Leeds 8

16

Alton[A] m.t. & pa

Hants

Southamp. 29

Basingstoke 10

41

Alton Barnes pa

Wilts

Marlboro 7

Devizes 7

12

Alton Pancras pa

Dorset

Dorchester 7

Cerne-Abbas 3

41

Alton Priors chap

Wilts

Devizes 7

Marlboro 7

7

Altringham[B] m.t.

Chester

Knutsford 7

Stockport 10

+--+--------------------+---------+------------+--------------+

Dist.

Map

Names of Places.

Number of Miles From

Lond.

Population.

+--+--------------------+----------------------+-----+--------+ 16

Alresford, Old pa

Alton 10

57

459

35

Alrewas pa

Bromley 5

124

1607

35

Alewas Hayes dis ... 6

124

77

7

Alsager pa

Nantwich 8

157

446

10

Alsop-le-Dale pa

Winster 6

145

61

22

Alston to

c.l.i.theroe 9

222

1030

42

Alstone chap

Persh.o.r.e 7

101

78

35

Alstonefield pa & to

Winster 8

144

5169

22

Altcar chap

Prescott 13

214

505

8

Alternon pa

Bodmin 16

222

1069

22

Altham to & chap

Blackburn 6

212

413

14

Althorne pa

Rochford 6

42

352

24

Althorp pa & to

Glandford Br 12

165

981

27

Althorpe ham

Holt 10

111

9

48

Altmawr chap

Aberedwy 2

170

43

45

Altofts to

Pontefract 3

186

502

16

Alton[A] m.t. & pa

Farnham 10

47

2742

41

Alton Barnes pa

Pewsey 4

82

138

12

Alton Pancras pa

Sherborne 10

120

210

41

Alton Priors chap

Pewsey 4

82

205

7

Altringham[B] m.t.

Manchester 9

179

2708

+--+--------------------+----------------------+-----+--------+

[A] ALTON is seated on the river Wye; it is a pleasant open town, consisting of three streets, of which the princ.i.p.al contains some handsome houses. It is governed by a constable appointed by the magistracy, and a petty sessions are held in the town. The district around is celebrated for the superiority of its hop plantations, and possesses manufactures of druggets, serges, and other worsted fabrics, which are dyed in the wool. It was at Alton that Sir William Waller, in December 1643, obtained some advantages over the forces of Lord Hopton, who had taken his post in the town, the regiment commanded by Colonel Bowles retreated to the church, but not having time to barricade the doors, threw down their arms, and surrendered; but the Colonel himself, refusing quarter, was slain on the spot. Amongst the celebrated men to whom this town has given birth, may be mentioned William de Alton, a Dominican Friar, who lived in the time of Edward II., and wrote on the universality of the pollution of mankind by original sin. John Pitts, the Roman Catholic Biographer, who was born in 1560, and died in 1616; and William Curtis the Botanist, who was born about 1746, and died in 1799.

_Market_, Sat.u.r.day.--_Mail_ arrives 2 A.M. departs 12-3/4 A.M.--_Fairs_, Sat.u.r.day before May, sheep and lambs, September 29, cattle and toys.--Commercial Banking Company, draw on Williams, and Co.--_Inn_, Swan.

[Sidenote: Celebrated for hops, and manufactures in serges and other worsted fabrics.]

[Sidenote: Church converted to a fortress.]

[B] ALTRINGHAM is a very neat market-town in the parish of Bowden, and hundred of Bucklow, near which the Duke of Bridgewater's ca.n.a.l pa.s.ses from the Mersey at Runcorn, to Manchester; it possesses several factories of yarn, cotton, and worsted, and the vicinity supplies the markets of Manchester well with fruit and vegetables. This town was anciently a fee for the barons of Dunham Ma.s.sey, one of whom granted to it a guild mercatory in the thirteenth century.

_Market_, Tuesday.--_Mail_ arrives 4-1/2 A.M., departs 9-1/2 P.M.--_Fairs_, April 29, August 5, November 22, for cattle and drapery.--_Inns_, Bowling Green and Unicorn.

[Sidenote: Yarn, cotton, and worsted manufactories]

Map

Names of Places.

County.

Number of Miles From

+--+------------------------+----------+-------------+-------------+ 7

Alvanley chap

Chester

Frodsham 3

Warrington 9

7

Alvaston to

Chester

Sandbach 9

Middlewich 10

10

Alvaston to & chap

Derby

Derby 4

Kegworth 8

40

Alvechurch[A] pa

Worcester

Bromsgrove 4

Redditch 4

41

Alvediston pa

Wilts

Hindon 7

Wilton 8

33

Alvely pa & to

Salop

Bridgenorth 6

Bewdley 8

11

Alverdiscott pa

Devon

Bideford 4

Barnstaple 6

16

Alverstoke pa

Hants

Gosport 1

Tichfield 6

45

Alverthorpe to

W.R. York

Wakefield 1

Leeds 7

30

Alverton ham

Notts

Newark 7

Bingham 7

31

Alvescott pa

Oxford

Burford 5

Bampton 3

15

Alveston[B] pa

Gloucester

Thornbury 3

New Pas 6

39

Alveston pa

Warwick

Stratford 2

Warwick 7

35

Alveton pa & to

Stafford

Cheadle 4

Uttaxeter 6

24

Alvingham pa

Lincoln

Louth 4

Saltfleet 8

15

Alvington ham

Gloucester

Blakeney 6

Coleford 6

19

Alwalton pa

Hunts

Peterboro 5

Stilton 6

11

Alwington pa

Devon

Bideford 4

Torrington 6

45

Alwoodley to

W.R. York

Leeds 4

Ottley 5

17

Amberly ham

Hereford

Hereford 6

Bromyard 9

38

Amberly pa

Suss.e.x

Arundel 4

Petworth 4

16

Ambersham, North ti

Hants

Midhurst 3

... 4

16

Ambersham, South ti

Hants

... 3

... 4

29

Amble to

Northumb

Alnwick 9

Morpeth 11

35

Amblecoat ham

Stafford

Stourbridge 1

Dudley 4

40

Ambleside[C] m.t. & chap

Westmorlnd

Kendal 13

Helvelyn 8

+--+------------------------+----------+-------------+-------------+

Dist.

Map

Names of Places.

Number of Miles From

Lond.

Population.

+--+------------------------+------------------------+-----+-------+ 7

Alvanley chap

Chester 10

188

341

7

Alvaston to

Whitchurch 11

164

46

10

Alvaston to & chap

Burton 12

124

364

40

Alvechurch[A] pa

Birmingham 11

114

1548

41

Alvediston pa

Shaftesbury 9

92

239

33

Alvely pa & to

Cleobury 9

133

836

11

Alverdiscott pa

Torrington 4

200

334

16

Alverstoke pa

Fareham 6

79

12637

45

Alverthorpe to

Dewsbury 5

183

4859

30

Alverton ham

Southwell 9

118

16

31

Alvescott pa

Whitney 6

74

361

15

Alveston[B] pa

Bristol 9

119

800

39

Alveston pa

Henley 9

96

650

35

Alveton pa & to

Ashbourn 8

42

2391

24

Alvingham pa

Grimsby 18

153

292

15

Alvington ham

Chepstow 7

128

281

19

Alwalton pa

Wandsford 5

80

294

11

Alwington pa

Barnstaple 12

206

486

45

Alwoodley to

Wetherby 8

193

142

17

Amberly ham

Leominster 8

135

25

38

Amberly pa

Worthing 11

51

637

16

Ambersham, North ti

Haslemere 6

49

121

16

Ambersham, South ti

... 6

49

183

29

Amble to

Felton 6

301

247

35

Amblecoat ham

Wolverhamp 8

122

1157

40

Ambleside[C] m.t. & chap

Winanderm 1

278

1095

+--+------------------------+------------------------+-----+-------+

[A] ALVECHURCH is situated in the middle division of the hundred of Halfshire; it was formerly a borough and governed by a bailiff, chosen annually at the court of the lord of the manor. The church is a large structure of Anglo Norman architecture, but the tower is modern. It however contains many ancient monuments: a hospital was founded here by Nicholas Lewkenor, of Hadsor, in 1580. The bishops of the county formerly had a palace here. Bishop Brain, Chancellor of England, in the reign of Edward III., to whom the Black Prince, wrote a circ.u.mstantial account of the battle of Poicters, died here in 1361. Bishop Latimer put it in repair in the reign of Henry VIII., it seems to have been merely a timber building. It has not been inhabited by any Bishop since the restoration, and was nearly a century ago, entirely pulled down, when the park was converted into farms. The river Arrow, which rises in the Lickey Hills, runs through the parish, towards Beoley Park, and Warwickshire; and the Ikenield Street, also pa.s.ses it. This town formerly consisted of several streets, but is now fallen into decay, it however, receives some benefit from the Worcester ca.n.a.l, which pa.s.ses it, and joins the Stratford-and-Avon ca.n.a.l, at King's Norton.

[Sidenote: Church of Anglo Norman architecture.]

[Sidenote: Dilapidations of time.]

[B] ALVESTON. This parish contains the vestiges of two Roman camps; the one on the top of a hill called Oldbury, near the Severn; the other called Castle Hill; in both which places, various relics of antiquity have been discovered.

[Sidenote: Two Roman camps.]

[C] AMBLESIDE is seated on the decline of a hill, at the extremity of the romantic lake Winandermere, of which a branch pa.s.ses through the town. It is held by Horsley, to be the site of the Roman Dictus. It is scarcely in the power of language to do justice to the romantic beauties of this neighbourhood; perhaps the most beautiful scenery in England, is to be found in its vicinity. Here is an extensive manufactory of woollen cloth.

_Market_, Wednesday.--_Fairs_, Wednesday after Whit-Sunday, for horned cattle October 29, ditto and sheep--_Mail_ arrives 9-1/2 A.M., departs 7 A.M.

[Sidenote: Site of the Roman Dictus.]

Map

Names of Places.

County.

Number of Miles From

+--+--------------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+ 57

Ambleston pa

Pembroke

Haverfrd.W. 5

Fishguard 3

31

Ambrosden pa & to

Oxford

Bicester 2

Aylesbury 14

24

Amcotts ham

Lincoln

Burton 4

Glandford 10

5

Amersham[A] bo. m. t. & pa

Bucks

Aylesbury 14

Chesham 3

41

Amesbury[B] m.t. & pa

Wilts

Salisbury 7

Stone-Henge 3

+--+--------------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+

Dist.

Map

Names of Places. Number of Miles From

Lond.

Population.

+--+--------------------------+---------------------+-----+--------+ 57

Ambleston pa

Newport 10

266

574

31

Ambrosden pa & to

Oxford 12

51

914

24

Amcotts ham

Epworth 9

165

359

5

Amersham[A] bo. m. t. & pa

Beaconsfield 5

26

2612

41

Amesbury[B] m.t. & pa

Andover 14

77

544

+--+--------------------------+---------------------+------+-------+

[A] AMERSHAM, or Agmondesham is situated on the Misbourne, a branch of the river Colne. The town which is seated in a vale between two wooded hills, consists of a long street on the road from Uxbridge to Wendover; it is intersected about the centre, by a cross street from Chesham to High Wycombe, at the point of which stands the church. The market is held in the Market House, or Town Hall, built by Sir William Drake, about 1680; it is a brick building supported by pillars and arches, with a lanthorn and clock, and said to be the handsomest in the county.

Amersham was a parliamentary borough by prescription, but by the Reform Bill of 1832, is now disfranchised. The church was extensively repaired in 1778, in the chancel of which are monuments of the family of the Bents of Leicestershire, who had a seat in the parish; and a monument of Henry, son of Sir Patrick Curwen, Bart., who died in 1638; and also several monuments of the Drake family, in the chancel and the adjoining mausoleum; among which are those of Montague Gerrard, by _Sheemaker_, and the wife of the late Mr. Drake, by Henry Cheere. About a mile northward from the town, is Shardeloes Park, the seat of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Drake: the estate was formerly in the possession of the Brudenell's, which family terminated in a peeress, and brought Shardeloes to the Cheynes; afterwards it became the seat of William Totehill, Esq., where he entertained Queen Elizabeth in one of her progresses. Francis Drake, of East Sherwin, Surrey, who was one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber to James I., married Jane, the daughter and heiress of William Totehill, Esq. The mansion is beautifully situated on the brow of a hill, overlooking an immense sheet of water, covering thirty-five acres, and commands a delightful prospect, particularly towards the east, where the town of Amersham, and the surrounding eminences, covered with wood, present a very picturesque appearance. The gardens, formerly much admired for their beauty, were originally formed by Sir William Drake, about 1666, but have been modernized by Richmond, for the late proprietor. Here is also a Free Grammar School, the scholars of which are ent.i.tled to three exhibitions in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, bequeathed by Dr. Challoner, a canon of Windsor, in 1620; and likewise four alms houses, with other minor charities. The manufactures are chiefly lace, sacking, and all kinds of white cotton, wrought by machinery; and the markets are well attended.

_Market_, Tuesday.--_Fairs_, Whit-Monday for horned cattle, and September 19, for cattle, and statute.--_Inns_, Crown and Griffin.--_Mail_ arrives 7 A.M., departs 9-1/4 P.M.

[Sidenote: Town Hall, built by Sir W. Drake, 1680.]