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DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, 
 
 TO THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 Just Published, Price 4s., handsomely hound, 
 
 THE STRANGERS’ PICTURESQUE GUIDE 
 
 TO 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON 
 
 AND 
 
 THE ISLE OF WIGHT; 
 
 TO 
 
 NETLEY ABBEY, 
 
 LYMINGTON, WINCHESTER, THE NEW FOREST, 
 
 AND 
 
 THE COUNTRY AROUND SOUTHAMPTON; 
 
 WITH NINETY ENGItAVI3STGS, 
 
 A Map of tbe Isle of Wight, and a Chart of the 
 Southampton Water. 
 
 EDITED BY ARTHUR FREELING. 
 
 Han somelg bound in green , with gilt back and sides. 
 
 Shortly will be published, in a small volume, 
 
 ACCIDENTS 
 
 AND THE I R REMEDIES; 
 
 Being a popular guide for the direction of the Public in situations 
 where surgical aid cannot promptly be procured ; distinguishing be- 
 tween such as require the assistance of professional talent and those 
 which do not. 
 
 BY ALEXANDER STOOKES, SURGEON. 
 
 CONTENTS: 
 
 On Bums, Scalds, Bleeding, or Hemorrhage from the nose. — 
 Bleeding, best mode of performing. Blisters of the feet, from walk- 
 ing -of the face, from sun and wind. Concussion of the Brain. 
 Contusions. Dislocations. Drowning. Extraneous bodies in the 
 throat, nose, ear, or eye. Fainting. Fractures. Frost-bitten. 
 Hanging. Strangulation. Poisoning. Ruptures. Spasms. 
 
 WOUNDS— simple, contused, lacerated, or poisoned, as from bites 
 of venomous animals, dogs, &c. & c. 
 
THE 
 
 BRIDES POCKET BOOK, 
 
 Containing Hints for regulating the conduct of Young Married 
 Women towards their Husbands, with a few Medical Facts and 
 Axioms with regard to Children. 
 
 Price 2s., bound in white silk, with gilt back, sides, and edges. 
 
 The following are the subjects of the book : — On unity 
 of Sentiment with regard to Religious Principles — On the 
 first Misunderstanding — On Affection — On Temper — On 
 Jealousy — On the general Duties of a Wife towards her 
 Husband — On Expenditure — Dress — Amusements — Novels 
 
 — Music — Waltzing — On Visitors, Visiting — Friendship — 
 
 — Gossiping — On Servants — On the prospect of becoming 
 a Mother — On Private Devotion — MEDICAL AXIOMS 
 and FACTS — On general attentions at the Birth of a Child 
 — On Washing and Dressing — On Feeding — Sleep — Air and 
 Exercise — On Vaccination — On Weaning — On Teething. 
 
 BY ARTHUR FREELING. 
 
 THE 
 
 WIFE AID MOTHERS POCKET EOOE 5 
 
 Very handsomely bound, with gilt back, sides, and edges, 
 
 BY ALEXANDER STOOKES, 
 
 Surgeon, L.S.A. F.L.C.M. &c. 
 
 Price 2s. 6d. 
 
 The Wife and Mother’s Pocket Book, being a Medical 
 Companion to the Bride’s Book, containing Hints to Mo- 
 thers on the management of their Health during Pregnancy, 
 in the Lying-in Room, and on the Medical and Domestic 
 Treatment of Infants and Children. 
 
 “ This work contains every information which is calculated to give 
 the young wife the experience of the matron 3 and much knowledge 
 which will prevent anxiety in pregnancy, and in those diseases to 
 which children are peculiarly liable.” 
 
 TUB BRIBE; WIFE; AID MOTHER; 
 
 Being the above Two Books handsomely bound together, 
 Price 4$. 6 d. 
 
 Forming a valuable present to a Young Married Couple. 
 
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DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, 
 
 TO THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 Just Published, Price 4s., handsomely bound, 
 
 THE STRANGERS’ PICTURESQUE GUIDE 
 
 TO 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON 
 
 AND 
 
 THE ISLE OF WIGHT; 
 
 TO 
 
 NETLEY ABBEY, 
 
 LYMINGTON, WINCHESTER, THE NEW FOREST, 
 
 AND 
 
 THE COUNTRY AROUND SOUTHAMPTON; 
 
 WITH NINETY ENGRAVINGS, 
 
 A Map of the Isle of Wight, and a Chart of the 
 Southampton Water. 
 
 EDITED BY ARTHUR FREELING. 
 
 Han somely hound in green , with gilt hack and sides. 
 
 Shortly will be published, in a small volume, 
 
 ACCIDENTS 
 
 AND THEIR REMEDIES; 
 
 Being a popular guide for the direction of the Public in situations 
 where surgical aid cannot promptly be procured ; distinguishing be- 
 tween such as require the assistance of professional talent and those 
 which do not. 
 
 BY ALEXANDER STOOKES, SURGEON. 
 
 contents: 
 
 On Burns, Scalds, Bleeding, or Hemorrhage from the nose.— 
 Bleeding, best mode of performing. Blisters of the feet, from walk- 
 ing-of the face, from sun and wind. Concussion of the Brain. 
 Contusions. Dislocations. Drowning. Extraneous bodies in the 
 throat, nose, ear, or eye. Fainting. Fractures. Frost-bitten. 
 Hanging. Strangulation. Poisoning. Ruptures. Spasms. 
 
 WOUNDS— simple, contused, lacerated, or poisoned, as from bites 
 of venomous animals, dogs, &c. &c. 
 
THE 
 
 BRIDE’S POCKET BOOK, 
 
 Containing Hints for regulating the conduct of Young Married 
 Women towards their Husbands, with a few Medical Facts and 
 Axioms with regard to Children. 
 
 Price 2s., bound in white silk, ivith gilt back, sides, and edges. 
 
 The following are the subjects of the book : — On unity 
 of Sentiment with regard to Religious Principles — On the 
 first Misunderstanding — On Affection — On Temper — On 
 Jealousy — On the general Duties of a Wife towards her 
 Husband — On Expenditure — Dress — Amusements — Novels 
 
 — Music — Waltzing — On Visitors, Visiting — Friendship — 
 
 — Gossiping — On Servants — On the prospect of becoming 
 a Mother — On Private Devotion — MEDICAL AXIOMS 
 and FACTS — On general attentions at the Birth of a Child 
 — On Washing and Dressing — On Feeding — Sleep — Air and 
 Exercise — On Vaccination — On Weaning — On Teething. 
 
 BY ARTHUR FREELING. 
 
 THE 
 
 WIFE A WD MOTHERS POCKET BOOK, 
 
 Very handsomely bound, with gilt back, sides, and edges, 
 
 BY ALEXANDER STOOKES, 
 
 Surgeon, L.S.A. F.L.C.M. &c. 
 
 Price 2s. 6d. 
 
 The Wife and Mother’s Pocket Book, being a Medical 
 Companion to the Bride’s Book, containing Hints to Mo- 
 thers on the management of their Health during Pregnancy, 
 in the Lying-in Room, and on the Medical and Domestic 
 Treatment of Infants and Children. 
 
 “ This work contains every information which is calculated to give 
 the young wife the experience of the matron •, and much knowledge 
 which will prevent anxiety in pregnancy, and in those diseases to 
 which children are peculiarly liable.” 
 
 THE BRIBE, WIFE, AMD MOTHER, 
 
 Being the above Two Books handsomely bound together, 
 Price 4s. 6 d. 
 
 Forming a valuable present to a Young Married Couple. 
 
THE 
 
 LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON 
 
 RAILWAY COMPANION, 
 
 containing > , 
 
 A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF EVERY ThINC WORTHY 
 OF AYTEMTlbN ON THE LINE; 
 
 OF THE GENTLEMEN’S ^ATS, VILLAS, TOWNS, AND 
 
 ' yd IMAGES; » 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCHES, ENDOWMENTS, 
 LIVINGS, PATRONS . 
 
 AND OF THE VARIOUS 
 
 PACKS OF HOUNDS AND ANGLING STATIONS NEAR 
 THE LINE; 
 
 SMiflj ©utites to Southampton ana tfje Me of fflSBigtjf; 
 AND A MAP, 
 
 SHOWING THE LENGTH OF EVERY EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT 
 — THE EXACT DISTANCE FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER — THE 
 GRADIENTS OF THE RAILS — THE RADIUS-OF THE CURVES — AND 
 A SECTION OF THE GROUND PREVIOUS TO THE COMMENCEMENT 
 OF THE RAILWAY OPERATIONS. 
 
 Dedicated by Permission to the Chairman and Directors of the 
 Company. 
 
 m frssilm©, 
 
 Author of the Grand Junction , The London and Birmingham, The 
 Liverpool and Manchester , and The Bolton and Bury Railway Com- 
 panions. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 PRINTED FOR J. T. NORRIS, 138, ALDERSGATE STREET; 
 Liverpool, H. Lacey, Bold Street; Southampton, Coupland 
 and Nightingale, High Street; Isle of Wight, Rawdon, New- 
 port, — Hellyer, Union Street, Ryde, — and Moir, Cowes. 
 
 1839 , 
 

 YT7S 
 
9 /f'2. 
 
 /$?!? ' 
 
 TO 
 
 JOHN EASTHOPE, ESQ., M.P., 
 
 CHAIRMAN, 
 
 AND TO 
 
 THE DIRECTORS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY COMPANY, 
 
 THIS WORK IS 
 (BY PERMISSION,) 
 
 MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 
 BY 
 
 THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
 
 THE AUTHOR 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 In presenting another of a series of Railway Companions 
 to the Public, I have little else to do than to return thanks 
 to the Chairman and Directors for the liberal manner in 
 which they permitted their Officers to give me assistance ; 
 to their Officers, generally, for entering into the spirit of 
 that permission and affording me all that I asked. I must, 
 however, particularly express my thanks to the Secretaries 
 for their numerous introductions, and the promptness with 
 which they answered every inquiry, whether it was made 
 verbally or by letter. To Mr. Dixon, the resident Engineer, 
 I am indebted for the most important points in the map, 
 and also for his urbanity and very kind attention. Mr. 
 Williams, the Clerk of the Works at Winchester, I must 
 publicly thank for accompanying me over the ground in his 
 department, and for pointing out many interesting objects 
 which might otherwise have been overlooked by a stranger 
 to the country, or by a less intelligent companion. 
 
 The public I have also to thank for the favour with which 
 it has received my former productions of a similar nature ; 
 and I trust this little tome will not be found less worthy of 
 its patronage. 
 
 A. F. 
 

 PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION, 
 
 In 8 vo., Price 3s. 6<L, 
 
 THE RAILWAY DIRECTORY 
 
 m AKYiHiyK msiiyiRD©. 
 
 March , 1839 . 
 
The following Railway Companions are already published on the same 
 plan as the work on the Southampton : 
 
 THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM, 
 
 With a very elaborate Map, 2s. 6d. 
 
 THE GRAND JUNCTION* 
 
 With Guides to Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, and 
 Map, 2s. 6d. 
 
 The Two Books handsomely bound in one, os. 
 
 THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER* 
 
 With an Engraving of the Trains, Price Is. 
 
 THE MANCHESTER AND BOLTON* 
 
 With a Map, Price Is. 
 
 P.S. As another person has , in one instance, adopted my 
 title of “ Railway Companion, ” I must request that 
 orders be directed for Frceling’s Edition. 
 
 Public opinions of the first edition of Frecling's Railway Companion. 
 
 The Times says, “ This little work contains a complete description 
 of every object of interest on the line. The information relative to 
 the trains, &c. & c. is of unquestionable utility, and the statistical 
 accounts of the towns upon the routes, which may be supposed to 
 influence the undertaking, will be interesting to all who are in any 
 way concerned in such works.” 
 
 The Railvmy Times says, “We strongly recommend this highly 
 useful publication to all whom business or pleasure may lead to the 
 localities of which it treats. It contains a complete description of 
 every thing worthy of attention upon the route, and is, in fact, an in- 
 dispensable vade-mecum to railway travellers.” 
 
 The Weekly Dispatch says, “ This is a neat pocket volume, con- 
 taining every species of information relating to the railway. It has a 
 history of the undertaking, and a guide to station houses, inns, 
 method of conveyance, and to all other points upon which a traveller 
 can stand in need of information. To this part of the work are added 
 popular and business guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, 
 and Manchester.” 
 
 Railway Magazine (December) thus says ; “ This little work cor- 
 rectly describes every object and place of interest on or near the line. 
 It contains a neat history of the undertaking, and has an excellent 
 map, on a large scale, which shows the towns, stations, gradients, 
 curves, cuttings, embankments, throughout 5 also the gentlemen’s 
 seats near the line.” 
 
 The Herald thus speaks of the book, “ It is evident that consider- 
 able industry has been employed in collecting the information con- 
 tained in the work. The descriptions of the towns are accurate. The 
 author, too, has been materially assisted in his task by the directors, 
 which stamps the preliminary history as authentic.” 
 
The following Works, of which Fifteen Thousand Copies 
 have been sold, are by the same Author, and may be had of 
 J. T. Norris, 138, Aldersgate- street, London ; Coupland 
 and Nightingale, Southampton ; and all Booksellers. 
 
 THE 
 
 GENTLEMAN'S POCKET BOOK OF ETIQUETTE , 
 
 With a Chapter on DUEL, elegantly bound, with gilt 
 edges, Price Is. 6d. 
 
 BY AETHUB. PESSmja 
 
 THE 
 
 LADIES' POCKET BOOK OF ETIQUETTE , 
 
 With a Chapter on WALTZING, elegantly bound, with gilt 
 edges, Price Is. 6d. 
 
 BY iiKTHUB. PB»BBSbI2MG. 
 
 Opinio?is of the Press upon the First Edition of the Pocket Book of 
 Etiquette. 
 
 “ This is a very pretty little book, and does much credit, not only to 
 the author, but also to the printer and publisher. It abounds with 
 excellent maxims and observations, and shows that the author has 
 mixed much with society, and is fully competent to give instruc- 
 tion. We cordially recommend it to the notice of our readers.” — 
 Standard. 
 
 “ We can confidently recommend this unique and intelligent little 
 work to the patronage of the book-reading public. It may be studied 
 as much for the practical lessons of wisdom it contains, as for the 
 admonitions it offers on the usages and observances of good society.” 
 Telegraph. 
 
 “ We confidently recommend this pretty little book, and feel assured 
 that all who purchase it will lay out their money well.” — Chronicle. 
 
 “ This neat little book carries its recommendation in its title. It is a 
 sort of pocket manual of good breeding. All its rules display the 
 most excellent taste and judgment.” — Albion. 
 
 “ A pleasant and useful little book ; it is written with good sense and 
 good taste, and will repay perusal.” — Times. 
 
 “ A little book bearing this title has just emanated from the Liverpool , 
 press, which does infinite credit to publisher, printer, and author. 
 
 It is full of good advice, and is a perfect gem in appearance.” — . 
 Sunday Times. '*■ 
 
 “ This beautiful little book really deserves all the credit which ou 
 contemporaries have given it : the title explains its object, and, v: I 
 believe, as much and as valuable instruction is contained in i j I 
 pages as could well beeompressed into a similar space .” — Journal ,| 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Containing a short Account of the Advantages which will 
 
 ACCRUE TO THE PuELIC FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH- 
 AMPTON Railway, and the formation of Docks at the Port 
 OF SOUTHAMPON : ALSO A LIGHT SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF 
 
 Railway ; with a Glance at its future Prospects. 
 
 The greatest public benefits are frequently found to 
 be the result of some individual’s exertion; it is 
 possible, nay, probable that, but for the importu- 
 nities of Mr. James, an engineer, lately deceased, the 
 public would not now be in enjoyment of the advantages 
 conferred by the various lines of railway which intersect 
 the country : the line from Liverpool to Manchester 
 originated the present railway system ; and, but for the 
 exertions of the above individual, it is probable that 
 that line would now be in its infancy, instead of having 
 solved the problem as to the practical advantages, 
 pecuniary and otherwise, which attend these great high- 
 ways, and thereby caused a demand which insured 
 their construction. 
 
 In glancing at the history of the line we are about 
 to traverse, the effect of individual exertion is equally 
 
12 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 prominent, and we cannot help thinking, but for the 
 exertion of one gentleman, eminent for his talent and 
 engineering skill, that this railway would not now be 
 on the eve of bestowing its full advantages upon the 
 country ; fortunately, these exertions were seconded by 
 such men as Messrs. Langton, Lloyd, Easthope, and 
 others, nearly, if not quite as influential; through whom 
 the project, which might now only have been in em- 
 bryo, is nearly perfected ; that it must, however, have 
 been ultimately effected, even under the most disad- 
 vantageous circumstances, is certain ; for the evidence 
 produced in Parliament, proved this, most empha- 
 tically, a NATIONAL WORK. 
 
 Sir Thomas Hardy, one of the Lords of the Ad- 
 miralty ; the Secretary of the Admiralty ; and several 
 captains of Her Majesty's navy, proved the im- 
 portance of the Southampton water in time of war, 
 and its great capabilities as a commercial port; the 
 whole of which would be in requisition when connected 
 by a railway with London. They pointed out the ad- 
 vantages this port would offer to merchant vessels, 
 particularly in time .of war, or during adverse winds ; 
 in either case they being able to receive or dis- 
 charge a cargo, which might be sent from or to London 
 by the railway, at a comparatively trifling expense, with- 
 out encountering the dangerous navigation of the nar- 
 row seas ; a navigation which would be so exceedingly 
 hazardous in any future war in consequence of the 
 introduction of steam ships, as to amount almost to 
 the prohibition of insurance ; for who would insure a 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 13 
 
 safe passage to a sailing vessel, close to an enemy’s 
 coast, through narrow seas which were swarming with 
 steam privateers. Southampton, by means of the 
 railway, would then become an outport to London, in 
 which the cargoes of our merchantmen might be re- 
 ceived and discharged, and delivered at the metropolis 
 at less expense than they could be carried round by 
 sea and discharged in the London docks ; independent 
 of expense, the time saved becomes a most serious con- 
 sideration to the merchant. A gentleman who had been 
 forty years in the West India merchants’ service, 
 proved that, although but two voyages in the year 
 could be made from London, yet he could make three 
 from Southampton “ with the greatest ease.” Other 
 persons proved that vessels had made the voyage from 
 Southampton to the West Indies and back again, 
 while a vessel, ready for sea in the Thames, when they 
 left port, was still there, “ waiting for a wind.” A 
 chart, which is attached to this work, will show the 
 soundings, &c. in the Southampton river, which pre- 
 sents a deep and wide passage at any time of the tide 
 (without any nautical dangers) to the extensive and 
 secure anchorage, shut in by the Isle of Wight ; from 
 which vessels may get into the English Channel with 
 almost any wind. Such was a portion of the evidence 
 of nautical men of the highest respectability. 
 
 The Quartermaster General of the Army proved the 
 importance of the railway in a military point of view ; 
 the facilities it would present for the movement of 
 troops and military stores. It was further proved, that 
 
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14 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 it would be the means of preventing the demoralization 
 of the troops, consequent upon the necessity of quar- 
 tering them (when assembled for foreign service) near 
 large sea-port towns, as the railway would bring them 
 from the barracks at Winchester in half an hour, 
 whenever the transport vessels were ready for sea. 
 Captains in the navy proved the advantages which 
 would accrue to the service by Southampton’s becom- 
 ing a first-rate mercantile port ; that it would facilitate 
 the embarkation of troops, while the boats of the 
 naval squadron were engaged in their own duty, which 
 was most inconveniently interrupted by the embark- 
 ation of troops in the same port, frequently causing 
 great delay and consequent injury to the service. 
 Persons connected with the Torbay fishery (which 
 fishery has been a fine nursery for our seamen) proved 
 that it was on the decline, owing to the difficulty of 
 getting the fish to market after the danger and fatigue 
 of procuring them had been incurred; they looked 
 upon the railway as a sure means of reviving and im- 
 proving it, as it would enable them to get the fish to 
 London at a small cost and in a sound state, without 
 the excessive loss to which they have hitherto been 
 exposed. 
 
 Having thus shown the national importance of the 
 undertaking, particularly when viewed in conjunction 
 with the Docks, we will now trace the origin and pro- 
 gress of the Company. In the year 1830, some gentle- 
 men who looked a little further into futurity than their 
 neighbours, met at Southampton to discuss the pro- 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 15 
 
 bability of being* able to obtain a railway communica- 
 tion with London ; the consequence was, that among 
 themselves and their immediate friends, £500 was 
 raised to accomplish such preliminary investigation as 
 would require professional talent and time. Mr. Giles 
 the Engineer, was then requested to prepare such sur- 
 veys as would enable them to bring the matter before 
 the public. After this a public meeting was called at 
 Southampton, and the merits of the project discussed ; 
 in November, 1831, a public meeting was called with the 
 same object ; this was followed by others at Winchester, 
 Basingstoke, Kingston, and in December of the same 
 year, at London : at all these meetings the landowners, 
 and even the canal proprietors, appeared favourable to 
 the work. In January, 1832, another meeting was held 
 in London, which however appeared to create but little 
 effect upon public feeling. In the following July, the 
 friends of the project once more called a meeting, 
 which was held at the City of London Tavern, Sir 
 Thomas Baring, M.P. in the chair, at which an ener- 
 getic representation of the position of the concern was 
 laid before the public, and the following resolutions 
 were passed : — 
 
 RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 1st. — That this meeting is fully satisfied that the Rules 
 and Regulations drawn up for the government of the 
 Company, afford ample protection to the Shareholders ; 
 and that, as this undertaking promises to be productive of 
 great local advantages, and an abundant return has been 
 
16 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 shown as likely to accrue upon the capital to be employed, 
 books be immediately opened, and the public invited to 
 subscribe. 
 
 2nd. — That this meeting highly approves of the nomina- 
 tion of the London Committee, and requests the continu. 
 ance of their exertions. 
 
 3rd. — That the proposed junction at Basingstoke, by a 
 Railway from Bath and Bristol, is an additional feature, 
 which, by establishing an inland communication between 
 the ports of London, Bristol, and Southampton, and open- 
 ing a cheap and expeditious intercourse with the south of 
 Ireland and Wales, and the western counties of England, 
 will be productive of great national advantages. 
 
 A few days after this, a private meeting of noblemen 
 and gentlemen was held at the residence of the Ho- 
 nourable W. Courtnay, Duke-street, Westminster, 
 (now Earl of Devon) at which many interesting details 
 were given, which tended to confirm the views pre- 
 viously entertained of the eligibility of the scheme, and 
 the national importance of the undertaking : the follow- 
 ing resolutions were then passed : — 
 
 1st. — That this meeting highly approves of the plan sub- 
 mitted, and the steps which the Committee of Management 
 has taken for establishing a railway communication from 
 London. to Southampton ; and feels confident, that the cheap, 
 safe, and expeditious conveyance it will afford, must be pro- 
 ductive of great benefit to the southern parts of England, 
 and also, if a Branch be carried to Bristol, to the southern 
 parts of Ireland, and Wales. 
 
 2nd. — That this meeting can recommend the undertaking, 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 17 
 
 as offering a means of giving employment to the poor, pro- 
 moting industry, increasing trade, improving the internal 
 resources of the nation, and as promising an ample return 
 upon the invested capital. 
 
 It must be regretted by all parties who will take the 
 trouble of looking at the map, that the Great Western 
 Railway Company could not be induced to join this 
 line at Basingstoke, or somewhere thereabouts ; some 
 hundred thousand pounds would without doubt have 
 been saved to that company — they would have gone 
 through an easier and more commercial country, and 
 the public would have had the advantage of rapid and 
 cheap inland communication, not only between the 
 ports of London and Southampton, and Bristol, but 
 between the western counties, Bristol, Wales and Ireland, 
 which must have been productive of great national 
 advantages. 
 
 To proceed : notwithstanding the excellent prospects 
 of this railway, the public seemed to regard it with an 
 exceeding and unaccountable apathy, and but little was 
 done towards obtaining the funds required by the 
 Standing Orders of the House of Commons. About 
 this time the defeat of the Directors of the London and 
 Birmingham line, in their attempt to obtain parlia- 
 mentary powers, threw such a chill on the friends of 
 this undertaking, that it may be said to have lain in 
 abeyance until the close of the year 1833 , when some 
 London gentlemen, several of whom are still Directors, 
 took it up ; at this time the amount of shares taken 
 
 b 2 
 
18 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 was not more than £120,000, when Mr. Langston sug- 
 gested to Colonel Henderson the probability of raising 
 the necessary funds in Lancashire and the north, and 
 proposed to introduce him to Mr. Lloyd, an eminent 
 banker of Manchester, whose experience and sound 
 judgment in such undertakings had given him a de- 
 served influence upon the share market, expressing his 
 conviction, that if that gentleman could be satisfied of 
 the soundness of the project, that there would be no 
 difficulty in obtaining the required amount : the conse- 
 quence was, that Mr. Langston and Colonel Henderson 
 formed a deputation to the north, the whole affair was 
 placed before Mr. Lloyd, and upon a careful investiga- 
 tion, he took two hundred shares. This appears to 
 have been the crisis of the fate of this undertaking, as 
 no further difficulty was found in obtaining subscribers, 
 the necessary funds were obtained, and the bill applied 
 for to Parliament ; it went through the Commons with- 
 out opposition, but it was not so fortunate in the 
 Lords, as some landowners, got up an opposition which 
 cost the company £30,000 and upwards. We forbear 
 to animadvert upon many particulars respecting this 
 opposition, which have come to our knowledge, being 
 sensible that in general, ex parte statements are very 
 unfair ; and shall therefore proceed to inform our read- 
 ers, that after combatting this vexatious opposition, the 
 bill triumphantly passed the Lords, and received the 
 Royal Assent in July, 1834. Contracts were now ob- 
 tained for the earth-work between London and Basing- 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 19 
 
 stoke ; and on the 24th of October in the same year, the 
 first half-yearly meeting of Proprietors was held, at 
 which the Directors expressed their conviction that the 
 Shareholders might look forward with the greatest con- 
 fidence to an ample remuneration for the outlay of 
 their capital. 
 
 At the second half-yearly meeting, held in Au- 
 gust, 1835, various reports which had been indus- 
 triously circulated with a view to injuring the con- 
 cern, we re totally disproved, and the greatest unanimity 
 prevailed : one circumstance transpired which showed 
 in a most remarkable manner the traffic which must 
 ultimately come upon this railway, viz.: that the weekly 
 mileage upon the Liverpool and Manchester road, pre- 
 viously to the opening of that railway, was but 
 103,160, while that upon the Southampton roads was 
 246,560 ; the Liverpool and Manchester line now pays 
 a dividend of 9 per cent, upon its cost, which is within 
 two hundred thousand pounds as much as that of the 
 Southampton; what then may be the expected divi- 
 dend from that line ? 
 
 On the 5th of February, 1837, the Directors met the 
 Shareholders for the fifth time, at which meeting the 
 various difficulties they had met with were enumerated 
 — heavier rails were determined on — and the Directors 
 informed the meeting that the land had cost £150,000 
 above the parliamentary estimate ; these circumstances 
 induced them to apply to Parliament for powers to raise 
 £400,000 additional, to meet the above excess and sun- 
 dry other alterations; also to furnish the locomotive en- 
 
20 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 gines and carriages* which were not included in the 
 original estimates. At the sixth half-yearly meeting 
 the following account of the expenses and traffic was 
 submitted as the result of a careful review : 
 
 REPORT OF THE TRAFFIC. • 
 
 The result of this review of the traffic has been to satisfy 
 the Directors of the absolute certainty of an ample revenue : 
 which they feel themselves perfectly justified in stating thus, 
 viz. : 
 
 Present Traffic at Railway Prices . 
 
 Stage-coach passengers, 
 according to the state- 
 ment of Mr. Chaplin 
 Parcels, as stated by 
 
 Mr. Chaplin 
 
 Posting, as stated by 
 
 Mr. Pare 
 
 Waggon traffic, taking 
 the quantity stated by 
 Mr. Pare, (but ex- 
 cluding all that now 
 goes by sea or canal) 
 6 d. per ton per mile 
 Cattle traffic, as stated in 
 the original estimate 
 
 £ s. d. £ 
 
 123,824 2 8 
 
 20,253 9 0 
 
 11,331 4 8 
 
 62,697 0 3 
 27,155 0 0 
 
 s. d. 
 
 245,260 16 7 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 21 
 
 Prospective Traffic . 
 
 £ s. d. £ s. d. 
 
 23,333 6 8 
 
 123,824 2 8 
 
 4,666 13 4 
 5,569 4 0 
 
 157,393 6 8 
 
 402,654 3 3 
 
 93,077 13 0 
 
 61,710 12 1£ 
 
 — 154,788 5 1£ 
 
 £247,865 18 1| 
 
 Which will leave the following result : 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Estimated cost of the railway 1,700,000 0 0 
 
 The net annual income above 247,865 18 1 
 
 And deducting interest to be paid on 
 
 £300,000 to be borrowed at 5 per cent. 15,000 0 0 
 
 There will remain for dividend 232,865 1*8 1 
 
 Being £16 12 8 per cent, on £1,400,000, th ereal capital. 
 Or £12 18 9 per cent, on £1,800,000, the nominal do. 
 Say £6 9 4h on each original £50 share. 
 
 Torbay fishery ....... 
 
 100 per cent, increase 
 on passengers now tra- 
 velling by the stage- 
 coaches 
 
 Country-killed meat . . 
 Increase on heavy goods 
 
 Deduct for cost of main- 
 tenance of way, power, 
 and all expenses relat- 
 ing to the conveyance 
 of passengers and par- 
 cels, 33£ per cent., say 
 £ of £279,232 19s. 
 
 Deduct 50 per cent, on 
 the remainder, say J 
 of £123,421 4s. 3d. 
 
22 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 And also <£6 9 4| on each new share of ,£ J 25. 
 
 Or ,^12 8 9 per cent, on original shares. 
 
 And £ 25 17 6 per cent, on new shares. 
 
 The Act of Parliament for raising the additional 
 capital was now obtained, and the experience from the 
 opening until the present time, gives every reasonable 
 expectation of the result being as then contemplated. 
 The line will be opened from London to Basingstoke, 
 and from Southampton to Winchester in May next, 
 when but 17 miles will remain for completion; and the 
 spring of 1840 will, no doubt, see the whole com- 
 pleted, and triumphantly contradicting the many slan- 
 ders which have so long kept this work far below its 
 merits in the opinion of the public. 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE WORK. 
 
 K.B. King’s Book. 
 
 P.R. Parliamentary returns of Livings under .56150 per annum, 
 supplied with a view of increasing the stipends of such. 
 C.V. Certified value of Chapelries. 
 
 Pop. Population in 1831. 
 
 An. As. Val. Annual value of real property assessed in April, 
 1815. The reader need not be informed that the value 
 of property is now very different. 
 
Vauxhall Bridge. 
 THE 
 
 LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. 
 
 The Southampton Railway commences at Nine 
 Elms, Vauxhall ; its premises abut on the banks of 
 the river a short distance above the bridge, ’ thus 
 affording the greatest facility for loading or un- 
 loading heavy goods which may be conveyed to 
 or from it. The terminus at Southampton is upon 
 the banks of the Southampton Water, at which 
 vessels may be laden from the waggon-trains with- 
 out even being warehoused. Such facilities for 
 conveying heavy goods from or to the great me- 
 tropolis are possessed by no port in the kingdom, 
 nor can any railway boast of similar advantages. 
 The station at Vauxhall is one mile seventy-seven 
 chains from Charing Cross, and three miles nine 
 chains from the Royal Exchange. Omnibuses 
 meet the trains from the City and the west end of 
 
24 
 
 THE TIDE MILL. 
 
 the town ; and, for the small charge of four- 
 pence, the traveller may be conveyed there, by 
 steam-packets which ply on the Thames, and start 
 every half-hour from a wharf near London Bridge, 
 calling at Waterloo Bridge, Westminster Bridge, 
 Hungerford Market near the Strand, and several 
 places on the Surrey side of the river : from these 
 the passenger will be landed close to the station ; 
 he will then proceed to the booking-office, take 
 his place, and go through the office to the parade. 
 We now refer him to the journey, as follows : 
 
 JOURNEY. 
 
 Miles from London. 
 
 Having taken your place in the office, you 
 enter the outer station ; the departure parade 
 is on the left hand; if the traveller has time,* 
 the roof, which is of peculiar lightness, is 
 worthy of notice. A little advance of the 
 parade, the engine-house and workshops are 
 on the right; passing them we enter upon an 
 embankment which is two miles in length, 
 and in some places upwards of twenty-five 
 feet high, and contains 380,000 cubic yards of 
 earth. The high chimney upon the right, 
 close to the railway, is attached to the coke 
 furnaces, or rather ovens, the company hav- 
 ing found it necessary to manufacture that 
 article, not being able to procure a regular 
 supply of a good quality. A little in advance 
 we cross a piece of water, (by means of a 
 viaduct of five arches), this turns a tide mill. 
 As the mode of operation may not be fami- 
 
THE It ED HOUSE. 
 
 25 
 
 From London. 
 
 liar to our readers, we must inform them that 
 it is thus worked ; a reservoir, or mill-pond, 
 of several acres in extent, is formed, by ex- 
 cavating the ground for a few feet in depth, 
 and embanking the sides into the earth ex- 
 cavated; this has an opening with the Thames, 
 which can be closed by sluice gates ; when 
 the tide rises, the water is admitted by open- 
 ing the gates, and the pond is filled ; the gates 
 are then closed. While the tide falls sufficient 
 to give a head of water to work the mill- 
 wheel, a communication with the water-wheel 
 is opened, and the water in the pond is, 
 through it, worked out into the Thames, un- 
 til the next flood tide, when the mill-wheel 
 is stopped, and the pond again filled, by open- 
 ing the sluice gates. 
 
 We now pass a small church upon the right, £ 
 and enter upon the Battersea fields, in the 
 parish of Battersea. This parish is celebrated 
 as being the first place in which asparagus 
 was raised in England, and it still supplies 
 vast quantities of vegetables for the London 
 markets* The railroad passes for a consi- 
 derable distance through these market gar- 
 dens. Opposite here, about half a-mile dis- ^ 
 tant upon the right, is the well-known Bed 
 House, at which so many pigeon matches 
 have been decided. This house, be it known 
 to the uninitiated, is the great rendezvous for 
 the best pigeon shooters, and occasionally, 
 such is the excellency of the shooting, that 
 scarcely a bird escapes. The rising ground 
 
 c 
 
 1 
 
26 
 
 THE RED HOUSE 
 
 From London. 
 
 on the left is in the parish of Clapham. ( See 
 article Clapliam , at the end of the hook.) 
 The small church upon the hill, with a circu- 
 lar dome, is also in that parish. 
 
 To the right, about three quarters of a 
 mile distant, Chelsea Hospital is distinctly 
 seen. It is a spacious brick structure, erected 
 from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren, 
 and cost upwards of £150,000. It was com- 
 menced in the reign of Charles the Second, 
 and completed in that of William the Third: 
 the grandfather of the celebrated statesman 
 Charles James Fox was one of its first pro- 
 jectors, and contributed £13,000 to its erec- 
 tion. The hospital was built as a retreat for 
 veteran soldiers who had distinguished them- 
 selves in the service of their country, and is 
 one of the many noble monuments of the 
 nation’s gratitude. The east and west sides. 
 
CHELSEA HOSPITAL. 
 
 27 
 
 From London. 
 
 which are 350 feet long, (the whole length of 
 the building from east to west is 790 feet,) 
 contain the Pensioners’ wards and the Go- 
 vernor’s house ; in the north side is the great 
 hall, in which the Pensioners dine, a large 
 vestibule lighted by a handsome dome, and 
 the hospital chapel. The south side of the 
 quadrangle is open to the river, and atfords 
 a fine view of the extensive gardens which 
 approach to its banks. Infirmaries contain- 
 ing every convenience for the sick, and a 
 large enclosure containing shady avenues, in 
 which on a fine day the veterans may be seen 
 enjoying their well-earned retirement, are 
 also attached to the establishment. The hos- 
 pital is under the superintendence of a Go- 
 vernor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Major, Ad- 
 jutant, Deputy Adjutant, Treasurer, Secre- 
 tary, two Chaplains, a Physician, Surgeon, 
 Apothecary, and various subordinate officers. 
 
 The expenditure is about £800,000 per ann. 
 
 The number of in-door Pensioners is about 
 
CHELSEA. 
 
 28 
 
 From London. 
 
 li 
 
 500 ; they are provided with clothes, lodging 
 and diet, and have an allowance of eight- 
 pence per week. Those receiving ont-door 
 relief is not limited ; at present the number 
 is about 80,000 who receive 5d. a-day, and 
 have half a-year’s pension in advance. 
 
 The church on the right with a lofty 
 square tower, with dome turrets at the angles, 
 is St. Luke’s, Chelsea New Church; it is a 
 magnificent structure, principally in the de- 
 corated style of English architecture ; the 
 west front is eminently beautiful. The church 
 contains upwards of 2,000 sittings, nearly 
 half of which are free ; it was erected at an 
 expense of £40,000, to which the Commis- 
 sioners for Building New Churches contri- 
 buted £8,785 12s. id. A little further on, 
 St. Luke’s, Chelsea Old Church, may be dis- 
 tinguished by its low square tower, with a 
 campanile turret ; it is a small erection, 
 partly in the decorated, and partly in the 
 early English style of architecture, and con- 
 tains many interesting monuments. (For the 
 account of Chelsea, see the end of the book.) 
 
 Clapham Church, before referred to, is now 
 broadside upon our left ; it is situated upon 
 the common. The houses on the same 
 side upon the acclivity are in the Wands- 
 worth road; many of them are handsome 
 villas, the residences of opulent London 
 traders. We still continue amid the market 
 gardens, the ground below us is under low 
 water mark, and is consequently not unfre- 
 
BOLINGBROKE. 
 
 29 
 
 From London. 
 
 quently inundated by floods. Battersea is 
 now on the right, it may be distinguished by 
 its church, which has a tower surmounted by 
 a spire. It is a neat brick modern structure, 
 having been rebuilt in 1777. The trouble of 
 a visit would be w^ell repaid, as it contains 
 some very interesting sepulchral monuments, 
 among which is one by Roubiliac, erected to 
 the memory of the celebrated Henry St. John j 
 Yis count Bolingbroke ; an eminent example , 
 was Bolingbroke of the fact, that a violent j 
 partizan and a patriot are not synonymous | 
 terms. Battersea was the birth-place of this 
 talented nobleman, whose writings are among 
 the most eloquent and vigorous in the English 
 language : unfortunately they contain many 
 revolting attacks upon Christianity; attacks, 
 be it however remarked, so comparatively 
 imbecile, as to indicate to the judicious ob- 
 server, that they are rather the production 
 of a general scepticism of mind, than the re- 
 sult of a perfect conviction. Ambitious, 
 proud, and passionate, Bolingbroke spurned 
 the trammels which religion places upon j 
 human action, and rather hated its restraints 
 than doubted its truth. The venerable seat 
 of the St. Johns’, in which he was born, was 
 situated upon the banks of the Thames, upon 
 the site which was a short time since occu- 
 pied by the distillers, Messrs. Hodges & Co. ; 
 it was a mansion of considerable extent, being 
 reported to have contained forty rooms upon 
 a floor. Here the poet Pope, the friend of 
 
 c 2 
 
 2 
 
THE STADIUM. 
 
 30 
 
 From London. 
 
 Bolingbroke, often enjoyed his society; and 
 here that talented nobleman breathed his 
 last, in 1751, at the age of seventy-nine. The 
 monument above mentioned also commemo- 
 rates the death of the Marchioness de Villete, 
 (niece of Madame de Maintenon,) the second 
 wife of Bolingbroke. Another monument 
 will excite the spectator’s wonder, by the ex- 
 ploits it enumerates ; it is erected to the 
 memory of Sir Edward Winter, an East India 
 Captain, of whom it is recorded on the tomb, 
 that he killed tw T enty Moors, single handed, 
 and that a furious tiger having attacked him 
 near the bank of a pool, he forced it under 
 the water, and there held it until it was 
 drowned. These facts are asserted in the 
 following doggrel lines : — 
 
 l< Alone, unarmed, a tiger he oppressed, 
 
 And crushed to death the monster of a beast ; 
 Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, 
 
 Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, 
 Dispersed the rest ; what more could Sampson do ?” 
 
 {For account of Battersea, see end of book.) 
 
 Nearly opposite to this church, on the 
 other side of the river Thames, is The Sta- 
 dium ; it was formerly the residence of Lady 
 Cremorne, but is now occupied by the Baron 
 Bercnger, who has fitted up the house and 
 grounds as an establishment for the practice 
 of gymnastics, archery, shooting, &c. kc. 
 It is supported by subscriptions, and, we be- 
 lieve, the only introduction required is the 
 payment of a certain sum, and the appearance 
 
WANDSWORTH CUTTING. 
 
 31 
 
 From London. 
 
 of respectability. The establishment is well 
 worthy of a visit. Near the end of the em- 
 bankment, upon the left hand, is a house and 
 grounds, close to the railway, which the 
 company were obliged to purchase on ac- 
 count of the embankment encroaching upon 
 its premises. Coming towards the Nine Elms 
 Station, which we have left, the passenger 
 will, perhaps, have the finest view of London 
 which either of its approaches presents, em- 
 bracing, in one view, many of its most re- 
 markable objects — Chelsea Hospital, West- 
 minster Abbey, the Duke of York’s Monu- 
 ment ; numberless spires and steeples, Saint 
 Paul’s, and the Monument, thus giving the 
 stranger a correct idea of its vast extent and 
 amazing wealth. 
 
 We now cross the road from Battersea to 
 Clapham, and at about the 2f post, enter the 
 Wandsworth Cutting; it is nearly If long, in 
 some places 45 feet deep, and yielded 616,000 
 cubic yards of earth towards the formation 
 of the embankments; the ascent from the 1^ 
 post to just bej^ond the third mile, is 1 in 
 330, which is succeeded by a level mile, naif 
 a mile of an ascent of 1 in 330, nearly 
 four miles level, and a quarter of a mile as- 
 cent of 1 in 330, which will bring us to the 
 Kingston Station. We will, however, pro- 
 ceed on our way : the large chimney on the 
 right, previous to entering the Wandsworth 
 Excavation, points out the site of Messrs. 
 Atlee and Co.’s alcohol distilleries. The 
 
 21 
 

 32 
 
 atlee's alcohol distillery. 
 
 
 name of the head of the firm may be carried 
 forward in railroad history, by the fact of the 
 Chevalier de Pambour, (author of an excel- 
 lent treatise upon locomotive engines,) having 
 married his daughter. A quarter of a mile 
 further on, the road from London to Ports- 
 mouth passes over us, by means of a hand- 
 some skew iron bridge. This deep cutting 
 is composed of London clay, with beds of 
 gravel, in which were very strong springs of 
 water; about half-way up the slope, which is 
 2 to 1, is a covered drain, through which still 
 flows a strong stream. 
 
 Passing under a bridge which bears the 
 road from Clapham to Wandsworth, we ar- 
 rive at the 
 
 WANDSWORTH STATION. 
 
 Wandsworth is one mile to the north of, 
 and Clapham one mile and a half to the south 
 
THE SURREY RAILWAY. 
 
 33 
 
 From Lo don. 
 
 of the station ; we now pass under two bridges 
 of three arches each, and about a mile fur- 
 ther, enter on the Wandle Embankment ; it 
 is three quarters of a mile in length and 
 twenty-eight feet high, and contains 240,000 
 cubic yards of earth; the Wandsworth new 
 church, pleasantly situated on the declivity of 
 the hill, may be seen by looking back a little 
 to the right as you emerge from the cutting. 
 To the right is Wimbledon Park, the seat of 
 Earl Spencer. 
 
 We here cross Garratt Lane and also the 
 Surrey Railway by means of a viaduct of two 
 arches. 
 
 The Surrey Railway gave the country peo- 
 ple about here a very mean idea of the then but 
 projected railroad to Southampton, and the 
 dictator of the beer shop promulgated his 
 opinion that the railway would be the ruin 
 of all joined therein, and triumphantly 
 pointed to the Surrey as a specimen of its 
 powers and speed. Now, however, the 
 glory has departed from the pillar of the 
 beer shop, the Southampton and the Surrey 
 Railways present themselves together — spe- 
 cimens of the past and the present state of 
 these works — the latter is, however, useful in 
 its way and carries a great quantity of coals, 
 of lime, and some merchandize. Just after 
 crossing Garratt Lane bridge, Messrs. Rey- 
 nolds and Lee’s oil mills are on the left, their 
 principal power is derived from the river 
 Wandle; they have, however, a steam engine 
 
 4 
 
•H&o 
 
 34 THE MAYOR OF GARRATT. 
 
 From London. 
 
 to give occasional assistance. The white house 
 close to the mills is the residence of one of 
 the firm. A small establishment of the Duke 
 of Sutherland’s may now be distinguished 
 upon the right; the grounds appear to be a 
 portion of Earl Spencer's park, but they are 
 not connected with it. We here cross the 
 river Wandle by a bridge with one magnifi- 
 cent arch. 
 
 The village of Garratt is close to the left; 
 it is formed by a small collection of houses, 
 and is famous for having, for many years, 
 been the scene of a mock election, which 
 took place after each meeting of a new Par- 
 liament. This burlesque was performed, for 
 the last time, after the general election of 
 1796, and is the subject of Foote’s celebrated 
 comedy 44 The Mayor of Garratt.” At these 
 elections one hundred thousand persons have 
 frequently been present, and the road from 
 London has been as crowded with vehicles 
 as it is at the Epsom races, though not of 
 quite so 44 Corinthian” a character. The 
 candidates, who were usually men of small 
 stature, Esopean in person, and possessed of 
 a fund of low wit and humour, were dressed 
 as sweeps upon May-day, and were frequently 
 carried to the hustings in carriages of noble- 
 men, with six horses, their aristocratic owners 
 condescending to act 44 JEHU” on the oc- 
 casion. 
 
 Looking to the left, across this once cele- 
 brated village, the tower and spire of Tooting 
 
LORD SPENCER’S PARK. 
 
 35 
 
 From London. 
 
 church may be discerned ; there is nothing 
 worthy of particular notice in the church, 
 which is dedicated to St. Nicholas ; the living 
 is a rectory in the arch-deanery of Surrey, and 
 diocese of Winchester, K.B. £8. 8s. 6^d . ; 
 the population of the parish, 1963. 
 
 Just past this post the road from Wands- 
 worth to Merton crosses the railway ; on each 
 side of the latter, gates are placed to prevent 
 cattle from trespassing; here also the railway 
 cuts through a corner ot Lord Spencer s park, 
 the covers come close up to the road , the 
 call of the pheasants may be still heaid in 
 the stillness of the evening, the birds being 
 already reconciled to the occasional visit o 
 the locomotive engine and its attendant train. 
 The Directors of the Company were, however, 
 obliged to purchase the fields upon the right, 
 which extend from the railway to the paling 
 of Lord Spencer’s park, upon the plea, we be- 
 I lieve, that their operations had destroyed the 
 i road which gave access to them; this will 
 not however injure the company, but the. le- 
 verse, as the engineer will shortly make a 
 communication with the main road, and then 
 probably sell the land to advantage. 
 
 This company has wisely adopted the plan 
 of purchasing such disseverments ; having 
 found that it gives more satisfaction to pro- 
 prietors, and thus insures good will instead 
 of provoking hostility; which may frequently 
 benefit their operations much more than the 
 purchase can injure them. 
 
 4 
 
 eol-f 
 
JOHN HORNE TOOKE. 
 
 36 
 
 From London. 
 
 5 
 
 A little before this post, the embankment 
 ends and the excavation begins. 150 yards 
 further the road from Garratt to Wimbledon 
 crosses the line by means of a bridge with 
 one arch; we shortly after pass under the 
 road from Wimbledon to Merton, and ar- 
 rive at 
 
 WIMBLEDON STATION. 
 
 Wimbledon is one mile to the north or 
 right side ; Merton, three quarters of a mile 
 to the south or the left side of the railway. 
 This station is very nearly six miles from 
 London. Wimbledon, the hamlet from which 
 the station is named, is about one mile to 
 the right (for an account of it , see end of 
 volume) ; suffice it here to say that it is orna- 
 mented by a number of elegant villas, and 
 that, on one side of the common, is the house 
 in which the celebrated John Horne Tooke 
 resided, and in which he closed a life of ex- 
 citement, in 1812, at the age of seventy-six. 
 This gentleman was the well known coadju- 
 tor of Wilkes, he was educated as a clergy- 
 man, but abandoned the profession to take 
 an active part in politics in 1775. He 
 was imprisoned for twelve months for libel- 
 ling the King’s troops in America ; the 
 American war he constantly and energetically 
 opposed. He was an able philologist and 
 wrote the “ Diversions of Purley,” a philo- 
 logical work of considerable discrimination. 
 
WIMBLEDON HOUSE. 37 
 
 From London. 
 
 He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for 
 Westminster ; he was a member of the Cor- 
 responding Society, and in 1794 was sent to 
 the Tower upon a charge of high treason, 
 founded on the supposition that the object 
 of those societies was to overthrow the con- 
 stitution of the kingdom ; he was tried and 
 acquitted in 1801. He was there elected a 
 member of Parliament for the defunct bo- 
 rough of Old Sarum, but sat only for one 
 session, during which a bill was passed to 
 render clerical persons ineligible as members 
 of the House of Commons. He therefore re- 
 tired from Parliament and closed his turbu- 
 lent career at Wimbledon, on the 19th of 
 March, 1812. Lord Spencer’s park terminates 
 a little before you come to the station house. 
 Looking to the right, the mansion may be dis- 
 cerned when winter has thinned the foliage ; 
 it is named Wimbledon Plouse, and is at pre- 
 sent occupied by the Duke of Somerset ; it is 
 situated in one of the finest parks in the 
 kingdom, which includes within its bounds 
 upwards of 12,000 acres ; it is beautifully 
 diversified with hill and dale, has some very 
 fine plantations and an artificial lake, which 
 covers upwards of 30 acres. The views from 
 some of the eminences are delightful, and 
 upwards of twenty churches may be counted 
 in the prospect. The original house was 
 erected in 1583; it was rebuilt by Sarah, 
 Duchess of Marlborough, and in 1785 it was 
 burnt down. The grandfather of the pre- 
 
 D 
 
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 LORD NELSON. 
 
 38 
 
 From London. 
 
 6 
 
 sent Earl formed the park, and in 1801 
 the present mansion was erected from the 
 designs of Mr. Holland ; parts of it may oc- 
 casionally be viewed by visitors of respect- 
 ability ; there is a public footpath through 
 the park, which leads from Wimbledon to 
 Putney heath. 
 
 Proceed we forward, the cutting still con- 
 tinues. Merton is upon our left (for account 
 of, see end of book) . W e shall only notice here 
 that near the turnpike road leading to Epsom, 
 was Merton Grove, formerly the residence 
 of Lord Nelson, a name which will eve t r 
 be dear to an Englishman ; here, in his few 
 hours of leisure, he might be occasionally 
 seen fishing in the waters of the Wandle, 
 accompanied by the Sorceress under whose 
 influence he perpetrated the only act which 
 stains his brilliant career, by allowing and 
 even abetting the military murder of the 
 venerable Caraccioli. (For a most affecting 
 account of this deep tragedy , see Southey's 
 Life of Nelson f 
 
 About one hundred yards past this post the 
 excavation ends, and we proceed across the 
 Kingston Embankment, which, with two slight 
 interruptions of about one hundred yards 
 each, is three miles and a half in length; it 
 is in some places thirty feet deep, and con- 
 tains 590,000 cubic yards of earth. We 
 now pass under a small bridge for foot pas- 
 sengers, and about three quarters of a mile 
 forward leave the residence of Mr. Leek 
 
RICHMOND. 
 
 39 
 
 From London. 
 
 (which is a small house upon the side of a 
 hill) upon the right ; just past it, on the same 
 side, is Kidgrove House, occupied by Lord 
 Cottingham. On the left is Canons Hill, in 
 
 the occupation of Thornton, Esq., and 
 
 a little behind it Morden Park, a villa resi- 
 dence with extensive pleasure grounds, the 
 property of G. Ridge, Esq. ; the embank- 
 ment is here about sixteen feet high ; passing 
 under two bridges we see some very large 
 side cuttings, which were necessary to pro- 
 cure material to form this embankment. Op- 
 posite, is Combe House, the residence of the 
 late Lord Liverpool, and, we believe, the 
 property of the present Earl ; it is at present 
 occupied as a school, by Dr. Byburn. The 
 building is of brick, coated with cement, 
 it is attached to a park and backed by 
 large woods, in which are an incredible num- 
 ber of rabbits; the pleasure grounds are 
 extensive and well laid out. Combe farm, 
 which belongs to the same estate, is to the 
 right of the house. Opposite here, about a 
 mile and a half distant, is Richmond ; it 
 cannot be seen from the railway, but we must 
 not pass unnoticed a place which recalls so 
 many interesting historical and literary re- 
 miniscences. We refer our readers to the 
 article at the end of the book for the histori- 
 cal sketch of the place, but we must here 
 notice that the surpassing beauty of the 
 scenery is such as imperatively to demand 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 ■i 
 
 
40 
 
 REMAINS OF RICHMOND PALACE. 
 
 From London. 
 
 the visits of a stranger ; that the ancient 
 palace, a small vestige of which remains, 
 was the residence of many of our kings, and 
 in more than one instance, the scene upon 
 which they died. There the selfish and 
 bloodthirsty tyrant and heartless sensualist, 
 Henry the Eighth, celebrated his christmas 
 carousals — there Wolsey mourned over his 
 blighted ambition and tasted of the neglect 
 which accompanied his declining glory ; and 
 there Elizabeth, the cold-hearted, calculating, 
 but strong-minded daughter of Henry the 
 Eighth, tasted for a short time the bitterness 
 of imprisonment, which should have softened 
 her heart towards the unfortunate Mary of 
 Scotland ; and there she breathed her last, 
 anno domini 1603. Kichmond Park has 
 also been the residence of some of our most 
 eminent statesmen, for an account of which 
 we must once more refer our readers to the 
 end of the book. 
 
KINGSTON CUTTING. 
 
 41 
 
 From London. 
 
 We now pass W. Smith’s nursery and hor- 
 ticultural grounds ; the hot houses, &c. on 
 the right will mark their site. 
 
 We here cross Hogg’s Mill Kiver ; this 
 little stream enlivens the landscape as it 
 flows in serpentine evolutions from Kingston 
 through Malden and Ewell, for some twenty 
 miles, until it is lost in many watercourses ; 
 it derived its name from some linseed oil 
 mills in the neighbourhood, to the right 
 of the railway, the property of Mr. Hogg. 
 How strangely some persons are immortal- 
 ized — but even here we perceive the doctrine 
 of reciprocity illustrated ; Mr. Hogg gives a 
 name to the river — the river gives Mr. Hogg 
 immortality — while this water runs his name 
 will not perish. 
 
 From hence we see Kingston Church, which 
 may be distinguished by its square tower ; it 
 is upon the right, a little in advance, and 
 here the embankment ends, and we enter the 
 Kingston Cutting ; it is three quarters of a 
 mile in length, fifty feet deep, and yielded 
 407,000 cubic yards of earth ; the slopes 
 are already beautifully grassed, and present 
 an animated appearance, when contrasted 
 with some of the cold, black, dreary-looking 
 avenues, through which we are about to 
 pass. A little further is a bridge of three 
 arches, it is an exquisite specimen of ele- 
 gance, lightness, and strength ; it bears the 
 road from Kingston to Ewell and Epsom, 
 both of the latter are upon our left ; we now 
 
 n 2 
 
 
 10 
 
 
HAMPTON COURT PARK. 
 
 42 
 
 From London. 
 
 pass under the road from Kingston to Lea- 
 therhead, and arrive at the 
 
 KINGSTON STATION. 
 
 10 ± 
 
 From hence, Kingston is one mile, Ted- 
 dington three miles and a half, Richmond 
 four and a half to the right or north of the 
 station; Malden two, Ewell five, Epsom 
 six, and Leatherhead eight miles south of the 
 station. ( For an account of these places , see 
 end of the hook .) 
 
 The Kingston Excavation ends here. 
 
 Surbiton Common lies to the right ; it is 
 memorable for having been the scene of the 
 last struggle of the Royalists in favour of the 
 unfortunate Charles the First. The Earl of 
 Holland, the Duke of Buckingham, and his 
 brother, Lord Francis Yilliers, had assem- 
 bled some troops at Kingston, with the 
 avowed object of releasing the King, then a 
 prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle in the Isle of 
 Wight; the Parliament sent troops to op- 
 pose them, under Sir Michael Livesey, who 
 put the Royalists to the rout, killed Lord 
 Francis Yilliers, and, pursuing their victory, 
 took the Earl of Holland prisoner at St. 
 Neots ; thus ended this ill-concerted, ill- 
 conducted, and therefore necessarily unsuc- 
 cessful attempt in the King’s favour. A little 
 further upon the same side, the trees in Hamp- 
 ton Court Park may be seen. The Ditton Em- 
 bankment, upon which we afe now travelling, 
 
SOOTHING WELLS. 
 
 43 
 
 From London. 
 
 is five miles long, in some places thirty feet 
 high, and contains 845,000 cubic yards of 
 earth ; in crossing it the carriages pass over 
 sixteen bridges besides culverts. Just past 
 here, the road from Kingston to Brighton 
 crosses the line, and to the right is the little 
 village of Soothing Wells. It derives its 
 name from a medicated spring, which, at one 
 time, was in high repute, and still enjoys 
 considerable reputation in the neighbour- 
 hood ; it is upon the premises of a publican, 
 and mine host of the Fox and Hounds is 
 willing to dispense its medicinal virtues unto 
 all customers who cannot be persuaded to 
 partake of his more potent beverage ; the 
 house is about two hundred yards from the 
 railway. A little further on is the beautiful 
 residence of Mrs. Langley; it is situated 
 upon a rising ground, and commands a de- 
 lightful prospect. At the eleventh mile-post 
 is a well known spot, designated Cockcrow 
 Hill ; it is an eminence of considerable 
 height, crowned by some large trees, and 
 commands an extensive view of rich and di- 
 versified scenery. Looking forward, the te- 
 legraph, which forms a portion of the line 
 of communication between the Admiralty 
 and Portsmouth, is seen upon a hill on the 
 left. The houses upon the right are in the 
 Portsmouth road; the farm house upon the 
 left is in the occupation of Captain White ; 
 the mansion a little further on, amid the 
 trees, is the residence of the Marchioness of 
 
 11 
 
 
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 LONG DITTON. 
 
 44 
 
 From London. 
 
 11 j Cholmondeley. The view from hence is 
 particularly rich and animated ; in the woods 
 to the left are many elegant residences ; the 
 landscape on each side is of surpassing 
 beauty, and animated by the interspersion 
 of farm houses, and the country seats of the 
 surrounding gentry. Long Ditton is half a 
 mile to the left; it is in the second division of 
 the hundred of Kingston, county of Surrey, 
 
 I wo miles south south-west of Kingston, 
 which is the post town; population 627 ; An. 
 As. Val. £3,149; the church is dedicated to 
 St. Mary, the living is a rectory, in the 
 archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Win- 
 chester, K. B. £12. Os. 5(7. ; patronage is in 
 the Wardens and Fellows of New College, 
 Oxford ; the rectory house is just to the left, 
 near the embankment, but not so near as 
 for its quiet to be disturbed by the passing 
 trains. Enbosomed in trees, situated in a 
 lovely valley, and surrounded by nought 
 that militates against its rural simplicity, it 
 appears the abode of piety and meditation— 
 the beau ideal of a residence for Goldsmith’s 
 benevolent Vicar. We now cross Angel 
 Lane ; the farm house on the left is the re- 
 sidence of a London tailor, who thus exhibits 
 in his agricultural amusements, that attrac- 
 tion towards vegetables for which his craft are 
 so famed. Here are numerous small villas 
 of the London tradesmen, to which the rail- 
 way will now give speedy and cheap access ; 
 and there is no doubt that this delightful 
 
THAMES DITTON. 
 
 From London. 
 
 spot will, at no great distance of time, be 
 the site of a populous neighbourhood. To 
 the right is Boyle Barm, late the residence 
 of Lord Henry Fitzgerald, now occupied by 
 Sir Edward Sugden ; just past it is the resi- 
 dence of Lord Edward Somerset. Thames 
 Ditton, now on our right, may be distin- 
 guished by the low square tower and wooden 
 spire of its church ; this is situated near the 
 banks of the Thames, and formerly contained 
 many ancient monuments and sepulchral 
 brasses, which are now concealed by the 
 pews, or have been removed. The church 
 is dedicated to St. Nicholas, the living is a 
 perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Sur- 
 rey and diocese of Winchester ; patrons the 
 Provost and Fellows of King’s College, 
 Cambridge. The population of the parish is 
 1878; An. As. Val. £7,308. The village is 
 pleasantly situated on the banks of the 
 Thames, nearly opposite to Hampton Court; 
 it is twelve miles S.W. of London, and one 
 north of the railway station. This place is 
 much frequented by anglers, for whose ac- 
 commodation there is a small public house 
 on the banks of the Thames, which rejoices 
 in the name of the Swan (Hotel of course). 
 The river Mole, which enters the Thames near 
 Hampton bridge, gives occasional amuse- 
 ment to the fly-fisher, but we cannot promise 
 very good sport from this source, it will, 
 however, give a variety to the amusements of 
 a day. 
 
DITTON MARSH STATION. 
 
 46 
 
 From London. 
 
 12 
 
 12 * 
 
 12 * 
 
 The little river Eye is near the railway 
 upon our right ; and upon our left, the tele- 
 graph forms a prominent object, crowning 
 the hill in the extreme distance. We here 
 catch a view of the square tower of Esher 
 Church, rising above the woods upon our 
 left ; and also of the groves of Claremont, 
 and the telegraph before referred to. Cley- 
 gate woods are also on our left ; a little fur- 
 ther on we pass over the Portsmouth road by 
 means of a long skew viaduct, consisting of 
 one tunnel-like arch, and a small one, which 
 is used as a horse path. Following the road 
 on the left, the group of houses, at about 
 two hundred yards in advance, is the Mar- 
 quis of Granby Hotel, and its offices ; the 
 mansion on the same side is occupied by — 
 Williams, Esq. 
 
 Western Green is on the right; the corner 
 house on the common is occupied by an' 
 eccentric gentleman, a naval officer of the 
 name of Meux. The small urn which orna- 
 ments his little garden was erected to the 
 memory of the lamented Princess Charlotte. 
 We now pass over the road from Cleygate 
 to Western Green, and arrive at the 
 
 DITTON MAESH STATION. 
 
 12f 
 
 Thames Ditton is one mile, East Mousley 
 two, West Mousley three, Plampton Court 
 two, Hampton three, to the north or right of 
 the line; Esher one to the south, or left. 
 
HAMPTON COURT 
 
 From London. 
 
 (For an account of the three latter places , 
 see end of the book.) 
 
 The railway lias for the last mile been 
 crossing Hitton Marsh; the embankment still 
 continues, and enables us to see the countiy 
 to some distance. The white villa upon the 
 right, at the corner of the common, is Ember 
 Grove House, the residence of J . Easthope, 
 Esq., M.P., and Chairman of the Southamp- 
 ton Railway Company. A little more distant 
 is Ember Court, the residence of Colonel 
 Taylor; it was formerly the residence of the 
 Speaker, Onslow; the mansion is built of 
 brick and faced with cement, and is situated 
 in a park of considerable extent. A little to 
 the eastward Hampton Court Palace may be 
 
 seen; it stands upon the site of one of the 
 houses of the Knights of St. John, and was 
 originally built from the designs of Cardinal 
 Wolsey. A portion of this building (the first i 
 quadrangle at the western entrance) still re- s 
 
MOUSLEY PARK. 
 
 48 
 
 From London. 
 
 13 
 
 mains, and is pointed out to the visitor by 
 the attendant at the palace. The remainder 
 of the present building has for the most part 
 been remodelled, or rebuilt, from the designs 
 of Sir Christopher Wren. In the north 
 quadrangle is, however, the great hall built 
 by Henry the Eighth, the noble roof of which 
 was restored in 1820. It has been the scene 
 of many historical incidents, which would 
 detain the reader too long here to relate; we 
 must, therefore, refer him to the end of the 
 book. ( See Hampton .) 
 
 On the right is Mousley, it may be distin- 
 guished by the tower of its church peeping 
 from the trees. There are two villages and 
 parishes of this name, distinguished by their 
 bearings towards Walton-upon-Thames. 
 
 East Mousley contains about 546 inhabit- 
 ants; An. As. Val. £2,350. The living is 
 a Perpetual Curacy, in the archdeaconry of 
 Surrey, and diocese of Winchester; P. R. 
 £120. Patrons, the Provost and Fellows of 
 King's College, Cambridge. 
 
 West Mousley has a population of 441; 
 An. As. Yal. £1,364. The living of the 
 church is a Perpetual Curacy, in the archdea- 
 conry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester. 
 C. V. £6 6s. 8d.; P. R. £42 13s.; and en- 
 dowed with £1,300, by private benefaction, 
 royal bounty, and parliamentary grant. This 
 parish is bounded on the north by the Thames, 
 and on the east by the river Mole. 
 
 Mousley Park is much better known than 
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY. 
 
 From London. 
 
 either of the villages ; it is a common upon 
 the banks of the Thames, which has long 
 been a favourite spot for the settlement of 
 pugilistic encounters. 
 
 Upon the left is Esher Place, the property 13 
 of John Spicer, Esq. ; the house is pleasantly 
 situated upon a considerable acclivity, within 
 a park of from 1 50 to 200 acres in extent ; it 
 has no architectural pretensions, but com- 
 mands an extensive view of the surrounding 
 country. The park is thickly wooded, and 
 bounded upon its western side by the river 
 Mole, which is here a considerable stream. 
 
 The original mansion was built of brick about 
 the middle of the fifteenth century; it was 
 of a castellated form, of considerable extent, 
 and its site was in a valley upon the banks 
 of the river. Here Wolsey resided when 
 he was Bishop of Winchester, and here he 
 retired in the early part of his disgrace, un- 
 til he was subsequently permitted to remove 
 to Bichmond ; the tradition of the peasan- 
 try is, that he was confined, and a small 
 castellated building, in good preservation, 
 situated upon the east side of the Mole, (be- 
 lieved to be the gate -house of the original 
 mansion,) is pointed out as the scene of his 
 captivity. The traveller will have a good 
 view of this relict of the proud Cardinal, 
 upon looking back to the left of the carriage 
 as he passes over the river, which is about 
 half a mile in advance. The house close to 13 
 the railway is the property of Lord Howarth, 
 
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CLAREMONT. 
 
 50 
 
 From London. 
 
 at present in the occupation of — Rodgers, 
 Esq. 
 
 13J From hence Mr. Spicer’s house, before al- 
 luded to, may he seen ; and a quarter of a 
 mile further on we cross the river Mole; 
 on its banks, is the tower in which tra- 
 dition states Wolsey was confined. Upon 
 the right are very extensive copper mills, 
 which are worked by the stream of the river. 
 Rapidly passing this, we cross a viaduct of 
 four arches, raised, we believe, to leave a 
 water-way in the time of floods. Here, to 
 the left, is a pretty view, a sort of sylvan 
 amphitheatre, clothed with the richest green, 
 
 14 bounded on each side by wood or water — the 
 ancient building above referred to, being the 
 only object that reminds us it is tenanted by 
 man — that it is not the site of fairy revelry. 
 The woods of Claremont are again seen 
 on the left, at the back of Esher Place. This 
 beautiful spot has acquired a melancholy no- 
 toriety, from having been occupied by the 
 Princess Charlotte, a Princess who deservedly 
 held a high place in the affections of the 
 British nation, and whose death, which oc- 
 curred here on the 6th of November, 1817, 
 spread a universal gloom upon the whole 
 kingdom. To this place many a pilgrimage 
 will be made by the young who knew her not 
 in life, who cannot boast even of a cotem- 
 porary existence, but who will hear of the 
 sorrows of her mother — of the affection of 
 that mother’s child — of her heroic firmness — 
 
WALTON STATION. 
 
 From London. 
 
 of her disinterested love — of her domestic 
 virtues, and of her tragic death; her early 
 fate will awaken the feelings and excite the 
 sympathies of hundreds, when her mortal 
 remains have become a portion of the earth 
 and the elements. How gratifying jg the 
 assurance, that the immortal spirit is enjoy- 
 ing superior pleasures, and in possession of 
 an heavenly crown. It would, however, al- 
 most seem an act of Divine retribution, that 
 the hopes of the British nation should have 
 been blasted in the house built by Clive, 
 from the produce of the destruction of a 
 thousand hopes — from the plunder, the 
 groans, the blood of a whole people. 
 
 On the right is the pretty villa of Mr. 
 Abbott. We now cross Walton Heath, and ^5 
 arrive at the 
 
 WALTON STATION. 
 
 Walton is one mile to the right, Horsham 
 one mile to the left of the line. The road 
 from Walton to Chobham here crosses the 
 line, on each side of which are gates to keep 
 off cattle. 
 
 The church of W alton which is seen on 
 the right, a little before we arrive at the sta- 
 tion, marl^s the site of the hamlet. (See end 
 of book.) To the right, at some distance 
 from the line, is Ashley Park and House, the 
 residence of Sir Henry Fletcher. This man- 
 sion was built by Wolsey, and was also one of 
 
 
OATLANDS. 
 
 52 
 
 From London. 
 
 the residences of Oliver Cromwell. A farm- 
 house, at no great distance from it, is said to 
 have been the seat of Bradshaw, the Regi- 
 cide. On the left is Burwood Park, the seat 
 of Sir B. Frederick. This elegant villa is 
 situated within a park of four hundred acres, 
 which is well wooded, and commands views 
 of very diversified scenery. On the right 
 the woods of Oatlands come close up to 
 the railway ; this mansion was the seat of 
 His late Royal Highness the Duke of York, 
 and was for a considerable time the residence 
 of the Duchess, whose name will ever be 
 accompanied by the blessings of the poor of 
 this neighbourhood, many of whose female 
 children she both clothed and educated ; and 
 afterwards placed out in life under her pa- 
 tronage; sometimes at considerable expense. 
 It is not for us here to inquire if this was the 
 result of a natural tenderness of disposition,- 
 or the operation of a high principle of duty; 
 the poor had the benefit of the action, and bless 
 the memory of their benefactress ; but cer- 
 tain it is, that the dogs of the amiable Duch- 
 ess, (of which she usually had a great num- 
 ber,) equally participated in her kindness, 
 and, it would appear, possessed more of her 
 affection, for her tenderness followed them 
 after death, and the place of their burial is 
 still seen, with wooden tablets, like tomb- 
 stones, describing their virtues, and lament- 
 ing their decease. 
 
 The present magnificent edifice was erect- 
 
OATLANDS. 
 
 Prom London. 
 
 ed by Holland, the former one having been 
 burned in 1793, while the Duke was away 
 upon his disastrous expedition to Flanders 
 (the fire broke out in the night, and it 
 was with some difficulty that the Duchess 
 and her attendants were saved), it is si- 
 tuated near the middle of the park, upon a 
 fine terrace, from which most splendid pros- 
 pects are obtained. At the foot of the ter- 
 race is an artificial lake of a serpentine form, 
 supplied by springs of water which were 
 opened by its formation ; from the house, 
 Walton Bridge appears to cross it in the dis- 
 tance, although it does not. A delightful 
 walk through the shrubberies introduces the 
 visitor to a grotto of most magical construc- 
 tion, made under the direction of the Duke 
 of Newcastle ; it is situated near another 
 piece of water, and consists of two handsome 
 apartments, encrusted with shells, minerals, 
 and petrifactions ; to these succeed a bath- 
 room, in which is a bath supplied with pure 
 water from a spring in the rock, which is 
 continually dripping ; at the end of the room 
 is a copy of the Venus de Medicis, which 
 appears as though about to enjoy the de- 
 lightful freshness of the stream. To this 
 room we are conducted by a winding pas- 
 sage of some extent. The park and grounds 
 are now about six miles in circumference ; 
 they were formerly the property of the crown, 
 although not then of their present extent. In 
 the time of Queen Elizabeth a curious feat 
 
 e 2 
 
»P)m 
 
 EXTRAORDINARY LEAP. 
 
 54 
 
 From London. 
 
 of agility and strength is said to have been 
 performed within its precincts, by one of 
 the Royal Foresters, while attending upon 
 the Queen, when hunting the stag ; mounted 
 upon a horse of extraordinary swiftness, he 
 came up with the chace, and, riding along- 
 side, leapt from his horse to the back of the 
 stag, and having guided it into the presence 
 of her Majesty, there slew it, by passing his 
 sword into its left side : what an acquisition 
 this man would have been to Ducrow ! The 
 much celebrated Edward Hughes Ball, Esq., 
 succeeded the Duke of York in the posses- 
 sion of Oatlands. The present proprietor is 
 Lord Egerton. 
 
 The long embankment ended at the last sta- 
 tion; we are now in the Walton Excavation; it is 
 three miles in length, in some places from forty 
 to forty-five feet deep, and from it were re- 
 moved 858,000 cubic yards of earth. It is 
 crossed by four bridges. We have neglected 
 to give the gradients from Kingston, which 
 we will now do ; from the 10th mile-post the 
 inclination descends 1 in 330 for a quarter of 
 a mile; a level of nearly the same distance is 
 succeeded by another descent of 1 in 406 of 
 three quarters of a mile in length ; a descent 
 of 1 in 330 brings us a little further than the 
 12th mile-post; half a mile level, and a rise 
 of one mile and a half, varying from 1 in 
 2459 to 1387, and tw r o miles and a half vary- 
 ing from 1 in 330 to 1 in 440, brings us to 
 the 17tlr post; a descent of 1 in 330 to the 
 
WALTON EXCAVATION. 
 
 55 
 
 From London. 
 
 19th; a long ascent of ten miles and a quar- 
 ter, varying between 1 in 300 to 1 in 338 ; 
 and a level of four miles, brings us to the 
 34th post, which is succeeded by a level of 
 six miles, which carries the line to the 40th 
 post, two miles past the station at Shapley 
 Heath. 
 
 A long dreary cutting is that of Walton; 
 at present no grass illumines the slopes by its 
 gay livery of green. We appear sensibly em- 
 bowelled in the cold earth at some forty feet 
 from its surface. At the 17th post the 
 house of Mr. Heed, the Secretary of the 
 Company, peeps down upon us, as it were, 
 to cheer our sinking spirits, (and assure us 
 that we are not quite isolated from the other 
 portion of humanity — ) as he, doubtless, by his 
 energy and his judgment, has often done, by 
 the direction, during those weary negotiations 
 with parties who could see no further than 
 their nose; or those more expensive, but 
 more exciting, proceedings in parliament, the 
 records of which, in the House of Lords 
 alone, fill a goodly folio volume. But, where 
 are we ? Thanks be to the Directors, Secre- 
 taries, Engineers, and all who ever were, or 
 maybe, concerned in making railroads; for 
 while we have been bemoaning the dolefulness 
 of our situation we find it changed; our winged 
 and fiery steed has borne us past our griefs, 
 and by a sort of u open sesame” operation, 
 we have been transported from those dull 
 sepulchral-looking walls, and here are placed 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 

 Hamilton's folly. 
 
 56 
 
 From London. 
 
 I upon a high embankment, with a glorious 
 prospect upon each side: the river Wey, in 
 serpentine evolutions, upon our right and 
 upon our left, is now illuminating the land- 
 scape by its sparkling waters, then , lost in 
 the woody shades beyond ; Weybridge is upon 
 our right, and Paine’s-hill Park upon our left, 
 in which, situated upon a high hill, saucily peer- 
 ing into the clouds (for folly is usually obtru- 
 sive) is an observatory called Hamilton’s Folly, 
 reminding us of the folly of our lamentations, 
 and that there are no circumstances so dreary 
 that they may not, and quickly too, be cheered 
 by brighter prospects, and more sunny skies. 
 Paine's-hill Park was the residence of the late 
 Dowager Countess of Carhampton. The 
 grounds are very extensive and most elegantly 
 laid out; the river Mole has afforded the 
 means of forming therein a considerable lake,, 
 on the banks of which are several ornamental 
 buildings; the scenery near it is so diversi- 
 fied with wood, that the grounds appear of 
 much larger dimensions than they really 
 are : they must, however, be viewed to be es- 
 timated. This pleasing scene is best viewed 
 from the viaduct across the Wey, which has 
 seven arches each of 30 feet span, rising ten 
 feet ; its length is 266 feet, and the height 
 from the surface of the water to the top of 
 the parapet is thirty-seven feet. We have 
 however, unwittingly passed the 
 
HENRY THE EIGHTH. 
 
 57 
 
 From London. 
 
 WEYBRIDGE STATION, 
 which is but seventeen miles and a half from 
 London. From thence Weybridge is one, 
 Chertsey four, Thorpe six miles, to the north 
 or right of the station ; Byfleet two, Cobham 
 four, Ripley 5, to the south, or left. 
 
 Just before this station, we passed under 
 the road from W eybridge to Byfleet, which 
 is carried over the line by a bridge of three 
 arches ; neither of these places are of much 
 importance. The former is a considerable 
 village and small parish, in the hundred of 
 Elmbridge, county of Surrey, and takes its 
 name from the river Wey. Pop. 930; An. 
 As. Val. £4,162. The church, dedicated to 
 St. Nicholas, is a small neat edifice, in which 
 are some ancient and some modern monu- 
 ments. Her late Royal Highness the Duch- 
 ess of York, was there buried. The living is 
 a Rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, 
 and diocese of Winchester. K. B. £7 Os. 5d . 
 Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Weybridge has 
 also a place of w r orship for Baptists, and an en- 
 dowed school, in which twelve poor children 
 are educated. 
 
 Byfleet is to the left, from hence a mile 
 distant; it is a small village and parish, in 
 the hundred of Godley. Pop. 510. An. 
 As. Yal. £3,191. It is curious that the De- 
 fender of the Faith, should have been nursed 
 in the hundred of Godley; such was the case 
 — in this village the future tyrant, Henry 
 
 19 
 
OTTERSHAM PARK. 
 
 58 
 
 From London. 
 
 the Eighth, past his infancy. The church is a 
 small structure, and can be seen from the 
 line. The living is a Rectory, in the archdea- 
 conry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester. 
 K. B. £9 11s. 8 d. Patron, the Lord Chan- 
 cellor. 
 
 About two miles distant to the right, situ- 
 ated upon the side of an acclivity, is Ongar- 
 hill House, the seat of R. R. Escott, Esq. ; and 
 just past it, is Says Place, the residence of Sir 
 
 19i Charles Wetherell. A little further, we cross 
 the bridge which spans the Basingstoke, 
 which there joins the Guildford Canal ; 
 the former runs parallel to the line, and 
 at a short distance from the railway, for be- 
 tween eleven and twelve miles. In the plan- 
 tations, on the right, is a villa residence, the 
 
 20 property of — Sparks, Esq. Opposite here, 
 at about two miles and a-half distant, is Bot- 
 ley Park, the residence of D. Hall, Esq.;' 
 the mansion is built of stone, is of an im- 
 posing appearance, and situated in a well- 
 wooded park, which abounds with game ; 
 the grounds are ornamented by an artificial 
 lake, at one end of which is a bath-room. 
 From the same site we distinctly see Otter- 
 sham Park ; it is about a mile and a half 
 distant; this elegant mansion is the seat of 
 Scott Stonehewer, Esq. ; it is situated in a 
 park of about 400 acres, which is orna- 
 mented by several pieces of water, and well 
 timbered, having within its shades a number 
 of very fine deer. The house is partly in the 
 
TURFORD DISTILLERY. 
 
 59 
 
 From London. 
 
 Italian, and partly in the Grecian, style of 
 architecture, and possesses some very hand- 
 some apartments; the library, in particular, 
 is well worthy of notice ; it is forty feet long, 
 fifteen wide, and fourteen high, with Ionic 
 columns at each end ; its height, compared 
 with the breadth and length, gives the idea of 
 a sumptuous gallery, dedicated to the culture 
 of the intellect; it communicates with the 
 drawing-room, which is of considerable di- 
 mensions, and has a circular dome. In the 
 grounds are a kitchen-garden, flower-house, 
 melon-ground, a grapery, a peach-house, a 
 pinery, and an aviary. 
 
 The fields to the left are principally oc- 
 cupied in the production of lavender, pep- 
 permint, and other aromatic herbs, for the 
 supply of the Purford Distillery, (proprietor, 
 Mr. Collins), which is here seen. 
 
 The embankment now ends, and we pass 
 through the Sheerwater Excavation; it is 
 about a mile in length, and about twenty feet 
 deep; on each side are the fir plantations of 
 Locke King, Esq. At this post the excava- 
 tion ends, and we proceed along the W oking 
 Common Embankment. To the right we 
 now have a better view of Ottersham Park, 
 which is broadside to us. This embankment 
 is (including three interruptions by short ex- 
 cavations) two miles and a half long, aver- 
 aging from ten to twenty feet high. Cross- 
 ing it, the railway passes over three bridges. 
 The Woking Monument is seen from this 
 
 201 
 
 20J 
 
 211 
 
 22 
 
 221 
 

 WOKING COMMON. 
 
 60 
 
 From London. 
 
 post — on the left, about a mile distant. The 
 origin of this is very doubtful ; it appears, 
 however, to have been a land-mark, both by 
 day and night, to direct the nobles of that time 
 when on their rambles across the dreary wastes 
 which formerly bounded the village, to the 
 north ; this obscure hamlet having formerly 
 been a royal demesne, and the site of a pa- 
 lace. (See article Woking. ) We now ar- 
 rive at the 
 
 WOKING COMMON STATION, 
 
 twenty-two miles and three quarters from 
 London. From hence Woking is one mile, 
 Guildford six, Godaiming ten, to the south, 
 or left ; Chobham three, Bagshot six, to the 
 north, or right. ( See end of book.) 
 
 This station commands a very agreeable 
 prospect ; the eye wanders across the com- 
 mon immediately before you, and is refreshed 
 by the appearance of high cultivation beyond 
 it, while the village in the distance, and the 
 busy employ of man more near, gives a life 
 to the scene that, at first sight, we are in- 
 clined to think so desolate. But, even if the 
 elements of motion were here otherwise to- 
 tally annihilated, the bustling activity, and 
 determined energy, of our good friend Mr. 
 Tolfit, who has the management of this sta- 
 tion, would animate the picture, though all 
 other living objects were absent. 
 
 Once more, then, we are in motion ; the 
 
THE FKIM LEY EMBANKMENT. 
 
 61 
 
 From London. 
 
 dreary heath immediately upon our right and 
 left. At the twenty-third post we cross the 
 road from Guildford to Chertsey by a bridge 
 of one arch. On the right is the pretty vil- 
 lage of Iiorsell; its site is indicated by the 
 square tower of its church, surrounded by 
 trees; its situation from hence is remarkably 
 picturesque. The population of the parish 
 is 673; An. As. Val. £3,004. The church 
 is dedicated to St. Mary ; the living is a Per- 
 petual Curacy, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, 
 and diocese of Winchester. K.B. £29 7s. 4 d. 
 It is endowed with £1,800, by parliamentary 
 grant and royal bounty. The patronage is 
 vested in trustees. 
 
 The embankment ends about 300 yards 
 before this post, and we enter the Goldsworth 
 Hill Excavation; it is three quarters of a 
 mile long, from sixty to seventy feet deep, 
 and yielded 389,000 cubic yards of earth to 
 the formation of the embankments. This we 
 quickly pass through, and emerge upon the 
 E rimley Embankment ; it is three miles 
 and three quarters in length, and in some 
 places from forty to fifty feet high ; it con- 
 tains 1,349,000 cubic yards of earth. This 
 embankment crosses another tract of heath, 
 bounded by thick woods upon the right. The 
 Basingstoke Canal winds its sluggish way pa- 
 rallel with the line ; at this post the railway 
 passes close to its horse-path, and the Directors 
 were compelled to build a turf wall of con- 
 siderable extent, under the pretence that their 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
62 WORPLESDON TELEGRAPH. 
 
 From London. 
 
 trains would frighten the Rozinantes which 
 draw the canal barges — although they had 
 been accustomed, for months, to see trains 
 of ballast-waggons running backwards and 
 forwards many more times in the day than 
 the trains pass ; if this were opposition, or 
 intended to annoy the company, or to re- 
 tard the opening of the line, how dignified 
 was the opposition ! How bold the effort ! 
 Wlxat ingenuity in the mind that suggested 
 the idea ! At about two miles and a-half 
 distant the village of Worplesdon may be 
 seen, upon the side of the hill ; its site will 
 be immediately recognised by its vicinity to 
 the telegraph, which is a little to the left of 
 its church ; the parish is situated in the hun- 
 dred of Woking, county of Surrey ; popula- 
 tion 1,360; An. As. Yal. 7109. The church 
 is dedicated to St. Mary ; the living is a Rec- 
 tory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and* 
 diocese of Winchester. K.B. £24 13s. 9d. 
 Patron, Eton College. We now cross a con- 
 siderable heath, which is upon the left and 
 right; upon the latter side, in the midst of 
 woods, is “ The Hermitage,” the seat of — 
 
 25| Gates, Esq. The ground over which we are now 
 passing is denominated Brookwood Stumps; 
 the few houses on the rise to the right are 
 called Knapp Hill; a little in advance is New 
 Coppice, a small plantation on the left. The 
 view here is particularly barren, but very ex- 
 tensive, bounded by the Erimley Ridge, 
 which can scarcely be distinguished from 
 
HENLY PARK. 
 
 63 
 
 From London. 
 
 the horizon. Perched upon a high em- 
 bankment, with a barren and extensive pros- 
 pect, the complete isolation from the rest of 
 the world is here felt by the railway traveller; 
 all around is as the silence of death, if we 
 except the hard respirations of the engine, 
 which might be imagined the convulsive 
 gaspings of some monster submitting to the 
 last enemy. 
 
 We here cross the road from Guildford 
 to Chobham. The Brook woods, from which 
 this bridge is named, are upon our right. 
 
 'i he scene is now changed ; the heath is 
 still upon our left ; but beyond, and on each 
 side of the railway, the country appears co- 
 vered with wood; here and there the smoke 
 rising into the heavens, indicates the presence 
 of humanity, while the square tower of Pir- 
 bright Church, asserts the civilization of man, 
 and that here, he is in communion with 
 God. The living is a Curacy, in the arch- 
 deaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Win- 
 chester. K. B. £31 10s. Patron, Henry W. 
 Plalsey, Esq. For many miles distant a chain 
 of hills completely isolates this part of the 
 country, composed of the Surrey and Frimley 
 Bidges, to the south and west. In the dis- 
 tance, looking across Pirbright, Henly Park, 
 the residence of H. W. Halsey, Esq., may 
 be seen. 
 
 We are now approaching some works of 
 the company, which are on our right. The 
 heath is still with us, but the embankment 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
THE FARNBORO’ CUTTING. 
 
 64 
 
 From London. 
 
 28J 
 
 is getting so low that the canal is, (at the 
 twenty-eight and a quarter post,) higher than 
 we are. Here the company have built a high 
 brick wall, to mask the canal and support its 
 banks. The railway has now a sharp turn, 
 and we enter the excavation through the 
 Frimley Ridge ; it is two miles in length, 
 in some places seventy feet deep, and 
 yielded 1,341,000 cubic yards of earth. 
 Here are two bridges, one of which has five 
 arches, and an aqueduct ; the soil was here 
 principally sand and gravel, with some very 
 strong springs, which still pour down a rapid 
 current of water. The deep sides of the 
 cutting shut out from us a dull monotonous 
 heath, for which the pleasant green slopes of 
 the excavation will be an agreeable exchange. 
 The Basingstoke Canal here crosses the line 
 by a brick aqueduct of two arches, each 
 fifteen feet span and 4 feet rise, the height, 
 of the parapet from the level of the rails is 
 twenty feet seven inches; it is about 134 feet 
 in length. About a quarter of a mile further 
 the excavation ends, just after we have passed 
 under the road from Frimley to the Potteries. 
 
 We now rapidly pass over an embankment 
 of three quarters of a mile in length, and 
 from ten to fifteen feet high, crossing three 
 bridges which lead to places of no particular 
 importance, and then enter the Farnboro’ 
 Cutting : it is rather more than half a mile 
 long, fifty feet deep, and yielded 180,000 cu- 
 bic yards of earth. About one hundred yards 
 
THE TUMBLEDOWN DICK. 
 
 65 
 
 From London. 
 
 before the 31st mile-post, we cross Black- 
 water Brook by means of a culvert, it divides 
 the counties of Surrey and Hants. We now 
 pass under the road from Bagshot to Win- 
 chester by a neat bridge. The villa residence 
 of Mr. Green is upon our right; the park of 
 the Bishop of Winchester upon our left, and 
 close to us in front is the 
 
 31 
 
 FARNBORO’ STATION. 
 
 Farnboro’ is a quarter of a mile, Farnham 
 six miles to the left or south, Frimley one 
 mile, Blackwater three to the right or north 
 of the line. 
 
 The place from which the station is 
 named, is a small collection of houses ; the 
 population of the parish is 300. It contains 
 one posting house, “ The Tumbledown Dick,” 
 from whence access ipay be had to any part 
 of the country. The church, dedicated to St. 
 Botolph, is a very ancient edifice, situated in 
 the park, the living is a Discharged-rectory ; 
 K.B. £7. 12s. lid. P.B. £120. The exca- 
 vation ends at this station, and an embank- 
 ment commences, which with two short in- 
 terruptions of about twenty chains each, is 
 three miles and a quarter long, but in no 
 place more than twenty feet high ; it con- 
 tains 200,000 cubic yards of earth, and 
 four bridges. The woods, both on the right 
 and left animate the scene as we cross the 
 heath. Just before we arrive at the 33rd 
 
 f 2 
 
 33 
 
 
THE PONDTAIL EMBANKMENT. 
 
 66 
 
 From London. 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 36| 
 
 37 } 
 
 post we enter one of the short excavations 
 before alluded to, the woods still upon the 
 right. Half a mile further we pass Bramshot 
 farm, occupied by Mr. Hart ; upon the same 
 side, and a little before the 34th mile, we 
 pass through the other excavation; of which 
 we have before spoken ; we now quickly 
 cross the the dreary heath, leaving Pondtail 
 farm upon our left, it is situated at the ex- 
 tremity of a large expanse of water ; the 
 railway crosses one end of this by means of 
 a bridge, or what we perhaps may more pro- 
 perly call an embankment, with three cul- 
 verts to admit the flow of the water, and 
 just before the 35th post this embankment 
 ends, and we enter an excavation of rather 
 more than a mile in length. The road from 
 Parnham to Blackwater here crosses the 
 line ; a dreary heath attends us on each side, 
 which is, however, for the most part shut from, 
 view, during our progress through the ex- 
 cavation, which ends a little past the 36th 
 post, we then cross another of the tremen- 
 dous works which characterize this railway, 
 it is two miles long, forty-five to fifty feet 
 high, and contains 683,000 cubic yards of 
 earth, and four bridges. It is refreshing 
 to see such a country as that spread out 
 before us, after passing the sterile spots 
 which have of late been so frequent ; here 
 Nature again rejoices in her fruitfulness, and 
 by its display maketh our hearts glad. 
 
 Winchfield may now be distinguished upon 
 
WINCHFIELD HOUSE. 
 
 From London. 
 
 our left. It is a small hamlet and parish in 
 the hundred of Odiham, county of South- 
 ampton ; Pop. 227, chiefly rural ; An. As. 
 
 Val. £1552. The church is dedicated to 
 St. Mary, the living is a Rectory in the arch- 
 deaconry and diocese of Winchester; K. B. 
 
 £8. 166*. 10§d. ; patron, Rev. ILF. St. John. 
 
 To the left, a mile and a half distant, is 38 
 Dogmersfield House, the seat of Sir Henry 
 Mildmay ; it is an elegant mansion, situated 
 in a park of about 700 acres, it has two 
 fronts, one of which commands most ex- 
 tensive views of the surrounding country ; 
 the grounds are beautifully laid out, and 
 adorned with wood and water. The rapid 
 progress of the carriages quickly leave these 
 places behind, and at the thirty-eighth and a 
 quarter post we arrive at the 
 
 WINCHFIELD ANJ) HARTLEY-ROW 
 
 STATION. 38$ 
 
 Winchfield is one mile, Odiham three, 
 Alton twelve to the south or left, Hartley- 
 row two to the right or north of the line. 
 
 The latter is a small village, distant from 
 Hartford Bridge one mile ; it is only men- 
 tioned on account of the station having de- 
 rived its name from the vicinity. 
 
 To the right of the station is Winchfield 
 House, the seat of — — Bainbridge, Esq., it 
 is pleasantly situated upon a rising hill, 
 within a small ornamental park ; the house 
 
SIR JOHN cope’s hunt. 
 
 68 
 
 From London. 
 
 commands excellent views of the adjacent 
 country, the grounds are prettily wooded, 
 and are ornamented by an artificial lake. 
 About three miles more north is Bramshill 
 Park : this mansion was intended for the son 
 of James the First; the death of that prince 
 prevented its completion as originally in- 
 tended ; it was for some time the residence 
 of Lord Zouche, during which, Archbishop 
 Abbott accidentally shot one of his keepers, 
 which so afflicted him that he kept a monthly 
 fast, upon the day of the accident, until he 
 died : it is now the seat of Sir John Cope, 
 who hunts this country with a most excellent 
 pack of hounds ; here is an opportunity for 
 the London sportsman to get easy access to a 
 new country and vary his sport — he can send 
 his horse here much easier, and with less 
 fatigue than to Croydon (that eternal hunt 
 for Cockney sportsmen), he can mount )ii m 
 fresh as he came out of the stable, after 
 being carried to the hounds ; and carry him 
 back again at night. He may possibly be a 
 little frightened by the first journey, but will 
 be used to it before he gets to the end. 
 
 The embankment ends at this station; 
 we now enter a tremendous cutting, which 
 yielded 770,000 cubic yards of earth; it is 
 about sixty-five feet deep ; we proceed for 
 about a quarter of a mile, and then enter a 
 tunnel ninety-four yards long, twenty feet 
 high, and twenty-five feet span, rising 12 ft. 
 I 6 in., over which passes the road from London 
 
THE WELLESLEY ARMS. 
 
 69 
 
 From London. 
 
 to Portsmouth. Having emerged from the 
 temporary gloom, we pass under the road 
 from Hartly Row to Odiham, and enter on an 
 embankment one mile and a half long, and 
 between fifty and sixty feet high, in some 
 places, containing 530,000 cubic yards of 
 earth. The view is here very extensive, and 
 bounded to the left by the Odiham hills, 
 they may be distinguished by a remarkable 
 collection of trees, called Odiham Clump. 
 Odiham Church is seen about a mile from 
 the clump, its square tower rising from among 
 the trees. (See end of the book for descrip- 
 tion of Odiham.) 
 
 We now pass Tatter’s Copse upon the right ; 
 by turning the head a little back, the well- 
 known posting house, the Wellesley Arms, at 
 Murrell Green, is seen, it is kept by Mrs. 
 W ebb ; from hence it appears buried in the 
 woods, it is, however, delightfully situated by 
 the road-side, and not aVew have spent within 
 its precincts that bright young moon, reve- 
 renced by all “ Benedicts,” during the reign 
 of which the world was in their own hearts ; 
 when the seclusion there found — the un- 
 obtrusive attention there experienced, fostered 
 the idea of isolation and left them to the full 
 enjoyment of that time which, in the purity 
 and the devotion of its happiness, can never 
 
 39 
 
 come again. 
 
 The valley to the right is completely iso- 
 lated by the woods and the railway, present- 
 ing the appearance of a small domain with a 
 
STRATHFIELDSAYE. 
 
 70 
 
 From London. 
 
 40 
 
 brook, called White Water Stream, meander- 
 ing through it. Upon the further end of 
 the brook is Hook Mill, occupied by Mr. 
 Rodgers. The house at the extreme west 
 corner is inhabited by a Quaker lady, to 
 whom the peasanty apply the title of Lady 
 Anne ; whether this be her legal, or only 
 her right by courtesy, we could not learn. 
 The view in front is bounded by the Odiham 
 hills ; to the right by the Butter woods, a 
 fine nursery for young oaks ; and on the 
 left, by the Odiham woods, also composed 
 principally of oak trees. We now pass Holt 
 farm (Mr. Ewart) on the right, then the 
 Lady Anne’s before mentioned, of which we 
 now have a better view. Warnboro’ is seen 
 on the left, about a mile distant, and two 
 farms on the right, when we vanish under 
 Odiham Bridge and enter the Hook Com- 
 mon Excavation ; this is one mile and three 
 quarters in length, its extreme depth about 
 sixty feet, and it yielded 748,000 cubic 
 yards of earth. The bridge abovementioned 
 leads to Strathfieldsaye, the seat of the 
 Duke of Wellington ; it is about six miles 
 distant to the right. The slopes at the 
 commencement of this excavation are al- 
 ready beautifully grassed. We pass under 
 the London and Southampton turnpike road 
 by means of a short skew tunnel of perhaps 
 fifty yards in length, and then under the road 
 which leads to Tilney Hall, one of the 
 seats of the late Miss Tilney Long Pole 
 
NEWNHAM. 
 
 From London. 
 
 who afterwards married Wellesley Pole, and 
 with whose most undeserved misfortunes 
 the public are already too well acquainted. 
 
 The seat is now a farm house, occupied by 
 Mr. Hodgson ; it can be seen from the top 
 of the excavation; it looks from this dis- 
 tance the very picture of desolation — too 
 true a portrait of the desolated heart of 
 its former owner. The trees upon Hook 
 Common come close to the slopes of the 
 railway upon both sides, and their waving 
 branches, at such a height above us, give a 
 most picturesque appearance to this portion 
 of the line. The excavation ended, we 
 emerge upon another of those immense em- 
 bankments which are met with upon this 
 line, it is fifty feet high, rather more than a 
 mile long, and contains 611,000 cubic yards 
 of earth. 
 
 Newnham, a small hamlet and parish is to 
 the right ; it can be seen by looking back 
 directly you leave the excavation. Its church, 
 dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a plain, humble 
 looking edifice, (no bad illustration of the 
 humble and lowly spirit which ought to cha- 
 racterize the Christian), it is picturesquely 
 situated upon the acclivity of a hill, and 
 nearly buried in the woods ; the living is a 
 Eectory, with the Curacy of Maplederwell, 
 in the archdeaconry and diocese of Win- 
 chester ; K. B. £17. 17s. 1 d. ; patron, 
 Queen’s College, Oxford. If the traveller 
 happens to be situated upon the top of the 
 
FOX COVERS. 
 
 72 
 
 From London. 
 
 42 carriages he will here have a most glorious 
 view ; an immense plain, stretching away for 
 many miles to the right, covered, or appear- 
 ing to be so, with wood, while here and there 
 a bright green plot appears to illuminate with 
 its sunny presence the cold magnificence of 
 the embowering gloom ; to the left the pros- 
 pect is not less interesting ; a succession of 
 small enclosures, some covered with grass, 
 some fallow, some with the waving corn, 
 giving prospect of reward to the toil of man, 
 and some occupied with clumps of trees, 
 give a variety to this beautiful plain, which 
 is perfectly enchanting. As we proceed 
 along the embankment, we see Mortimer 
 Hill fir plantation; it is five miles distant 
 to the right. We now cross over the road 
 from Newnham to Skewers ; the farm 
 which bears the same name is immediately 
 below the embankment, it is occupied by 
 
 43 Mr. Ducket. Half a mile further, a fine 
 brook, which looks more like a river, called 
 Water Lane Stream, passes under the rail- 
 way by means of a large culvert. Half a mile 
 further we pass over the road to Newn- 
 ham Green, and enter a short excavation 
 cut through a wood, it is in some places 
 from thirty-five to forty feet deep ; at its 
 entrance we pass under the old road from 
 London to Basingstoke ; upon each side of 
 us are strong fox covers abounding with 
 foxes, they are hunted by Sir John Cope. 
 Having passed through the deep portion of 
 
BASING CASTLE. 
 
 73 
 
 From London. 
 
 this excavation we see the Heriot Hill upon 
 our left, crowned with very large fir and 
 chesnut trees, it is a well-known land-mark, 44 
 seen at a great distance. After clearing 
 the excavation, we quickly arrive at one of 
 the most interesting spots upon the line, 
 it is Old Basing, with its most beautiful 44^ 
 church and the remains of its once proud 
 castle, both are admirably seen from the 
 embankment upon which we are travelling. 
 
 Old Basing was, during the Saxon dynasty, a 
 place of much more importance than Basing- 
 stoke, the termination of the latter being in 
 fact a declaration of inferiority ; Stoke in 
 the Saxon signifying a hamlet. This place 
 was the site of a bloody battle between the 
 Danes and the Saxons under Ethelred, as- 
 sisted by his brother Alfred, not then twenty 
 years of age, in which the latter sustained a 
 defeat; it became however more eminent from 
 the memorable siege of its castle, which was 
 held for the King by John Paulet Marquis of 
 Winchester, a lineal descendant of Hugh de 
 Port ; and also in a direct line from Sir 
 William Paulet, Knt., created Marquis of 
 Winchester by Edward the Sixth, and consi- 
 dered one of the most gallant knights and 
 “ most polite gentlemen of the age.” It 
 appears from a survey made in the year 
 1798, that the fortress and its out-work§ oc- 
 cupied an area of about fourteen acres and a 
 half. The external works were very irregu- 
 lar, but very strong, consisting of a deep 
 
 G 
 
GENERAL HARRISON. 
 
 74 
 
 From London. 
 
 ditch and high ramparts. The internal de- 
 fences consisted of a citadel, which, from its 
 elevated position, completely commanded 
 the external works, and was capable of an- 
 noying the enemy beyond them ; this 
 was defended by a covered way and a 
 fosse of about forty feet deep, surmounted 
 by a rampart. This castle, called Basing 
 House, was besieged for two years, and 
 oftentimes nearly reduced to extremity, and 
 as often relieved by the most extraordinary 
 courage and conduct ; it was ultimately 
 taken by storm by Oliver Cromwell, in Oc- 
 tober, 1645. Here Dr. Thomas Johnson 
 received his death-wound ; he was the au- 
 thor of the first local catalogue of plants 
 published in England, and of an improved 
 edition of “ Gerrard’s Herbal and here 
 the incidents occurred of which Sir Walter 
 Scott has made so much use of in his novel 
 of “ Woodstock.” The following is the cor- 
 rect version of that event ; “In the castle 
 was Robinson the player, then an officer in the 
 King’s service ; upon the Parliamentarians 
 having got possession of the place, he of- 
 fered his sword to, and requested quarter of 
 General Harrison, who immediately shot him 
 through the head, exclaiming, 4 Cursed be 
 he that doeth the work of the Lord negli- 
 gently.’ 99 After taking the house, Oliver 
 Cromwell burned it to the ground. Large 
 pieces of the walls still remain, also the 
 north gateway and many other portions of 
 
BASING EMBANKMENT. 75 
 
 From London. 
 
 the works ;* the whole forming an inter- 
 esting object from the railway. The Basing- 
 stoke canal passes through the north side of 
 the works. Basing is a chapelry in the 
 parish and hundred of Basingstoke ; the 
 living is a Curacy not in charge, annexed to 
 the Vicarage of Basingtoke; the Pop. 1103 ; 
 
 An. As. Vah £5652. 
 
 The old Basing Embankment is the first 
 Chalk work at which we arrive ; it is three 
 quarters of a mile long, and fifty feet high. 
 
 W e have on our left the interesting mound 
 above described, and as the eye wanders 
 along the peaceful canal winding its slug- 
 gish way, between those walls whose echoes 
 were so often awoke by the screams of the 
 wounded, and the groans of the dying, 
 and whose quiet was so often invaded by the 
 spirit-stirring and busy strife of battle ; can 
 we but regard with affection that wondrous 
 political constitution which has so long averted 
 from our hearths the miseries of war, and turn- 
 ed our energies to the cultivation of the arts of 
 peace, and the prosecution of such works as 
 canals and railways, which must add to (by in- 
 creasing the means of obtaining) the happiness 
 of man. The best situation to view the ruin is 
 from the viaduct of four arches, which carries 
 the railway over the Basing Mill river and 
 road. The canal proceeds upon our left and 
 
 * For a particular account of the Storming of Basing House, 
 see a pamphlet published by Mr. Chandler of Basingstoke, 
 which is now reprinting. 
 
HACKWOOD HALL. 
 
 76 
 
 From London. 
 
 parallel with it flows the river. Looking 
 across both, and very near to them, are the 
 plantations of Hackwood Park; the house, 
 Hackwood Hall, cannot be seen, as it lies in 
 a bottom, surrounded by trees ; the entrance 
 to the park is upon the high road to London. 
 
 This mansion is of very considerable di- 
 mensions, and situated as above stated ; the 
 grounds comprise upwards of 2,800 acres, 
 characterised by bold inequalities of hill and 
 dale, diversified with wood ; the plantations 
 are very extensive, and are in many places 
 composed of the finest forest trees, which 
 there grow in the most perfect luxuriance. 
 The house was formerly a hawking lodge and 
 banquet-room ; it contains several portraits 
 of the Paulet family ; among the rest, the 
 first Marquis of Winchester, by Holbein, and 
 Lavinia Fenton, the original Polly in the 
 Beggar’s Opera, who married the third Duke 
 of Bolton, whom she survived ; she died in 
 1760. The estate came into the possession 
 of Lord Bolton by a marriage with the heiress 
 of the late Duke of Bolton. A little further, 
 upon the acclivity of the hill, is an object not 
 so interesting to behold, but perhaps more 
 necessary — the Union Workhouse ; situated 
 upon an open down it stands a prominent 
 object in the landscape; its naked, cold-look- 
 ing walls seeming to tell of breaking hearts 
 and disappointed hopes ; and of aged sorrow 
 and of young care, each unsoothed by its 
 natural associate : of the separation of them 
 
n/ 
 
 OLIVER CROMWELL. 
 
 ?7 
 
 From London. 
 
 “ whom God has joined together:” this may 
 be an evil within its walls, — but, while we are 
 thus moralising, a troop of young creatures — 
 of happy faces and of healthful bodies— 
 clean and well clothed, are advancing along 
 the road under the superintendence of the 
 matron of the workhouse and several assist- 
 ants ; here are beings rescued from ignorance 
 and want — vice and misery ! This world is 
 a strange admixture of good and evil, and 
 the bitter, we imagine, must be received with 
 the sweet. 
 
 Basingstoke is seen in advance, upon the 
 left, just before we enter a large chalk exca- 
 vation, which we are now rapidly approach- 
 ing ; the cupola of its market-place appearing 
 at this distance as the canopy of some classic 
 temple. The view at this moment is worth 
 notice, but is quickly hid from us by the per- 
 pendicular chalk walls of the Basingstoke 
 Excavation; its extreme depth is about forty 
 feet, consequently the country on each side 
 is wholly hidden; it is rather more than a mile 
 long, and yielded 245,000 cubic yards of chalk 
 among which was a considerable quantity of 
 flint; having passed over, we arrive at Ba- 
 singstoke, forty-six miles from London by 
 railway. Upon the rising ground to the right 
 is Basing Mill, near which Oliver Cromwell 
 established his head quarters during the siege 
 of Basing House ; upon the hill through 
 which we have just passed, he is said to 
 have erected his batteries. From this spot , 
 
 46 * 
 
HOLY GHOST CHAPEL. 
 
 78 
 
 From London. 
 
 Basingstoke presents a most singular appear- 
 ance, with its thickly-clustered houses rising 
 up the hill from the valley — its modern mar- 
 ket-house and classic cupola, and its ancient 
 church, all of which are well seen from here. 
 A little further on is a beautiful ruin ; it is 
 most advantageously seen from the railway — 
 the Holy Ghost Chapel; it lies to the right of a 
 viaduct of four arches, which bears the rail- 
 way over the road from Basingstoke to New- 
 bury; the remains consist of a tower of an hex- 
 angular form, of beautiful design and work- 
 manship, and the south wall. The windows 
 of the ruin are, of course, void of glazing, but 
 are exquisite specimens of the architecture of 
 the age, when art received so much encour- 
 agement from the erection of ecclesiastical 
 edifices. These remains are the more curious, 
 as this chapel is supposed to be among the 
 first, if not the first, in the erection of which 
 bricks were used in England : the bricks 
 are faced with stone of about six inches in 
 thickness. The pedestals upon which the 
 niches rise, still remain, as does the canopy 
 above them; these are richly ornamented. As 
 no appearance of images have of late been 
 met with, they were doubtless destroyed at 
 the time of the civil war, when the chapel 
 was desecrated by Cromwell’s troops, and 
 the lead in various parts of the building was 
 I removed to make bullets, to use against the 
 I garrison at Old Basing. This chapel appears 
 i to have been originally erected bv Lord 
 
HOLY GHOST CHAPEL. 79 
 
 From London. 
 
 Sands (in the time of Henry the Eighth), 
 partially upon the ruins or walls of an ancient 
 Saxon edifice : whether this was a Christian 
 or a Pagan temple appears uncertain, unless 
 we admit, as evidence of the latter idea, 
 the fact that a Saxon idol was found while 
 digging the basin of the Basingstoke Canal, 
 near the town; if we admit this to be de- 
 cisive, the wall upon which the present ruin 
 partially stands, must have been built before 
 Anno Domini, 596 , the year in which Chris- 
 tianity was introduced into Britain, and con- 
 sequently must be 1243 years old. After 
 building the church, Lord Sands endowed it 
 with land for the maintenance of a Priest, whose 
 duty it was to say mass and to instruct the boys 
 of the town of Basingstoke, and the funds de- 
 rived from a part of those lands contribute 
 to the support of the present Eree Grammar 
 School, in which so many eminent men have 
 received a portion of their education. We 
 imagine that the inspection of these ruins 
 will be interesting to everybody; they are, 
 however, placed in a situation which com- 
 mands so interesting and so lovely a prospect, 
 that the mere admirer of the picturesque 
 will feel the labour of arriving at the summit 
 of the hill most amply rewarded, and we ven- 
 ture to predict, that thousands will visit the 
 ruins of Basing Chapel — the mounds of Basing 
 House — and the neglected walls of Silchester, 
 who but for the railway would, probably, 
 
80 SIR JOHN COPE’S AND OTHER HOUNDS. 
 
 From London. 
 
 At this station the passengers leave the 
 railway carriages, and proceed upon the turn- 
 pike road to Winchester. We shall now, 
 therefore, direct the notice of objects from 
 the mile stones. The country through which 
 we are passing is particularly favourable to 
 the sportsman, and abounds with game ; its 
 numerous covers are also the habitation of 
 many foxes. The country is easy to ride 
 over, there being no strong fences or rotten 
 brooks, and presenting long sights. The fol- 
 lowing packs are accessible from the Basing- 
 stoke Station ; the Vine Hounds, usually hunt 
 every Tuesday and Friday in the season ; the 
 Hampshire, hunted by Sir John Cope, usually 
 on each Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday ; 
 and three packs of harriers. The Craven 
 pack is also frequently within reach ; any in- 
 formation may, however, at all times be had 
 of the landlord of the George Hotel, Basing- 
 stoke, Matthias Fowler, who has good stables 
 and boxes ; and being an old sportsman, 
 he is well able to give information on the 
 subject; he has also one, at least, right good 
 nag, with which he will accommodate his 
 friends in case of their horse being sick , pro- 
 vided always, that the old gentleman has not 
 made up his mind to ride on that day, which 
 of course can be ascertained by writing. 
 
 We must now proceed ; on leaving Ba- 
 singstoke a view of no great extent, com- 
 posed principally of Downs, interspersed with 
 copses, occupies the sight for a quarter of a 
 
KEMPSHOT PARK. 
 
 81 
 
 From London. 
 
 mile, when Fsirleigh church is seen on the 
 left about two miles in advance ; close to it 
 is Farleigh park, the seat of S. Smith, Esq. ; 
 the woods which are seen in various direc- 
 tions upon the left are all connected with 
 the park : the country beyond is open, and 
 eminently favourable for hunting, that most 
 noble of the truly British sports. The coun- 
 try of the Hampshire hunt is bounded on 
 this side by the Stockbridge road, which 
 separates it from that generally hunted by the 
 Vine hounds. Having crossed Basing Down, 
 we perceive upon our left at about three quar- 
 ters of a mile distant, Hatch Warren farm, 
 occupied by Mr. Budd, whose fine flock of 
 sheep so frequently bears away the prize at 
 the various shows of stock. 
 
 Just past here upon the right is Down 
 Grange, the pretty villa of the late Augustus 
 It. Hankey, Esq., now occupied, we believe, 
 by his widow. Just before we arrive at the 
 49th stone we pass through the turnpike. On 
 the left is Kempshot Park, lately the seat of 
 J. Hamilton, Esq., now occupied by Mr. 
 Blount, a most noble avenue lined with stately 
 trees leads up to the house. This mansion 
 was occupied by George the Fourth, when 
 Prince of Wales. Southwood Farm is now 
 on the right; it is the residence of H. Laving- 
 ton, Esq. Just by the 50th mile stone we 
 pass upon our left the road to Dummer: this 
 is ornamented by trees of a large growth, 
 which give it the appearance of an approach 
 
 47 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
STRATTON PARK. 
 
 82 
 
 From London. 
 
 52 
 
 53 
 
 54 
 
 to some seat of importance rather than the 
 road to an inconsiderable village. The parish 
 of Dummer contains about 450 inhabitants ; 
 its church, which has a tower of wood, is 
 dedicated to All Saints. The living is a 
 Rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of 
 Winchester. K. B. £14 12 s. 3 \d. On our 
 left is Gander copse ; although small it is 
 said that a fox, hare, or pheasant, is always 
 to be found therein. The road to Stock- 
 bridge goes off to the right a little before the 
 52nd mile stone. We now approach Bromley 
 copse and Vidler’s farm, which are on the 
 right ; a little further on, the village of Pop- 
 ham, Popham wood, and a long chain of ex- 
 cellent covers are on the left. Near the 53d 
 stone, which is at the top of the hill, is a 
 beautiful prospect, particularly to the left; the 
 land is excellent, and is remarkable for the 
 richness of its pasturage. The road has for 
 some distance been lined by plantations upon 
 each side. The village of W oodmancote is 
 in a small parish, containing somewhat less 
 than 100 inhabitants; it maybe distinguished 
 by its church on the left of the road. On the 
 right is Bradley farm, and on the opposite 
 side of the way a quarter of a mile further, 
 we pass the lodge of Stratton park. The 
 elegant residence of Sir Thomas Baring is si- 
 tuated in this extensive and well- wooded park ; 
 it stands upon the site of a splendid mansion, 
 which, with the estate, formerly belonged to 
 the Wriothesley family. The original build- 
 
STRATTON PARK. 
 
 83 
 
 From London. 
 
 ing was pulled down (in a great measure) 
 by a Di ke of Bedford, to whom the property 
 for a time belonged, lest its attractions should 
 induce his successors to neglect his princely 
 family residence, Woburn Abbey. Situated 
 in a fine sporting country, abounding with 
 game, and surrounded by grounds which 
 presented the means of creating an Elysium, 
 the Duke’s forethought might net, perhaps, 
 have been misapplied. The late proprietor, 
 Sir F. Baring, rebuilt the house under the 
 superintendence of Mr. Dance, and consider- 
 ably improved and extended the grounds, 
 which are parallel with the road for upwards 
 of a mile and a half. We believe that Lord 
 Ashburton has a private road through a part 
 of them, which facilitates access to his splen- 
 did mansion, the Grange ; the entrance is at 
 the pretty lodge at the top of the hill near the 
 56tli mile stone. The original building was 
 erected from the designs of Inigo Jones, and 
 was pronounced by Horace Walpole to have 
 been one of his happiest efforts. The present 
 building is composed of a portion of the old, 
 but the appearance is completely altered. 
 The exquisite taste of Mr. Wilkins has ren- 
 dered it one of the most elegant and purely 
 classical erections in the kingdom. The 
 grand portico is from the model of the Par- 
 thenon at Athens, and is, as it should be, the 
 principal feature in the front elevation : its 
 appearance is commanding, and at once 
 stamps its possessor as a man of taste. The 
 
 56 
 
WORTHY PARK. 
 
 84 
 
 From London. 
 
 57 
 
 58 
 
 60 
 
 house originally presented the appearance of 
 five stories, two only are now perceived. The 
 views it commands, although not extensive, 
 are highly picturesque ; and the grounds are 
 laid out with much taste. 
 
 To the right is the village of Stratton ; it 
 lies nearly opposite the above lodge. Half a 
 mile further we come in sight of the railway, 
 and near it, of the hamlet of Micheldever ; 
 the large mass of foliage which is seen to the 
 left extending upwards of two miles parallel 
 with the road is Micheldever wood. The pretty 
 cottage which ornaments the break in the wood 
 upon our left, was built by Sir Thomas Baring 
 for one of the keepers : the game is here strict- 
 ly preserved. At the 57th stone we again see 
 the railway as it crosses the valley upon one 
 of the highest embankments upon the whole 
 line. Newdown farm is on the right, and 
 near the 58th stone, Lunway’s inn on the left. 
 Half a mile further we arrive at Five Mile 
 hill, from which an extensive view is ob- 
 tained of a highly cultivated district. There 
 is now little worthy of observation save the 
 general beauty of the country : near the 59th 
 stone is Pyle’s farm, occupied by Mr. Parker, 
 is pleasantly situated on the right. At the 
 60th stone, we have a fine view from Worthy 
 hill. A few yards further we pass the plan- 
 tations of Worthy park, lately the residence 
 of Sir Challoner Ogle, now of Colonel Wall. 
 Upon the hill on the right is Worthy Down, 
 upon which is the Winchester race-course. 
 
AVINGTON PARK. 
 
 85 
 
 From London. 
 
 A little further on we leave Abbots Worthy ; 
 we then pass through Kingsworthy ; the main 
 part of the village is to the right. Head- 
 bourne Worthy is on the same side, as is 
 also the residence of Mr. Bailey, who keeps 
 an excellent pack of harriers which often have 
 very good sport in this neighbourhood, that 
 is, good of the sort, for a fox hunter would 
 scarcely admit its excellence. On the opposite 
 side as we descended the hill, is a pretty erec- 
 tion in the Elizabethan style ; it is the resi- 
 dence of Mr. Baring, and was, we believe, 
 erected by that gentleman. A little more re- 
 tired is the residence of Sir H. Bivers; the 
 modern villa, lower down, is occupied by Mr. 
 Bennys. About two miles and a half to the 
 left is Avington park, the seat of the Duke 
 of Buckingham, but more celebrated as hav- 
 ing been the residence of the Countess of 
 Shrewsbury, one of the most notorious pro- 
 fligates of the reign of Charles the Second ; 
 there the “ merry monarch ” was often a 
 visitor. An old greenhouse is now shown, as 
 having been the apartment in which his 
 majesty was entertained. The mansion is an 
 ancient erection built of brick, and contains 
 some fine apartments, and a choice collec- 
 tion of paintings ; it is situated in an exten- 
 sive park, surrounded by high downs, which 
 offer a striking contrast to the well-clothed 
 valley and the thickly wooded park. As we 
 descend the hill at the bottom of which Win- 
 chester is situated, we pass the 62nd mile 
 
 61 
 
 62 
 
BARRACK HILL EXCAVATION. 
 
 86 
 
 From London. 
 
 stone, and shortly after arrive at the railway 
 station, 1 which is just to the right of the town. 
 The view from the station gives however, no 
 idea of the extent of this ancient metropolis 
 of the kingdom. Here we again resume our 
 more rapid (and oh, how much more plea- 
 sant from the contrast) mode of transit. 
 
 WINCHESTER STATION. 
 
 64 
 
 This station, as the name implies, derives 
 its name from its vicinity to the city. From 
 hence Alresford is 7 miles, St. Cross 1, to the 
 south of the line ; Romsey, 1 0 to the north 
 of it. 
 
 The station-house is situated upon a short 
 embankment, and is approached from Win- 
 chester by Old Swan Lane ; it is just past 
 the 64th mile post of the railway. We now 
 proceed on our journey, and passing under 
 a bridge of three arches, viz. one elliptic of 
 30 feet span, and two semicircular of 20 feet 
 span, we enter Barrack Hill Excavation. It 
 is three quarters of a mile long, 50 feet deep, 
 and yielded 273,000 cubic yards of chalk. It 
 is worthy of remark that the chalk in this dis- 
 trict is of so hard a nature that most of it was 
 obliged to be loosened by blasting ; the en- 
 gineer has taken advantage of this property, 
 in giving a very picturesque effect to the cut- 
 ting by leaving rugged portions, which gives 
 the appearance of a natural chasm to this 
 part of the line. It may be recollected by 
 
WINCHESTER PALACE. 
 
 From London. 
 
 the traveller, that Winchester was severely 
 visited by the plague in the years 941, 1348, 
 and finally in 1668 ; so frightfully disastrous 
 were these irruptions tnat the bodies weie 
 consigned indiscriminately and in numbers 
 to deep pits dug for a common sepulchre, 
 and an obelisk commemorating these tragic 
 visitations has been erected in the western 
 suburbs of the city. In excavating Barrack 
 Hill many of these pits were cut through, but 
 in most cases the human remains had re- 
 turned to their original dust. The well-like 
 appearance of these sepulchres is now very 
 apparent on the sides of the cutting, as por- 
 tions of the circle have been in many places 
 unavoidably left so entire as to distinctly 
 mark its original width and depth. These 
 holes had evidently been filled up with earth 
 and not with the chalk which had been taken 
 from them, as may even now be seen. From 
 a beautiful skew bridge of 45 degrees, over 
 which passes the road from Romsey to Salis- 
 bury, we direct attention to the left of the 
 line ; about two hundred yards from the side 
 of the excavation is an ancient palace built 
 from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren, 
 it cannot, however, here be seen on account 
 of the depth of the cutting, but by looking 
 back after passing the cutting, a good view is 
 obtained. It was commenced in 1683, but 
 the death of Charles the Second prevented 
 its completion. During the long war with 
 France it was converted into a residence 
 
st. Catherine’s hill. 
 
 88 
 
 From London. 
 
 65 
 
 for prisoners upon parole, and it is now 
 occupied as a barrack. The building was 
 erected upon the site of the. old castle, the 
 birth-place of Henry the Third, from thence 
 called Henry of Winchester. The situation 
 presents an extensive view, but being com- 
 manded by the adjacent hills is by no means 
 strong as a military position. Emerging 
 from the excavation we pass over a part of 
 the valley of the Itchen, by means of an em- 
 bankment of 45 feet high. Beautiful downs, 
 with smooth lawn-like slopes, rising in a suc- 
 cession of hill and dale, characterise the scene. 
 We now pass through a short excavation in 
 which is the 65th mile post, and cross another 
 embankment of 40 feet in height, from which 
 may be seen two remarkable hills, each 
 crowned with firs. That on the right was 
 the site of old Oliver’s batteries, from which 
 he pounded Winchester into subjection ; that 
 on the left is St. Catherine’s Hill, so interest- 
 ing from its Boman remains, it having been 
 the site of the Castra cestiva of the lioman 
 station at Winchester; its triangular form 
 and strong entrenchments are distinctly seen. 
 The latter may be traced even from the rail- 
 way. Another slight and short cutting will 
 serve to give notice to the traveller to be 
 prepared to look back on the left of the road 
 the instant he arrives at its termination, as 
 one of the finest views upon the line will re- 
 ward his attention, comprising St. Catherine’s 
 hill, the fine old church of the Hospital of 
 
ST. CROSS HOSPITAL. 
 
 From London* 
 
 St. Cross, St. Thomas’s Church, with its 
 crotchetted spire, the ancient palace of 
 Charles the Second, formerly noticed, and 
 the magnificent cathedral of Winchester, 
 an assemblage of striking objects combined 
 with an interesting landscape and a beau- 
 iful country (through which the Itchen is 
 wending its sinuous course),; such as are 
 ! seldom comprehended in one, view’. The 
 ancient church of Se., Cross.’ is situated in. 
 village of the same name,* which it mo doubt- 
 derived from the hospital, then founded hy 
 Bishop Henry de Blais. di?qfher of King i 
 Stephen (anno Domini 1 B32 ) •, ~ who endow ed 
 it for the maintenance and residence of a 
 master, steward, 4 chaplains, 13 clef'ks, 7 
 choristers, and 13 poor brethren, and for the 
 daily entertainment of 100 indigent men of 
 the city of Winchester, who all dined toge- 
 ther in a common hall,. (the tower of which 
 may be seen to the east of the church), thence 
 denominated 64 the hundred mennes hall.” 
 
 Its revenue was further aided by an endow- 
 ment of Henry de Beaufort, and at the sup- 
 pression of the monasteries it was valued at 
 £184 4s. 2 d. per annum. It was, however, 
 exempted from dissolution. This building 
 is most interesting, from the various archi- 
 tectural styles of which it is composed, many 
 of which are fine specimens of their peculiar 
 order ; the facility with which they glide into 
 each other displays the progressive advance- 
 ment of ancient architecture in a way that 
 
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90 ST. CROSS EXCAVATION AND TUNNEL. 
 
 From London. 
 
 66 
 
 cannot fail to delight the intelligent observer ; 
 the hospital is but one mile and a half from 
 Winchester, and is well worthy of a visit. 
 Its revenues still support a master, chaplain, 
 ten poor brethren, and three out-pensioners, 
 who have £10 per annum each ; besides 
 which 2 5s. is distributed among the poor each 
 year; and a daily allowance of a certain quan- 
 tity of bread, and beer is allowed for the re- 
 freshment of poor travellers, who are entitled 
 1 Ito* a- piece «of white - 'bread and a cup of beer, 
 on application- at the 'gate ; a specimen of the 
 , hospitality of- -our, forefathers which any of 
 | o*ui’ readers, may: experience if so inclined. 
 We: entet the St. Cross Excavation about half 
 a mile ^before the 66th post ; it is forty feet 
 deep, three quarters of a mile long, and 
 yielded 300,000 cubic yards of chalk and silex : 
 the effect of the chalk being left in a rough 
 state is much more striking in this cutting 
 than in the last. Just past the 66th post we 
 enter a tunnel in an open cutting ; it is a 
 beautiful piece of brickwork one hundred and 
 ninety feet long ; over it is the Southampton 
 and Winchester turnpike road. The direc- 
 tors were forced to this expensive piece of 
 work by the commissioners of roads. It was a 
 useless and wanton expenditure of their funds, 
 as a skew bridge of 45 feet would have an- 
 swered every purpose, and would have given 
 every security to the public. Having passed 
 through this tunnel we come upon a short 
 embankment, to the left of which St. Cathe- 
 
SHAWFORD EXCAVATION AND CUTTING. 91 
 
 From London. 
 
 rine’s hill is seen broadside to it, presenting 
 the appearance of a vast Cairn , with a gal- 
 lery or bench around its centre. We now 
 pass through the Compton Cutting, which is 
 about three quarters of a mile in length, and 
 thirty feet deep. At its end is Compton Em- 
 bankment, from which Twyford Lodge may 
 be seen, beautifully situated in the valley upon 
 the left; it is the residence of — Wadding- 
 ton, Esq. The village of Twyford is a little 
 in advance; a better view of it will, how- 
 ever, he had upon passing the Shawford Cut- 
 ting. Near this post we enter the Shawford 
 Excavation, which is the prettiest work on 
 this, or perhaps any other line of railway. 
 Here we must not forget to direct the tra- 
 veller to take another look backward (upon 
 the left side of the road), as the view of 
 Winchester, its Cathedral, Palace, the Church 
 of St. Cross, and the Tower of the Brethren’s 
 Hall, are from hence seen to even more ad- 
 vantage than at the place formerly referred to. 
 Coming from Southampton the view would 
 he on the right, and the suddenness with 
 which this magnificent prospect bursts upon 
 the sight as you pass out of Shawford Cutting, 
 is equally surprising and interesting. 
 
 67 
 
 THE SHAWFORD STATION 
 
 gives access to the little village upon the left, 
 from which it derives its name — this is im» 
 mediately below the embankment — to Twy- 
 
OTTERBOURNE EMBANKMENT. 
 
 92 
 
 From London. 
 
 68 
 
 ford, which may be seen behind it to the 
 eastward, (in this village Alexander Pope re- 
 ceived a part of his education in a Roman 
 Catholic seminary), and to Otterboume and 
 Compton upon the west. The locks of the 
 Itchen Navigation are to our left ; the village 
 of Compton is a little further on upon our 
 right ; opposite this upon the other side of 
 the line are the ivy-covered walls of an an- 
 cient chapel or convent. We now leave 
 Shawford House upon our left, it is an old 
 English erection built of brick, the resi- 
 dence of Captain Warren ; the canal and 
 river Itchen pass close to the grounds. The 
 deep cutting through Malme Hill, in which 
 the railway is from 50 to 60 feet below the 
 surrounding fields, being passed, (it yielded 
 296,000 cubic yards of material), we pro- 
 ceed along the Otterbourne Embankment, 
 having first crossed a deep chalk pit which 
 had been excavated for manure. The scene 
 to the left is pretty, consisting of small 
 enclosures, with the river Itchen in the 
 valley, and in front rich woods. The em- 
 bankment is two miles in length, and from 
 30 to 40 feet high, and contains 310,000 cubic 
 yards of material. Otterbourne is now on 
 the right ; it may be distinguished by the 
 high tapering spire of its new church : be- 
 hind the village is Cranbury House, situated 
 in a highly ornamental park, the seat o 
 Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq. The ancient 
 church of Otterbourne is immediately below 
 
valley of the itchen. 
 
 93 
 
 From London. 
 
 the railway : it has no steeple, and consists 
 only of a nave and chancel. Nearly oppo- 69 
 site here on the other side of the railway, is 
 Brambridge House, the seat of Mrs Craven. 
 
 We now cross over the Brambndge road. 
 
 The church above alluded to is on its side, a 
 little to our right. The course of the canal 
 was here diverted, and the position of the 
 locks changed. The canal passes under the 
 line, and proceeds parallel with the railway 
 upon our right. The river Itchen is still to 
 the left. The traveller will not tail to ob- 
 serve the beautiful verdure with which the 
 meadows are here covered, and the singulai 
 way in which they are intersected by narrow 
 channels, these have been cut for the pur- 
 pose of irrigation. In the spring the flood- 
 gates with which these communicate are 
 shut, and the cattle are then let in to feed for 
 some time ; after which they are withdrawn 
 and the meadows are left for grass, and 
 usually yield a very ample supply of hay. 
 The cattle are then once more let in until the 
 fall of autumn, when they are withdrawn, and 
 the meadows again watered by the river 
 Itchen. In some parts they have two crops 
 of hay, and feed the cattle but once ; here the 
 above plan is usually followed. When the 
 waters are very plentiful the fall of their 
 numerous streams into the hack water made 
 to carry off the surplus fluid sounds like the 
 mumming of a hundred cascades, and im- 
 parts to the summer evening a most refresh- 
 
ISAAC WALTON. 
 
 94 
 
 From London. 
 
 70 
 
 ing coolness. The waters of the Itchen 
 abound with excellent trout, and here the 
 luxury of the sport may be enjoyed ; the eye 
 delighted by the beauty of the scene, the 
 mind with the physical man employed in 
 casting the fly, (so artificially constructed as 
 to resemble at one moment the living being 
 dropping upon the uncongenial element, and 
 the next the drowning insect) and the senses 
 calmed by the luxurious murmurs of the water 
 — upon a good day this surely is the Fly- 
 fisher’s Elysium. Here, doubtless, old Isaac 
 Walton (whose dust now lies in the not very 
 distant cathedral), enjoyed many of his day 
 dreams, and pondered over his s mall philoso- 
 phy. We now cross Allbrook, which marks 
 the division of the Otterbourne and the Boyat 
 Embankments ; the latter is a continuation 
 of the former. Near the seventieth mile post 
 the canal re-crosses the line and again flows 
 parallel with it upon our left. Bishops Stoke 
 is on the same side, and may be distinguished 
 by the square tower of its church. This pa- 
 rish contains a population of 1,026 persons ; 
 its Ann. Yal. £4,719. It is situated in the 
 Fawley division of the county of Southamp- 
 ton. The church is dedicated to St. Mary ; 
 the living is a Bectory in the archdeaconry 
 and diocese of Winchester, K.B. £14 17s. 6d. 
 The church is, however, best seen from the 
 commencement of the next cutting, which is 
 called Barton Levels: the village is there also 
 in sight. We proceed onward, and near the 
 
STONEHAM PARK. 
 
 From London. 
 
 71st mile post pass under the road to Bishops 71 
 Stoke ; a little in advance is the Barton Sta- 
 tion. The line to Gosport and Portsmouth 
 here commences. 
 
 BARTON STATION. 
 
 This station gives easy access to Bishops 
 Stoke on the east, to Stoneham and to Rom- 
 sey on the west of the line. From it you 
 have a view for several miles in advance, 
 bounded by the woods in Townhill Park. 
 
 The church upon the summit points out the 72 
 site of Westend, a small village near the park. 
 
 Half a mile further north, Stoneham is upon 
 the right, with its pretty ivy-covered church, 
 which contains the remains of the celebrated 
 Lord Hawke, and a most superb monument 
 to his memory ; it is composed of white and 
 variegated marble, on which the family arms 
 are sculptured, and also a representation of 
 his victory over the French Admiral Conflans, 
 in Quiberon Bay. The living of this village 
 is a Rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese 
 of Winchester; K. B. £21 9s. Id., in the 
 patronage of John Fleming, Esq. M.P., who 
 has taken some pains to improve the interior 
 of this very pretty church. At the back of 
 the village is Stoneham Park, the residence 
 of Mr. Fleming ; the grounds are of consi- 
 derable* extent, well wooded, and harbour a 
 large number of deer ; the ornamental por- 
 tions were laid out by Launcelot Brown, a 
 
SWATHLING EXCAVATION. 
 
 96 
 
 From London. 
 
 73 
 
 celebrated landscape gardener, commonly 
 known among his contemporaries as “ Ca- 
 pability Brown.’’ About two miles south, is 
 an old mansion, formerly the seat of Lord 
 Hawke. We now proceed along the Swath- 
 ling Embankment, and passing the seventy- 
 third mile post arrive at the 
 
 SWATHLING STATION. 
 
 The village from which the station derives 
 its name is to the left; it derives some celebrity 
 from a mineral spring which flows in its 
 vicinity, and is said to be very efficacious in 
 curing diseases of the eye. Here the Bom- 
 sey and Southampton turnpike roads join : 
 Westend, and Townhill, the seat of E. Gater, 
 Esq., are also on the left. The white house 
 below the embankment, upon the right, is 
 the residence of Dr. Jones. We now enter 
 the Swathling Excavation, and about half 
 a mile further on leave South Stoneham 
 house upon the left; it is a red brick build- 
 ing, formerly occupied by John Fleming, 
 Esq., now the residence of Colonel Boucher, 
 and enter upon the Portswood Embankment; 
 it is half a mile in length and about twenty 
 feet high. Here, to the left, may be ob- 
 served the first lock of the Itchen Naviga- 
 tion ; the river is more to the eastward, 
 and is crossed by a pretty bridge, near 
 which the salmon-fishery was formerly car- 
 ried on with great success; a few fish are 
 
SALMON FISHERY. 
 
 97 
 
 From London. 
 
 still caught here, and we should think, from 
 the appearance of the water, that the fly 
 would be successful in the proper season. 
 The river now becomes broader, it is here 
 navigable, and assumes the character of a 
 large and powerful stream. The village of 
 Portswood, embosomed in trees, is upon our 
 right. We pass through Portswood Cut- 
 ting, at the end of which, upon a wood- 
 crowned rise, is Portswood House, situated 
 in beautiful grounds, commanding a fine view 
 of the Itchen water ; it is the residence of 
 George Jones, Esq., to whom some persons 
 give the credit of acting the “ Cat’s-paw’’ 
 to the Great Western Pailway, in their oppo- 
 sition to the Southampton line; however 
 problematical this may be, it is quite certain 
 that Mr. Jones was too shrewd to burn his 
 own fingers; for although common report 
 gives him the credit of purchasing this estate 
 for the express purpose of mulcting the 
 
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 74 
 
ITCHEN EMBANKMENT. 
 
 98 
 
 From London. 
 
 75 
 
 Southampton Company by an opposition; yet 
 the Great Western Directors, we believe, paid 
 all the expenses, such at least is the on dit 
 which prevails in this part ; we give it as we 
 received it. We now approach one of the 
 most interesting works upon the line, it is 
 an embankment across the tide-way of the 
 Jtehen water ; it was a work of no ordinary 
 difficulty, on account of the short time of 
 low water, which is peculiar to this river. 
 Many tons of materials were here deposited, 
 and swept away by the returning tide ; nor 
 was the difficulty surmounted until a plat- 
 form was made with trees and hurdles, which 
 being loaded with earth sank, and gave time 
 to raise the mound upon it, above high- 
 water mark, before the irruption of the tide ; 
 such, however, was the nature oi the bottom, 
 that the hurdles have in many instances been 
 thrown out from the base of the embankment, 
 and vast quantities of material have been re- 
 peatedly thrown up. The foundation of this 
 work is sixteen feet below low-water mark, 
 the railway is five feet above the highest 
 spring tides ; the embankment is eight hun- 
 dred yards long, and is now perfectly firm; the 
 tide is admitted at the north end under a 
 viaduct of three arches, at the south end, by 
 one of two arches. 
 
 On a summer’s evening this embankment 
 furnishes a view of no ordinary interest, and 
 the wood-crowned heights upon our left, dotted 
 with villas, are reflected in the pellucid stream 
 
IRON STEAM SHIP DOCKS. 
 
 99 
 
 From London. 
 
 below with a clearness that gives the appear- 
 ance of a submarine view. The bridge which 
 crosses the broad river in front, by means of 
 five arches, carries the old Portsmouth road ; 
 the new road is upon the other side of the float- 
 ing bridge, and is two miles nearer. After 
 crossing the Itchen water, we enter a small 
 excavation, called Northam Cutting ; we then 
 cross the Portsmouth road at about four hun- 
 dred yards before the seventy-sixth post. 
 Southampton is now upon our right, the cu- 
 pola of St. Paul’s church rises above the 
 houses upon the hill summit. The house at 
 the corner of the road is the residence of 
 Captain Brady, who, if he has no other title 
 to immortality, will be immortalized 111 the 
 archives of the Company for the exorbitant 
 price at which he managed to force upon it 
 his land. On the left a large ship-building 
 establishment may be seen ; many iron ves- 
 sels have there been manufactured, one of 
 which, we understand, is destined to cross 
 the broad Atlantic. Just before the seventy- 
 sixth post, we cross Bevoir’s-street, which is, 
 we believe, indebted for its cognomen to the 
 champion of these parts, and the conqueror 
 of the Giant Ascupart. Prom hence the line 
 is walled in ; we must, however, notice one or 
 two more objects, St. Mary’s Church is on 
 our right , the large building on the left is 
 Mr. Westlake’s store upon the banks of the 
 Itchen; and the classic stone building, a little 
 further, on the same side, is the toll-house 
 
 76 
 
SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 
 
 100 
 
 From London. 
 
 and entrance to the floating bridge ; a fine 
 substitute this for the old ferry. The Com- 
 pany’s station is now in front, situated upon 
 the bank of the Southampton water ; it will 
 have a continuation to the quay of the Docks, 
 which are now in progress, and which are 
 certain forerunners of the prosperity to this 
 interesting town, which in a few years cannot 
 fail of being one of the most prosperous 
 ports in the United Kingdom ; and in case 
 of war, will probably, in a great measure, do 
 the import business of the Port of London. 
 Certain it is, that the docks once established, 
 it will be the rendezvous of all large mer- 
 chant fleets waiting for convoy. For a more 
 particular account of these docks, we must 
 refer our readers to 
 
 FREELING’S Guide to Southampton, Net- 
 ley Abbey, Lymington, and the ISLE OF 
 WIGHT, which contains nearly one hundred 
 engravings, maps, &c. It is elegantly bound in 
 green cloth, in the same style as this work, to 
 which it is a companion. Price 4s. The press 
 has thus noticed a former edition of the work. 
 
 “ This is one of the most beautiful gems of art which have ever 
 issued from the press, it is not to be compared with common guide 
 boohs, but it will be an ornament to any library ; its elegant illustra- 
 tions, its convenient size, and very moderate price, render it a most 
 desirable companion.” — Observer. 
 
 “ This is quite an invention in the art of Cicerone-ww, and con- 
 tain s, in a small compass, informationin letter-press and by engrav- 
 ings, such as we should have thought could hardly have been given at 
 ten times its price.”— Spectator. 
 
For the convenience of travellers we have added a short Guide to 
 Southampton and the Isle of Wight, which will be found at the 
 end of this book in the alphabetical arrangement of the Towns on 
 or near the Railway 5— to tourists we recommend the above-men- 
 tioned work — this may serve for ordinary purposes. 
 
RICHMOND BRIDGE. 
 
SKETCH OF THE TOWNS 
 
 through or near to which 
 
 the railway passes. 
 
 ALTON is a market-town and parish in the 
 Hundred of Alton, County of Hants, pleasantly 
 situated upon the river Wye, and paved and 
 lighted by P subscription. It is forty-seven miles 
 S g W. by S. from London, and twelve south from 
 
 SSS » Ml s rtgs$s 
 
 1st for sheep and lambs, and September 2Jth, 
 for ’horses, cattle, and toys. The name is said to 
 be a perversion of Old Town, and its presen 
 appearance indicates its ancient origin, 
 one member to Parliament in the reign of Ed- 
 ward the First, but it has lost that privilege It 
 was for a time held for the King in the Civil 
 Wars, but was taken by the 1 arliamentary G - 
 ral Sir W. Waller. The country around the 
 town is celebrated for its hop plantations, but its 
 
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 104 ALRESFORD. 
 
 principal trade arises from manufacture of bom- 
 bazeens, of druggets, serges, and other worsted 
 fabrics. 
 
 The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a 
 spacious structure in the later English style of 
 architecture, with a square tower surmounted by 
 a spire. The living is a Vicarage in the arch- 
 deaconry and diocese of Winchester ; K. B. 
 £15.; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Win- 
 chester. Here are three congregations of Pro- 
 testant Dissenters ; a National School, in which 
 two hundred children of both sexes are edu- 
 cated ; they meet in a portion of the Town Hall, 
 which is devoted to this purpose ; and two or 
 three other minor charities. 
 
 ALRESFORD is a market-town and parish, in 
 the hundred of Alton, county of Southampton ; 
 fifty-seven miles and a-half S. W. by S. from 
 London, and seven miles east by south of the 
 railway station at Winchester. Pop. 1,437 ; An. 
 As. Val. £292. Market-day, Thursday; fairs on 
 last Thursday of July and October 17th, for 
 cattle and sheep. The manufacture of linsey is 
 the staple trade of the town, which latterly has 
 much decayed ; it is governed by a Bailiff and 
 Burgesses, and Petty Sessions are here holden. 
 The living is a Perpetual Curacy, and a Peculiar 
 of the Bishop of Winchester. At Tichbourn 
 Hall, near here, Sir Henry Tichbourn has be- 
 stowed, each Lady-day, a gift of two-pence, in 
 money or bread, to every applicant, and in some 
 cases there has been as many as 1,700. 
 
ANDOVER. 
 
 105 
 
 ANDOVER is a borough, a market town, and 
 parish, in the county of Southampton, sixty -three 
 miles W.S.W. from London, and eighteen from 
 the railway station at Basingstoke. Pop. 4843 ; 
 An. As. Val. £8,975. Andover or Andever, is 
 without doubt a corruption of the Saxon Andea - 
 fara, which signifies the passage of the Ande or 
 Anton, a small river upon which the town is 
 situated : others have supposed it to be a corrup- 
 tion of the Roman name, Andareon : the first 
 appears the most probable. The most remark- 
 able historical event connected with this place 
 is, that here, the victorious Norwegian Prince 
 Olave, received the sacrament, in 994, after 
 having overrun the country with fire and sword ; 
 on the occasion he promised “ never more to 
 infest the English territories,” and he kept his 
 word. 
 
 The town is pleasantly situated upon the river 
 Anton, upon the borders of the Wiltshire Downs ; 
 it is large, well-built, paved, and supplied with 
 water ; it consists of three principal streets, two 
 of which are wide and handsome. The chief 
 trade of the town is in corn, malt, timber, and 
 leather; the manufacture of silk and shalloon. 
 The market is on Saturday ; fairs, Midlent Friday 
 and Saturday, for horses, cattle, cheese, and lea- 
 ther ; May 13th for leather, and on the 16th and 
 17th of November, for horses, leather, sheep, 
 cheese, and hops. On the 10th of October a 
 fair is held at Weyhill, which is one of the 
 largest and best in England, it lasts fourteen 
 
106 
 
 BAGSHOT. 
 
 days, and merchants from all parts attend there 
 for the transaction of business. The town dates 
 its charter of incorporation from John, hut by 
 the Act of William the Fourth, passed in 1835, 
 it is now governed by a Bailiff, four Aldermen, 
 and twelve Councillors. The borough sends 
 two members to Parliament, the electors are 
 composed of the old constituency, and £10 
 householders, in number 322. The Church, 
 dedicated to St. Mary, stands at the north 
 of the town, it is a very ancient structure, 
 with a fine Saxon door-way at the west end, 
 and a low tower rising from the centre. The 
 living is a Vicarage, with the chapel of Foxcote, 
 in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester ; 
 K. B. £17. 4 s. 3 \d. ; patrons, Winchester Col- 
 lege. There are places of worship for various 
 denominations of Dissenters and the Society of 
 Friends. Andover has a free Grammar School, 
 a Hospital for eight old men, and a National 
 School, in which 250 children are educated ; 
 the latter is supported by subscription. An- 
 dover gives the title of Viscount to the Earl of 
 Suffolk. 
 
 BAGSHOT is a chapelry in the parish of 
 Windlesham, hundred of Woking, County of 
 Surrey, twenty-six miles W.S.W. of London, 
 and six north of the Railway Station at 
 Woking Common. This place is well-known on 
 account of the park and heath which have 
 adopted its name as a prefix ; the former was 
 much resorted to by James and Charles the 
 
BASINGSTOKE. 
 
 107 
 
 First, to enjoy the pleasures of the chase; it was 
 laid open by Parliament after the death of the 
 latter king. Bagshot Heath affords pasturage to 
 
 a large number of sheep which though small 
 
 are accounted excellent. On the borders of th s 
 common are many handsome villas. The hamletis 
 a collection of small houses a few of which aie 
 respectable ; it has some good hotels which de- 
 pend upon its situation on a considerable tho- 
 roughfare. The living is a perpetual Curacy 
 annexed to the Rectory of Windlesham. 
 
 BASINGSTOKE is a market town and parish 
 in the hundred of Basingstoke, county of South- 
 ampton, forty-five miles W .S.W . from London, and 
 close to the railway station, which has received 
 its name from the town. Pop. 3,581 ; An. As. 
 Yal £11,382. It is pleasantly situated upon 
 a hill, in a well-wooded and fertile portion of 
 the district, and derives considerable trade 
 from its position at the junction of five important 
 roads ; the staple trade is, however, corn and 
 malt, which has been much increased since the 
 opening of the Basingstoke Canal, in 1796. The 
 markets are held on Wednesday ; fairs on Easter 
 Tuesday, Whit Monday, and October 11, for 
 cattle and cheese ; the latter is also a statute 
 fair. The interesting ruins denominated the Holy 
 Ghost Chapel have been alluded to on page 78, 
 we need not therefore again refer to them. It is 
 of little moment to inquire at what time Old 
 Basing resigned its superiority over Basingstoke ; 
 it is generally allowed to have been a place of 
 
108 
 
 BASINGSTOKE. 
 
 importance in the early period of our history, but 
 in the time of William, it was inferior to the more 
 modern town, as in Domesday book the latter 
 is mentioned as a royal demesne, having a 
 market. We have no doubt but that the railway 
 will still further improve it, as easy access will 
 be had to the antiquarian remains (with which 
 its neighbourhood is so rich) ; and its beautiful 
 scenery must make it a favorite resort of the 
 citizens of London, who will now reach it in a 
 couple of hours, and for a few shillings. 
 
 The town was incorporated by James, and 
 Charles the First confirmed the charter of incor- 
 poration ; it is now governed, according to the 
 Act of William the Fourth, (passed September 
 1835,) by a Mayor, Recorder, four Aldermen, 
 twelve Common Councilmen, and other subordi- 
 nate officers* The Church, dedicated to St. Mi- 
 chael, is a spacious and handsome structure, in 
 the later style of English architecture, with a 
 square tower; it was erected under the super- 
 intendance of Fox, Bishop of Winchester; the 
 living is a discharged Vicarage, with the chapel- 
 ries of Basing and Upper Nately, in the arch- 
 deaconry and diocese of Winchester ; K. B. 
 £30. 6s. 5|<#., and endowed with £400 by private 
 benefaction and Royal bounty ; patrons, Magdalen 
 College, Oxford. There are here places of wor- 
 ship for various denominations of Dissenters and 
 the Society of Friends; a Free Grammar School, 
 which has revenue of about £200 per ann. ; 
 a Blue Coat School, a National School, both 
 
BASINGSTOKE. 
 
 109 
 
 supported by subscription ; Alms Houses for 
 eleven aged people, and various minor charities. 
 Dr. Joseph Wharton, a refined critic and excellent 
 poet, and several other eminent men, received 
 their education in this town. About seven and 
 a half miles from here is Silchester, the antient 
 Caer Seiont of the Britons, the City of Vindo- 
 num of the Romans. The ruins of this once 
 superb city are still full of interest; while in- 
 specting them the mind must be impressed with 
 the fragile nature of all things terrestrial; the 
 crumbling ruins around are among the strongest 
 evidences left us of the Roman domination in 
 the island ; we hear of their conquests, of their 
 virtues and of their crimes, but to our sight 
 their glory is denied ; the stalwart Roman 
 has degenerated into the subtle and treacherous 
 Italian ; the local evidences of their conquests 
 are fast perishing from the earth, and the ter- 
 ritories of the conquerors of the world are now 
 nearly circumscribed within the view from the 
 Seven-hilled City ( sic transit gloria mundi /) 
 Silchester was once a principal station of the 
 Romans, its walls were about two miles in cir- 
 cumference, and were defended by all the art 
 that the fortification of that day could give to its 
 locality ; they are twenty-four feet thick, and 
 their height must have been very great, as even 
 now, portions are left which have an elevation 
 of twenty-five feet. The city was surrounded by 
 a ditch or fosse, outside of which was the Po- 
 maerium, or sacred ground, forming a place of 
 
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 BATTERSEA. 
 
 recreation in time of peace ; and probably, in time 
 of war, for exercising the soldiers, it being within 
 the external wall or vallum, which at this day is fif- 
 teen feet high. The principal remains consist of 
 a considerable wall, which now measures about a 
 mile and a half in circumference, and at about 
 one hundred and fifty yards from the north-east 
 angle, the remains of a spacious Roman am- 
 phitheatre. It is now nearly covered with trees, 
 the centre being a large pool. Mr. Chandler in- 
 forms us that some persons are sufficiently cre- 
 dulous to believe that this pool is unfathomable : 
 there are, however, portions of more than ordinary 
 depth, which arises from their having been the 
 cavea or den for wild beasts kept for the combats 
 in the arena. 
 
 Battersea Bridge. 
 
 BATTERSEA is an extensive parish in the 
 hundred of Brixton and county of Surrey. 
 Pop. 5540; An. As. Val. £33,060. It is four 
 
BATTERSEA* Mi 
 
 miles S.W. of London (the hamlet is three-quar- 
 ters of a mile from the north side of the railway). 
 It has long been famed for its extensive market 
 gardens, which produce vast quantities of vege- 
 tables for the supply of London; it is also re- 
 puted to have been the first place in which aspa- 
 ragus was grown in England. Bolingbroke was 
 born in this parish (see page 29). One of the 
 parlours belonging to the ancient family seat of the 
 St.Johns, is still preserved; it is said to have been 
 the room to which the poet Pope was particularly 
 attached, and which was frequently the scene of 
 his studies, and literary conversations with his 
 accomplished host. In Domesday Book, Bat- 
 tersea is called Peter sey, it was so named from 
 having formerly belonged to the Abbey of St. 
 Peter, Westminster; the present name is evi- 
 dently a perversion of the original. 
 
 The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt 
 in 1777, it is built of brick, and has a square 
 tower surmounted by a spire ; the window over 
 the altar is decorated with portraits of Queen 
 Elizabeth, Henry the Seventh, and of his grand- 
 mother, Margaret Beauchamp ; the interior con- 
 tains some interesting monuments, that of Vis- 
 count Bolingbroke, referred to in page 29, men- 
 tions “ his zeal to maintain the liberty, and 
 restore the antient prosperity of Britain;” the 
 reader of history will easily decide whether 
 Bolingbroke’s political conduct was the result of 
 patriotic principles or of a domineering pride 
 and essential selfishness. Sir Edward Winter s 
 
112 
 
 BATTERSEA. 
 
 monument we have before referred to. Here also 
 is a monument to the memory of Collins, the au- 
 thor of the Peerage ; Curtis, the author of the 
 Flora Londinensis, and many others, which will 
 reward the search of the curious. The living is 
 a Vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and 
 diocese of Winchester. K. B. £13. 15s. 2 \d. 
 It is one of the most valuable livings near Lon- 
 don, in consequence of the extent of garden- 
 ground and the tithes collectable therefrom. 
 Battersea has also a Chapel of Ease, several 
 dissenting places of worship, and an endowed 
 school for twenty boys, founded by Walter St. 
 John, in 1700 ; a national school for ninety boys 
 and sixty girls, and an infant school ; these are 
 supported by subscriptions. Battersea is orna- 
 mented by several handsome villas, one of which 
 was formerly the residence of that eminently 
 good man, Sir John Barnard, who represented 
 the City in Parliament for forty years ; at his 
 death in 1764, his fellow-citizens erected a sta- 
 tue to his memory in the Boyal Exchange,' which* 
 was destroyed by fire in January, 1838. 
 
 The bridge across the Thames at this place, 
 is quite unworthy of the rich and populous neigh- 
 bourhood. 
 
CHELSEA. 
 
 113 
 
 CHELSEA is an extensive and populous pa- 
 rish, in the hundred of Ossulston and County 
 of Middlesex ; it is situated upon the banks of 
 the Thames, about one and a-half mile west of 
 London, and three-quarters of a mile from the 
 north side of the railway, and contains 32,721 in- 
 habitants. An. As. Val. £93,617. It is principally 
 distinguished for containing the Royal Military 
 Hospital, of which we have given some account 
 on page 26 ; the Royal Military Asylum, was 
 founded under the auspices of the Duke of York, 
 in 1801, for the education and maintenance of sol- 
 diers’ children. Parliament gave the money for 
 the building, and contributes an annual grant for 
 the maintenance of its inmates, and each regi- 
 ment in the service contributes annually to its 
 funds, one day’s pay; upwards of 1000 chil- 
 dren are maintained, &c. by this institution : and 
 the Duke of York’s Hospital, an institution es- 
 tablished for the prompt reception of sick or 
 wounded soldiers arriving from foreign climes. 
 Sir Robert Walpole formerly resided here; the 
 house in which he lived was occasionally the 
 
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CHELSEA. 
 
 114 
 
 
 scene of the celebrated Nell Gwyn’s festivities. * 
 Sir Thomas More, Dr. Edward Chamberlayne, and 
 Sir Hans Sloane, also resided in the parish. The 
 old church, dedicated to St. Luke, is a small 
 erection, partly in the decorated, and partly in 
 the early English style of architecture ; it was 
 rebuilt in the early part of the sixteenth century. 
 At the end of the south aisle is a chapel, built in 
 1520, by the celebrated Sir Thomas More, Chan- 
 cellor of England, who fifteen years afterwards 
 was beheaded. By some it is said that a por- 
 tion of his remains were interred in this parish, 
 but we believe that there is very little proof of 
 the truth of the assertion ; his head is deposited 
 in the vaults of St. Dunstan, Canterbury; the 
 monument in Chelsea Church was put up by 
 himself three years before his death. Among the 
 other interesting monuments in this church are 
 those of Sir Hans Sloane, Dr. Edward Chamber- 
 layne, Thomas Shadwell the poet, and of the daugh- 
 ter of Chamberlayne, the epitaph upon whom in- 
 forms us, that on the 30th of June 1690, she fought 
 against the French for six hours, on board of a 
 fire ship, commanded by her brother, and that 
 she was, during the action, dressed in men’s 
 clothes. The living of Chelsea is a Rectory, in 
 the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of 
 London ; K. B. £13. 6s. 8d . ; patron, the Earl of 
 Cadogan. A new church, also dedicated to St. 
 Luke, has been erected in this parish, see page 
 28 ; it is now considered the parish church on ac- 
 count of its size (the old church being used as a 
 
CIIERTSEY. 
 
 115 
 
 chapel of ease) the living is a Perpetual Curacy- 
 in the patronage of the Rector of Chelsea; there 
 are also several chapels for dissenters of various 
 denominations, and an Episcopal Chapel, built 
 by Sir Richard Manningham in 1718. The Chel- 
 sea Mill, situated on the banks of the Thames, 
 has long been a favourite study of artists, which 
 has induced us to give the slight sketch at the 
 head of this article. 
 
 CHERTSEY — a parish and market town, in 
 the hundred of Godley, county of Surrey ; nine- 
 teen miles W. S. W. of London, and 3J miles 
 north of the railway, pleasantly situated upon the 
 banks of the Thames. Pop. 4795. Principal oc- 
 cupation — grinding flour, the manufacture of malt, 
 coarse thread, iron-hoops, bricks, brooms, and 
 the raising of vegetables, &c. for the London 
 market. An. As. Yal. £18,022. Market day, Wed- 
 nesday ; fairs, Monday and Tuesday of Lent, for 
 horses, cattle, and hops; May 14th, horses, cattle, 
 and sheep ; August 6th and September 25th, for 
 horses, cattle, hogs, toys, and pedlery. The 
 town is governed by a bailiff appointed by 
 letters patent from the Exchequer. This place 
 is of considerable antiquity. During the Saxon 
 heptarchy the southern kings had their residence 
 in this town ; in 666 a Benedictine monastery 
 was here founded by Erkenwald, afterwards 
 Bishop of London. This having been burnt by 
 the Danes, it was refounded by Edgar : in it the 
 remains of Henry the Sixth were privately in- 
 terred; they were, however, removed to Windsor 
 by Henry the Seventh, and re-buried with suit- 
 
116 
 
 CHOBHAM. 
 
 able solemnities. At the dissolution the revenue 
 was estimated at £774 13$. 6d. The only remains 
 of this once splendid abbey are small portions of 
 its outer walls. On its site Sir Henry Carew, 
 master of the buck-hounds to Charles the Second, 
 built a handsome mansion, with some of its 
 ruins ; it was called the Abbey House. 
 
 The church, dedicated to St. Anne, is a hand- 
 some and spacious structure, in the later style of 
 English architecture, with a square embattled 
 tower, containing six bells; the ancient edifice 
 was taken down, with the exception of the chancel, 
 in 1804; the present structure was completed in 
 1808, with funds provided by subscription. The 
 curfew bell is still tolled here. The living is a 
 Vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and dio- 
 cese of Winchester. K. B. £13 13s. 4 dL In the 
 patronage of the Master and Wardens of the 
 Haberdasher’s Company and the Governors of 
 Christ's Hospital, alternately. There are places 
 of worship for various denominations of dis- 
 senters ; a Free School, founded by Sir W. Per-, 
 kins, which has now an income of about £400 
 per annum, and upon the National plan educates 
 two hundred and thirty boys, and one hundred 
 and thirty girls ; thirty of each sex are also clothed. 
 The tolls of the markets and fairs are also appro- 
 priated to the relief of the poor. The celebrated 
 statesman C. J. Fox, the poet Cowley, and Mr. 
 Day, the author of “ Sandford and Merton,” for- 
 merly resided here. Cowley’s study is still pre- 
 served. 
 
 CHOBHAM is a parish in the hundred of 
 
CLAPHAM. — COBHAM. 
 
 117 
 
 Godley, county of Surrey, twenty-six miles west 
 of London and three north of the railway station 
 at Woking Common. Pop. 1937 ; An. As. Val. 
 £6598. The church is dedicated to St. Lau- 
 rence ; the living is a Vicarage in the archdea- 
 conry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester; K.B. 
 £10. 12s. Id. tt7 
 
 CLAPHAM is a parish four miles S.S.W. from 
 London, it includes within its boundary many 
 handsome houses, chiefly occupied by wealthy 
 merchants. This village has long been consi- 
 dered as one of the most respectable in the en- 
 virons of London. The parish population is 9958 ; 
 An. As. Val. £29,223. The Church, dedicated 
 to the Holy Trinity, and which anciently belonged 
 to the Priory of Merton, was taken down with 
 the exception of the north aisle, in 1774, which 
 was removed in 1815, and a small Episcopal 
 Chapel built upon its site. A new Church has 
 been erected on the north side of the Common. 
 The living is a Rectory in the archdeaconry 
 of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester. K. B. 
 £8. Os. lOd. 
 
 COBHAM is a parish in the hundred of Elm- 
 bridge, county of Surrey, twenty-nine miles 
 S.W. by S. from London, and four miles to the 
 south of the W eybridge Railway Station. Pop. 
 1422 ; An. As. Val. £7094. The village is si- 
 tuated by the river Mole, near the road from 
 Kingston to Guildford; there is some good 
 angling for pike and perch between Pain’s Hill 
 Park and Esher Place; occasionally a few trout 
 may be taken with the fly, but they are gradually 
 
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 EPSOM. 
 
 disappearing, the natural result of the introduction 
 of the all-destroying pike. H. P. Weston, Esq. 
 is Lord of the Manor. The Church, dedicated 
 to St. Andrew, is in the decorated style of 
 English architecture ; the living is a discharged 
 Vicarage in the archdeaconry of Surrey and dio- 
 cese of Winchester ; K. B. £9. 1 7s. 11 d. ; P. B. 
 £130, endowed with £600 by private benefac- 
 tion and royal bounty; patron, PI. P. Weston. 
 In Cobham Park, the late residence of Harvey 
 Combe, Esq. is a splendid mausoleum, built in 
 the Doric style of architecture, by the Earl of 
 Darnley, at an expense of £15,000. 
 
 EPSOM — a parish, formerly a market-town, in 
 the hundred of Copthorne, and county of Surrey ; 
 fifteen miles S. W. by S. of London, and five 
 south of the railway. Pop. 3,231; An. As.Val. 
 £13,056. This place is pleasantly situated upon 
 the road to Worthing, and near to Bansted Downs, 
 upon which races are held twice in each year, 
 viz : the week before W'hitsuntide, and about the 
 middle of October : from this source much of the 
 traffic of the town is derived. Epsom has been 
 long celebrated for its mineral spring, from which 
 Epsom Salts were originally made ; they were, 
 however, soon found to be a sulphate of mag- 
 nesia, and easily made without its assistance ; 
 though formerly a watering-place of some popu- 
 larity, it is now in comparatively little repute as 
 such, and the assembly-rooms were pulled down 
 in 1804. The church, which has been rebuilt 
 within the last few years, is dedicated to St. Mar- 
 tin ; the living is a discharged Vicarage, in the 
 
ESHER. EWELL. 
 
 119 
 
 of Elmbndge, coun y th y ’ 0 f the railway. 
 
 S. w from Loodom It i» plea- 
 
 Pop. 1,210. AU - " , 1 f rom London, 
 
 C l are To fS 0 00 0 L ° ThTXnrd^deEted to 
 
 gesffl 
 
 brought from St. Domingo. The living 
 
 Tw-^fiT ^?L s 4riio„,w.d- 
 
 ^wSiaTSh. and formerly a m.rhet- 
 Surrey ; thirteen miles b.W . by ' o ^ As . 
 
 EsSs 
 
 which are several interesting rnonurn 
 
 Sg i. a Vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Snr- 
 
120 
 
 FARNHAM. 
 
 rey, and diocese of Winchester. K.B. £8. Here 
 was the celebrated palace of Nonsuch, erected by 
 Henry the Eighth, in the first style of magnifi- 
 cence, so as to make it unequalled by any palace 
 in the kingdom ; considerable remains of it are 
 even now in existence. 
 
 FARNHAM is a market-town and parish in 
 the hundred of Farnham, county of Surrey, 
 thirty-eight miles S.W. from London, and six 
 south of the Railway Station at Farnboro’. It is 
 pleasantly situated near the river Wey, but is 
 surrounded upon three sides by extensive heaths. 
 Pop. 5858; An. As. Yal. £20,991. Its name is 
 derived from its position near the fern heaths. 
 The town consists of one principal street, run- 
 ning east and west ; there are, however, two or 
 three others nearly as good, opening into the 
 market-place, and the general appearance of the 
 town is respectable and prepossessing. Here, in 
 893, Alfred obtained a splendid victory over 
 the Danes : Henry de Blois, brother of King 
 Stephen, here built Farnham Castle; this fortress, 
 it is said, was seized by Louis, Dauphin of 
 France, in 1216, in his expedition in aid of the 
 rebellious Barons against King John; it was de- 
 molished by Henry the Third, but subsequently 
 rebuilt by the Bishop of Winchester in a magni- 
 ficent style, with strong towers, walls, and a deep 
 moat. During the Civil Wars it was garrisoned 
 by the King and taken by the Parliamentary 
 General, Sir Hardrass Waller, after a severe 
 siege, and then dismantled. After the Restora- 
 tion, Bishop Morley expended £8000 in restor- 
 
FARNHAM. 
 
 121 
 
 : ing a portion of it, and it still remains one of 
 | the palaces of the Bishops of Winchester, and 
 contains an extensive and valuable library be- 
 longing to that See. Farnham is celebrated for 
 the growth of hops, and so highly are they 
 prized, that the growers put them into pockets 
 marked with a particular brand, which is changed 
 every year, and the growers are bound, under a 
 heavy penalty, to put no other hops into a pocket 
 than those for which the brand was made. The 
 trade in hops is the staple one of the place, it 
 has, however, a good market for corn. Market 
 day, Thursday ; fairs, Holy Thursday and June 
 24th, for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs ; and No- 
 vember 13th, for horses and cattle. 
 
 The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a 
 spacious and handsome structure in the later style 
 of English architecture, with a low tower at the 
 west end ; it is supposed to have been erected 
 towards the close of the fifteenth century ; the 
 interior has many interesting monuments, also a 
 handsome painting of the Twelve Apostles over 
 the altar-piece. The living is a Vicarage in the 
 archdeaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winches- 
 ter ; K. B. £2 9. 9s. 5d. There are places of 
 worship for various classes of Dissenters; a Na- 
 tional School, principally supported by subscrip- 
 tions, and Alms blouses for eight aged persons, en- 
 dowed with a farm, which produces £80 per year. 
 
 The monastic and other ruins in the neigh- 
 bourhood are interesting; near Farnham Castle 
 are the remains of a more ancient one (in the 
 upper Old Park), consisting of the stone wall 
 
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122 
 
 FRIMLEY. 
 
 which surrounded it, the moat, and a portion of 
 the towers. Near a beautiful seat, called Wa- 
 verly Abbey, are the remains of the monastic 
 edifice, from which it derives its name, extend- 
 ing in detached portions for upwards of three 
 acres, consisting of the south aisle of the Church, 
 part of the refectory, the dormitory, and the clois- 
 ters ; parts of which are richly covered with ivy. 
 
 Farnham was formerly incorporated, and sent 
 members to Parliament so early as Edward the 
 Second ; it, however, no longer possesses the 
 latter privilege; so little did the inhabitants 
 value their charter of incorporation, that the 
 bailiffs having been indicted for not repairing a 
 bridge, sent the charter to the Bishop and the 
 records of the Borough to the Castle. Augustus 
 Toplady, A.M., the celebrated controversial Di- 
 vine, was a native of this parish : it is now 
 governed by Twelve Burgesses, out of whom two 
 Bailiffs are annually chosen, who act as magis- 
 trates under the Bishop of Winchester. 
 
 FRIMLEY is a hamlet and ehapelry in the 
 parish of Ash, in the hundred gf Godley, 
 county of Surrey, twenty-six miles west of 
 London, and one mile north of the railway. 
 Pop. 1300. The hamlet is near the Black Water, 
 over which is a bridge leading into Hampshire. 
 The living is a Curacy, subordinate to the Rec- 
 tory of Ash, in the archdeaconry of Surrey and 
 diocese of Winchester; P. R. £44, endowed 
 with £1900 by parliamentary grant, royal bounty, 
 and private benefaction ; patron, Winchester 
 College. 
 
GODALMING. 
 
 123 
 
 GODALMING is a market-town and parish in 
 the hundred of Godaiming, thirty-three miles 
 S.W. of London, and ten south of the railway 
 station at Woking Common. Pop. 4559 ; An. 
 As. Yal. £13,889; market on Saturday, and for 
 corn on Wednesday; fairs, February 1 3th, for 
 horses, cattle, sheep, and hoops ; July 10th, 
 horses, cattle, sheep, and store pigs. The trade 
 is principally in flour, timber, bark, hoops, and 
 iron ; in the manufacture of worsted and cotton 
 shirts and drawers, silk, paper, parchment, lea- 
 ther, &c. &c. The river Wey gives an excellent 
 water-communication with London; this, and the 
 neighbouring streams abound with fish. The 
 town is pleasantly situated in a valley upon the 
 banks of the river ; by some the name is supposed 
 to be derived from the words Godas Aiming , as it 
 was presented to the neighbouring monastery by 
 Goda, Countess of Mercia ; the more natural 
 derivation is from Godlielm , a Saxon to whom it 
 belonged, and mg , signifying a valley. The 
 town was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth, but is 
 now governed by a Warden, four Aldermen, 
 and twelve Common Councilmen, according to 
 the provisions of the Municipal Reform Bill. The 
 Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is an 
 ancient cruciform structure, in the early English 
 style of architecture, with a tower surmounted by 
 a spire. The living is a Vicarage in the arch- 
 deaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester ; 
 K. B. £23. 17s. 11 d. ; patron, the Dean of Salis- 
 bury. There are places of worship for various 
 classes of Dissenters and the Society of Friends. 
 
124 
 
 GUILDFORD. 
 
 The Town Hall is a neat erection with commodious 
 offices, built by subscription in 1814. The prin- 
 cipal charities are Alms Houses, built with funds 
 left by B. Wyatt of London, endowed with £150 
 per annum; a National School, in which four 
 hundred children are instructed ; and £300 per 
 year left by Henry Smith, Esq., appropriated to 
 the clothing and apprenticing poor children. 
 
 GUILDFOBD is a borough and market-town 
 in the hundred of Woking, county of Surrey; 
 it is twenty-nine miles S.W. of London, and six 
 south of the Eailway Station at Woking. Pop. 
 38 J 3. It is beautifully situated upon the high 
 road to Portsmouth, upon the declivity of a 
 chalk-hill sloping to the river Wey, which is 
 here navigable. Its trade is principally in corn, 
 malt, beer, and timber, besides that which its 
 situation as a great highway has hitherto com- 
 manded. Its markets are on Monday and Tues- 
 day ; its fairs, which have the privilege of pro- 
 tecting all persons from arrest (a privilege 
 comparatively nugatory since the passing of the 
 late bill abolishing arrest by mesne process) during* 
 their attendance, are on May 4th and November 
 22nd, for horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs. The 
 corn-market is a building with a fine portico of 
 the Etruscan order, built by subscription in 1818. 
 
 This town is said to be of Saxon origin, and to 
 have derived its name from the words Guild , a 
 craft or fraternity, and ford , the passage of a 
 stream. It was a corporate town in the time of 
 Alfred, and is said frequently to have been the 
 residence of our sovereigns. It is memorable for 
 
GUILDFORD. 
 
 125 
 
 being the scene of a piece of cold-blooded atro- 
 city, viz. the destruction of the retinue of Alfred, 
 son of Ethelred the Second, which consisted of six 
 hundred Normans, all of whom were traitorously 
 murdered by Godwin, Earl of Kent, when on a 
 visit to this country, by the express invitation of 
 Harold Harefoot, then King of England. The 
 Earl seized the person of the Prince and deli- 
 vered him to Harold, who put out his eyes ; he 
 subsequently died in the monastery of Ely. 
 Henry the Second built a palace, and Eleanor, 
 Queen of Edward the Third, here founded a 
 monastery. The remains of a castle are still seen, 
 it is conjectured that it was built prior to the 
 Conquest ; the keep alone remains, indicating 
 that it must have been a place of great strength ; 
 this portion of the building is formed of flints, 
 ragstone, and Roman bricks. 
 
 The first written charter of the town is of the 
 time of Henry the Third, 1256 ; until the late 
 Corporation Act the town was governed by the 
 Charter of James the Second. The present 
 Corporation consists of a Mayor, Recorder, four 
 Aldermen, and twelve Common Councilmen, who 
 hold a court every third week, and have the 
 power of adjudging criminals to death at their 
 sessions. 
 
 The Borough comprises the parish of the 
 Holy Trinity, St. Mary the Virgin, and part of 
 St. Nicholas, all in the archdeaconry of Surrey, 
 and diocese of Winchester. The Church of the 
 Ploly Trinity is situated on the top of the hill, 
 south of High-street ; it is a plain brick building, 
 
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126 
 
 GUILDFORD. 
 
 rebuilt in 1643, in consequence of the fall of its 
 tower in 1640. The living is a Eectory ; K, B. 
 £11. 11s. 0 \d.; patron, the Lord Chancellor. 
 St. Mary’s is an ancient erection, principally 
 of flint and chalk, with a small embattled tower 
 at the east end, it is supposed to have been 
 erected in the time of the Saxons. The living is 
 a Eectory, and is united with the preceding; K. 
 B. £12. 5s. 5d . ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. 
 St. Nicholas is also an antient edifice with a 
 tower of modern erection , containing many, in- 
 teresting monuments. The living is a Eectory ; 
 K.B.£21. Os. \0d . ; patron, the Dean of Salisbury. 
 There are also places of worship for Baptists, 
 Independents, Quakers, Catholics, and Presby- 
 terians. The other public buildings which we 
 have to notice, are the County Hall and Council 
 Chamber; a Town Hall, erected in 1683, it is a 
 neat building, surmounted by a turret, in which 
 is an illuminated clock ; a Theatre, built in 1789, 
 and the Gaol, which was built with stone in 
 1763. There is a bridge of five arches across 
 the river Wey at this place. Eaces are here run 
 in Whitsun week for a King’s Plate, given by 
 William the Third, with one hundred guineas, 
 and several subscription plates; the races are 
 usually well attended. 
 
 This Borough has sent two Members to Par- 
 liament ever since the time of Edward the First, 
 the privilege is continued by the Eeform Bill ; 
 the electors are composed of the old constituency 
 and £10 householders. 
 
 Here is a large Free Grammar School, which 
 
HAMTTON. 
 
 127 
 
 has an exhibition to the Universities of Oxford 
 or Cambridge, provided by the sum of £57. 15s. 
 per annum, left by Mr. Nettle. A National 
 School, supported by subscription ; an hospital 
 for twelve aged men and eight unmarried wo- 
 men ; four Alms Houses for aged poor ; and 
 there is £600 a year left by Henry Smith, Esq., 
 denominated the “ Poyle Charity,” which is dis- 
 tributed by the Mayor and Aldermen. Arch- 
 bishop Abbot was a native of this parish, and 
 the Hon. Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House 
 of Commons was buried in the church of the 
 Holy Trinity. This place gives the title of Earl 
 to the family of North. 
 
 Hampton Bridge. 
 
 HAMPTON is a village and parish, in the 
 hundred of Spelthorne, and county of Middle- 
 sex ; it is beautifully situated upon the banks of 
 the Thames, 13 miles S. S. W. from London and 
 2-| miles south of the Kingston Station upon the 
 Southampton Kailway, to which the bridge across 
 the Thames gives the readiest access. Pop. 3,992 ; 
 
128 
 
 HAMPTON. 
 
 An. As. Val. £8,556. In the neighbourhood of 
 the village are a number of gentlemen’s seats, 
 among which is the beautiful villa which for- 
 merly belonged to the celebrated David Garrick, 
 who had a new front put into the house ; this 
 was designed by an architect of the name of 
 Adam, but the plantations and ornamental grounds 
 were laid out under his own immediate superin- 
 tendence. The statue of Shakspeare, by Rou- 
 biliac, which now ornaments the British Muse- 
 um, was formerly placed in the summer-house. — 
 Hampton Court Palace has been noticed at page 
 47, we shall, therefore, merely sketch the prin- 
 cipal historical incidents connected therewith, 
 which have become matter of history. That Car- 
 dinal Wolsey originally intended this palace for 
 his own residence is pretty certain, although he 
 presented it to Henry the Eighth, in 1526, when 
 the jealous watchfulness of that suspicious King 
 was aroused by whispers of the Cardinal’s hav- 
 ing dared to entertain the idea of rivaling his 
 master in the magnificence of his palace, Wol- 
 sey commenced the building in 1516; it was, 
 however, finished by Henry, according to the 
 original plan of the Cardinal’s architect, and af- 
 terwards becaife that monarch’s favourite resi- 
 dence. In 1537, Edward the Sixth was born 
 there — there Jane Seymour, his mother, died, 
 two days after his birth. In 1538 an Act of Par- 
 liament was passed to add a Chase to its already 
 extensive manor, and from twenty to thirty pa- 
 rishes were in a great measure depopulated, that 
 the bloated sensualist might enjoy his favourite 
 
HAMPTON. 
 
 129 
 
 amusement of hunting, without the fatigue of 
 seeking for his game in their natural haunts : the 
 large tract of land was then enclosed at the expense 
 of the country, and stocked with deer. This piece 
 of wanton cruelty and caprice was, however, can- 
 celled in the succeeding reign — the paling was 
 removed, the tenants restored, and the deer re- 
 moved to Windsor Park. In 1543, Henry here 
 married his last wife, Catherine Parr, and here he 
 not unfrequently celebrated the Christmas festivi- 
 ties. In 1544, Queen Mary, of fire and faggot 
 notoriety, passed the first month of her marriage 
 with Philip of Spain ; here, after the marriage, 
 Elizabeth for a short period was present at the 
 wedding festivities ; and here, when she had be- 
 come Queen, she occasionally caused plays to be 
 acted, and made it one of her favourite resi- 
 dences. James the First no sooner received the 
 Crown than he here took up his residence ; here 
 the celebrated Grotius visited him, as Envoy from 
 the States General, and was so struck with its 
 magnificence that he described it as u a residence 
 fit for the Gods.” Charles the First occasionally 
 resided here, and during the “ plague in London” 
 made it the residence of the Court, and here re- 
 ceived Foreign Ambassadors. Here Charles was 
 for a time imprisoned, and from hence he made 
 his escape to the Isle of Wight. Here, in 1645, 
 the stern fanaticism of the times found vent, in 
 the demolition of the most beautiful works of 
 art — stained glass, of the most sumptuous design 
 and execution — pictures of acknowledged excel- 
 lence, chef d ceuvres of their kind — and ecclesias- 
 
130 
 
 HAMPTON.— HERSHAM. 
 
 tical Ornaments of every description, were alike re- 
 morselessly, recklessly and wantonly consigned to 
 destruction ; and here, when the hapless sove- 
 reign had expiated the crime of indecision by the 
 sacrifice of his life, his murderer “the brewer’s son 
 of Huntingdon,” condescended to take up his 
 abode in the palace of more than a century of 
 kings : space forbids our following the suc- 
 
 cessive residents of this palace, suffice it to say, 
 that George the Second was the last of our 
 monarchs who there resided. It is one of those 
 objects which demands a visit from every native, 
 and every foreigner that comes within a reason- 
 able distance of its locality. It teems with his- 
 toric incident ; every room — every corner of its 
 grounds, remind us of some political cabal, or 
 some court intrigue, or some kingly amusement, 
 and we therefore recommend an early visit to such 
 of our readers who have not yet seen its deserted 
 halls — its still beautiful gardens — and the remains 
 of its splendid pictures. 
 
 For the benefit of such of our readers as may 
 visit the gardens of Hampton Palace, we give the 
 preceding plan of the maze. 
 
 HERSHAM is a small village, one mile S. E. 
 
KINGSCLERE. KINGSTOK-TJPON-THAMES. 131 
 
 of the railway station ; it is not mentioned in the 
 population returns. 
 
 KINGSCLERE is a market town and parish 
 in the hundied of Kingsclere, county of South- 
 ampton, fifty-four miles W. by S. from London, 
 and nineN. by W. of the railway station at Basing- 
 stoke. Pop. 3,151 ; An. As. Val. £9,66 7. The 
 principal trade is in malt and flour ; the fine 
 barley raised in the neighbourhood is particularly 
 adapted for the former. The market is held on 
 Tuesday ; the fairs on April 2nd, and the first 
 Tuesday after October 10th, principally for sheep. 
 The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large 
 building with a low square tower ; the living is a 
 Vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of 
 Winchester; K. B. £17. 1 9s. Id. ; patron, Lord 
 Bolton. It has a free Grammar School of very 
 ancient foundation. 
 
 KINGSTON -UPON-THAMES is ten miles 
 S. W. from London, and one mile north of the 
 railway station. Pop. 7,257, An. As. Val. £18,853. 
 
132 
 
 KINGST0N-UP0N-THAME9. 
 
 It is a market and corporate town, locally in the 
 hundred of Kingston, but under a separate juris- 
 diction. It is situated upon the banks of the 
 Thames, over which is a bridge leading to Hamp- 
 ton. The original bridge across the Thames at 
 this place was erected in the reign of Henry the 
 Third, consequently it was the oldest upon the 
 river, Old London Bridge excepted — that having 
 preceded it. The present elegant structure is of 
 Portland stone, and cost upwards of £40,000, 
 which was advanced as a loan by government ; it 
 consists of five spacious elliptical arches, which 
 are surmounted by a handsome comice and balus- 
 trade, with galleries projecting over the piers, 
 which gives it a bold relief when seen from the 
 river. Mr. Lapidge was the architect, and Mr. 
 Herbert the builder; it was opened by her present 
 Majesty the Queen Dowager, when Duchess of 
 Clarence, in 1828. When digging for the founda- 
 tion of this bridge many Homan remains were 
 discovered, and also in a field near the spot, a 
 large quantity of human skeletons, known to have 
 been Homans by the ornaments which were found 
 with them ; these remains have given rise to an 
 opinion, that it was here that Caesar attempted to 
 force the passage of the river after breaking up 
 his camp at Wimbledon; the Britons who perished 
 on the occasion were interred, it is supposed, in 
 a tumulus in the Barrow Field, upon the Middle- 
 sex side of the river : this idea receives some 
 support from the fact, that it was sometimes 
 called Moreford, which evidently implies that 
 there had been a ford here. We, however, ima- 
 
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES. 
 
 133 
 
 gine, that it is probable that the attempt at King- 
 ston was merely a diversion to enable the main 
 body to pass the river at Walton. ( See W xlton) 
 This town owes its existence to the Saxon era, 
 and was originally called Kyningestun , from its 
 having been a royal demesne, and the place in 
 which several of the Saxon kings had been 
 crowned, among whom were Athelstan, A.D. 925, 
 Edwin 955, Edward the Elder 900, Ethelred 978, 
 Edward the Martyr 975, Edgar 959, Edred 946, 
 and Edmund 940. Near to the Town Hall is a 
 large stone upon which, according to tradition, 
 the Sovereign sat at the time of the coronation. 
 
 Kingston is pleasantly situated upon the south- 
 ern bank of the Thames ; the air is very health- 
 ful, and the surrounding country abounds with 
 delightful scenery. Its markets are on Saturday ; 
 fairs, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Whitsun 
 week, for horses and sundries; Aug. 2nd, 3rd, 
 and 4th, for fruit, toys, and merchandise ; and 
 Nov. 13, for horses, cattle, sheep, (where there 
 are sometimes as many as 20,000 exposed for 
 sale,) and toys. The trade of the town is very 
 considerable; there is a vast quantity of malt 
 made here, but there is no manufacture peculiar 
 to the place. Members of Parliament were here 
 returned in the time of Edward the Second and 
 Edward the Third, but the privilege was abro- 
 gated by the wish of the inhabitants, who peti- 
 tioned to be relieved from the burthen. The go- 
 vernment of the town is vested in six aider- 
 men, 18 common councilmen, assisted by va- 
 rious subordinate officers. The church, dedi- 
 
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134 
 
 KIXGSTON-TJPON-THAMES. 
 
 cated to All Saints, is an ancient cruciform 
 structure, in the decorated style of English archi- 
 tecture, with a low square tower rising from the 
 intersection ; this was formerly surmounted by 
 a spire, which having been struck by lightning, 
 was taken down in 1 703, and the tower repaired. 
 The interior consists of a nave, two aisles, and 
 three chancels ; on the south side formerly 
 stood the chapel of St. Mary, in which it is said 
 several of the Saxon kings were crowned, but we 
 are inclined to think that the stone in the mar- 
 ket-place was the usual site of the coronation 
 ceremony. The church possesses many curious 
 monuments and crosses, which will gratify the 
 curiosity of those partial to the inspection of se- 
 pulchral records. The living is a discharged 
 Vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and di- 
 ocese of Winchester. K. B. £20 6s. 3d. En- 
 dowed with £1000 by royal bounty. Patrons, the 
 Provost and Fellows of King’s College, Cam- 
 bridge. It has also places of worship for the So- 
 ciety of Friends, and various classes of dissenters ; 
 a Free Grammar School founded by Elizabeth, 
 (there are about fourteen scholars who are instruct- 
 ed in the classics and mathematics) ; for which 
 the ancient Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen was 
 repaired and fitted up as a school-house; (the 
 Bishop of the diocese has a negative in the elec- 
 tion of the master and assistants :) a Blue- coat 
 School for Boys, of whom thirty-two are clothed, 
 and for girls, of whom thirty-six are clothed ; 
 a National School for 260 boys and 160 girls ; an 
 Infant School for 150 children, (these are sup- 
 
LEATHEUHEAD. 
 
 135 
 
 ported by subscriptions) ; Alms Houses for six 
 aged men and women, (who have from the en- 
 dowment about £2 16<?. per month) ; a Dispensary; 
 a Hospital, and many other charitable bequests 
 for ameliorating the distress of the poor. 
 
 LEATHERHEAD is a parish and town in the 
 hundred of Copthorne and Effingham, county of 
 Surrey. Pop. 1,724. An. As. Val. £5,601. It 
 is situated near the centre of the county, upon 
 the banks of the river Mole ; its neighbourhood 
 is remarkable for the beauty of its scenery — the 
 ride from thence to Dorking is not, perhaps, sur- 
 passed in beauty and variety of scenery by any 
 part of the kingdom, in the same distance. It 
 is eighteen miles S. W. by S. from London, and 
 7 miles south of the railway station. The trade 
 of the town arises principally from its situation 
 upon a popular high road, and from the gentle- 
 men’s seats in its vicinity. There is a fair on the 
 10th of October, principally for pedlers, horses, 
 and cattle, and also upon Old Michaelmas day ; 
 it is held in a field to the north of the town. 
 The church, dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint 
 Nicholas, is said to have been founded by our 
 First Edward; it is a cruciform structure, com- 
 posed of the decorated, and the early and later 
 styles of English architecture ; it has a very fine 
 screen, and a painting of the Last Supper. The 
 living is a discharged Vicarage, in the archdea- 
 conry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester. 
 K.B. £14 65. 0 \cL Endowed with £400 by royal 
 bounty and private benefaction. It possesses no 
 
136 
 
 MALDEN. — MERTON. 
 
 monuments of particular interest — if we except 
 that of the grand-daughter of Lord Cholmondeley, 
 who was killed by being thrown from a car- 
 riage in which she was riding with Her late Royal 
 Highness the Princess Charlotte. In the neigh- 
 bourhood are some elegant seats, among which 
 Norbury Park stands pre-eminent. 
 
 MALDEN is a small parish, thirteen miles S. 
 by W. of London, and two miles east of the 
 railway station at Ditton Marsh. Pop. 209 ; 
 An. As. Yal. £1,487. It is in the hundred of 
 Kingston, and county of Surrey. The church is 
 dedicated to St. John, and near it is the gate of 
 the ancient Merton College, which was founded 
 in the reign of Henry the Third, by Walter de 
 Merton, Lord High Chancellor of England, and 
 afterwards Bishop of Rochester ; this he after- 
 wards removed to Oxford, on the foundation of 
 Merton College. The living is a Vicarage, with 
 the Curacy of Chessington, in the archdeaconry 
 of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester. K. B. 
 £8 5s., endowed with £1,900 from private bene- 
 faction, parliamentary grant, and royal bounty. 
 In this parish is a powder mill, situated upon the 
 rapid little stream called Hogg’s Mill River, which 
 falls into the Thames at Kingston. 
 
 MERTON is a village and parish situated upon 
 the river Wandle, in the western division of the 
 hundred of Brixton, in the county of Surrey, 
 nine miles S.W. by S. of London, and three-quar- 
 ters of a mile south of the Railway Station. Pop. 
 1447 ; An. As. Yal. £7624. The original name 
 
MERTON. 
 
 137 
 
 of this place was Meretune , from the Saxon 
 words Mere , a lake or morass, and Tune , a town, 
 which exactly describes its situation. The prin- 
 cipal works which occupy the population are the 
 manufacture of hats and tobacco, a copper water- 
 pipe factory, bleaching grounds, and large gar- 
 dens, in which roses, lavender, camomile, and 
 the other sweet-scented or medical herbs and 
 flowers are produced for the chemists ; copper 
 mills, flour mills, and calico printing, most of 
 which employ the power of the Wandle’s stream. 
 The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is built of 
 flint, in the Norman style of architecture, with 
 later insertions ; it was erected in the twelfth 
 century by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey ; 
 there are some remains of painted glass in 
 the chancel window, which represent the arms of 
 the Priory and those of England. The living 
 is a Perpetual Curacy, in the archdeaconry of 
 Surrey and diocese of Winchester. P. B. 
 £63 12s. 9d . ; it is endowed with £2000 by 
 parliamentary grant, royal bounty and private 
 benefactions ; patron, E. H. Bond, Esq. 
 
 This place is said to have been the scene of the 
 murder of Cynewulf, King of Wessex, in 784, 
 and also of a great battle between the Danes and 
 Saxons, 871, the identification of the place ap- 
 pears, however, to be imperfect. In 1115, Henry 
 the Eirst gave the manor of Merton to the above- 
 named Gilbert Norman, who here founded a 
 Priory ; the structure was at first built of wood, 
 but fifteen years afterwards it was rebuilt of 
 
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138 
 
 ODIHAM. 
 
 stone ; it was liberally endowed, and at the sup- 
 pression the revenue was valued at £1039. 5s. 3d. 
 It was the scene of several interesting historic 
 events. In 1236 a National Council or Parlia- 
 ment for the Coronation of Plenry the Third and 
 his Queen Eleanor, was here held ; on this oc- 
 casion were enacted the Merton Statutes. At 
 this Council the proud churchmen attempted to 
 introduce the Imperial and Canon Law, but were 
 met by the Barons with their celebrated reply — 
 “ Nolumus leges , Anglice mutari .” Here also 
 the peace between Henry the Third and the 
 Dauphin of France was concluded, through the 
 mediation of the Pope’s Legate; To this place 
 Plubert de Burgh, Chief Justice of England, fled 
 for sanctuary when under the displeasure of the 
 Third Plenry ; and here, in the time of the Civil 
 W ars, a garrison was placed by the Parliament. 
 Its site is now occupied by an establishment for 
 calico printing ; the extent of its ruins, however, 
 may be seen, they enclose a space of about sixty 
 acres, and the east window of the chapel still 
 remains. 
 
 ODIHAM is a market town and parish in the 
 Hundred of Odiham, county of Southampton, 
 forty miles W.S.W. from London, and three 
 south of the Bailway Station at Shapley Pleath. 
 Pop. 3,310 ; An. As. Yal. £8,777. It is plea- 
 santly situated on the side of a chalk hill, and 
 the chalk pits in its neighbourhood supply a great 
 quantity for manure. In an historical point of 
 view it is interesting as having been the place of 
 
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 139 
 
 confinement of David Bruce, King of Scotland, 
 after he was taken prisoner at Neville’s Cross. 
 The town formerly possessed a castle and a pa- 
 lace, the keep of the former remains, and is still 
 shown as the prison house of the Scottish King ; 
 it was, however, at one time, more worthily 
 employed in sustaining a siege against the Dau- 
 phin of France, when, with a garrison of hut 
 thirteen men, it defied every attempt to take it 
 for fifteen days. The only remains of the palace 
 exist in a small farm house, which is even now 
 called the palace gate. 
 
 The market is held on Friday ; fairs, Saturday 
 preceding Midlent Sunday, and July 31, for 
 horses, cattle, and toys. The church, dedicated 
 to All Saints, is a large ancient structure of brick; 
 the living is a Vicarage, with the Curacy of 
 Gruel, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Win- 
 chester ; K. B. £23 1 Is. 5^d. There are places 
 of worship for various classes of Dissenters ; a 
 Free School for the education of twenty-five 
 boys, and a National School, supported by sub- 
 scription. William Lilly, the celebrated Gram- 
 marian, and author of a Latin Grammar, was 
 born in this town; he died of the plague in 
 London in 1522. 0 diham was summoned to 
 
 send Members to Parliament in the reign of Ed- 
 ward the First, but made no return. 
 
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 RICHMOND. 
 
 RICHMOND is a parish and village in the 
 hundred of Kingston, county of Surrey; it is nine 
 miles S. W. of London, and about five north of 
 the railway. Pop. 7,243; An. As. Yal. £25,767. 
 This place is not mentioned in Domesday Book, 
 but in a record of nearly the same date it is called 
 Shenc , Syenes , and Sheen , from a Saxon word 
 signifying resplendent — shining , — doubtless in 
 allusion to the exquisite scenery with which it is 
 surrounded. The lordship of this manor has be- 
 longed to the crown ever since the time of Edward 
 the First. Edward the Second also resided here, 
 and founded a Convent of Carmelite Friars, who 
 were afterwards removed to Oxford. Edward the 
 Third added much to the palace of his predeces- 
 sors, and here ended his days. Since his time 
 this ancient palace was frequently the favourite 
 residence of royalty, and has been more than once 
 the scene of its demise, Anne of Luxemburgh, 
 
RICHMOND. 
 
 141 
 
 wife of Richard the Second, here closed her mor- 
 tal career. Henry the Seventh here died in 1509; 
 Elizabeth in 1603; and the body of James the 
 Fourth of Scotland, was deposited in the adjoin- 
 ing monastery, after his defeat and death at Flod- 
 den Field. But we have anticipated our narra- 
 tive ; Richard the Second was so much affected by 
 the loss of his Queen, that he never after visited 
 the palace, and it consequently fell inio decay ; 
 it was restored by Henry the Fifth, who erected 
 near it, and richly endowed, a Carthusian Mon- 
 astery ; it possessed the privilege of a sanctuary, 
 which was there claimed by Perkin Warbeck, 
 (after he had escaped from his imprisonment by 
 Henry the Seventh), whose life was granted 
 through the intercession of its Prior. Perkin 
 was not, however, exempted from the most emi- 
 nent degradation, having been placed in the 
 stocks at Westminster and in Cheapside, and 
 there forced to read aloud to the people a recanta- 
 tion of his right to the throne, and a confession 
 of his imposture. About this time (1499) the 
 palace was burnt, but immediately rebuilt by 
 Henry, who then gave the palace the name of 
 Richmond, from the title he had borne previous 
 to his accession to the crown ; this appellation 
 was at the same time given to the village. Henry 
 the Eighth made this place the resort of his court, 
 and frequently the palace rang with shouts of 
 festivity ; here, in 1523, he entertained Charles 
 the Fifth of Germany ; here, as before related, 
 Elizabeth for a time lived, and here died. In 1 625 
 the courts of justice were removed to this salu- 
 
142 
 
 RICHMOND. 
 
 brious spot, on account of the plague which then 
 ravaged London. It was the favourite residence of 
 Charles the First, who settled it upon his Queen, 
 and it was at this palace that he stored many of 
 the pictures and treasures of art which he obtained 
 from the continent. After his death, in 1649, it 
 was surveyed by order of parliament, and sold in 
 1650 ; it was restored to the monarchy at an early 
 period after the restoration, but in a very delapi- 
 dated state, and shortly afterwards pulled down. 
 Upon the site of this palace is a house of the late 
 Duke of Queensberry, adjoining which are several 
 others, the owners of which hold on lease from 
 the crown. The park was first formed in the 
 time of Edward the First ; Henry the Fifth added 
 thereto, forming what is now called the Old Park, 
 Charles the First enclosed the New or Great Park, 
 and this act became one of the articles of impeach- 
 ment at his trial. George the Third contemplated 
 building a palace here, and directed the old lodge 
 to be demolished, and the foundations of the 
 proposed new erection to be laid ; the old lodge 
 was built by the celebrated Sir Eobert Walpole, 
 at an expense of about £15,000, and here he 
 frequently resided when he was ranger. Here, 
 also, Lord Walpole, son of Sir Eobert, afterwards 
 resided, and after his dceease it was for sometime 
 occupied by the Princess Amelia. This princess 
 forcibly withheld the right of way from the pub- 
 lic, but it was recovered by a verdict at the King- 
 ston Assizes in 1758, through the patriotic exer- 
 tions of John Lewis, a brewer of the town. 
 
RICHMOND. 
 
 143 
 
 John Lewis. 
 
 The new lodge was given by George the Third 
 to the late Viscount Sidmoutli ; it is situated upon 
 an eminence, with the Queen’s Walk in its front, 
 and a fine piece of water adjoining. In 1769 Sir 
 W. Chambers erected the Observatory near the 
 park, by command of George the Third, who also 
 furnished it with all kinds of astronomical instru- 
 ments, and philosophical apparatus ; on its sum- 
 mit is a moveable dome, containing an equatorial 
 instrument. The collection of ores from the 
 mines in the Hartz Mountains in Germany were, 
 a few years since, removed to the British 
 Museum. The grounds of the Old Park were 
 originally laid out by Bridgman, but were altered 
 to their present form by the celebrated Launcelot 
 Brown, jokingly called “ Capability Brown,’ * 
 from his frequent use of the phrase a this spot 
 has great capabilities;” the fact was, that on 
 
144 
 
 RICHMOND. 
 
 viewing a plot of ground, he instinctively saw 
 what could be made of it, and revelling in his 
 imagination naturally gave vent to his apprecia- 
 tion of the place ; his great merit consisted in 
 his close imitation of nature, and to him we are 
 indebted for many of the alterations of the gar- 
 dens of our nobility, from the trim and formal 
 style which prevailed previous to his time — the 
 present perfection of landscape gardening may, 
 in fact, date its origin from him. The New, or 
 Great Park, enclosed by Charles, is eight miles in 
 circumference, comprising 2253 acres, the whole 
 of which is surrounded by a brick wall. 
 
 The views from Richmond Hill are of surpass- 
 ing beauty, and although not very extensive, em- 
 brace everything which gives effect to landscape — 
 a wood-crowned hill, a fertile plain, a magnificent 
 river, many mansions and villas, the whole 
 bounded by hills in the extreme distance. It is 
 no wonder, then, that it is a favourite resort of 
 the population of London. The hotels are of a 
 very superior description, and are capable of ac- 
 commodating the most homely, or the most fas- 
 tidious. 
 
 Richmond boasts of many charitable institutions, 
 consisting of Schools, Alms-houses, and pecuniary 
 bequests for the benefit of the poor ; but our no- 
 tice of the place has already extended beyond the 
 proper limits. Richmond church, dedicated to 
 St. Mary Magdalen, is a plain brick edifice, with 
 a low, square, embattled tower ; it contains many 
 monuments, interesting, some for their singularity 
 and quaintness, others for the eminent men whose 
 
RICHMOND. 
 
 145 
 
 memory they preserve : among the latter is a brass 
 tablet, erected by Earl Buchan, to the memory of 
 Thomson, author of “ The Seasons among the 
 former is a tombstone in the church-yard, to the 
 memory of Bobert Lewis, barrister-at-law, of 
 whom his epitaph informs us, “ that he was so 
 great a lover of peace, that when the contention 
 between life and death commenced, he immedi- 
 ately gave up the ghost to settle the dispute,’’ 
 The living is a Vicarage, united in 1760 with that 
 of Kingston, in the archdeaconry of Surrey and 
 diocese of Winchester ; K. B. £20 6s. 3d. There 
 are also places of worship for several denomina- 
 tions of dissenters, an Episcopal Chapel, and a 
 Boman Catholic Chapel. There is also a Work- 
 house of considerable extent ; and a Theatre, in 
 
 Richmond Theatre. 
 
 which the accomplished, but unfortunate, Mrs. 
 Jordan often delighted her audience, and in which 
 the elder Kean often personated the magical con- 
 ceptions of Shakspeare’s tragic muse. The river 
 Thames, which is here about 100 yards wide, is 
 
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146 
 
 RIPLEY. — ROMSEY. 
 
 crossed at this place, by a handsome bridge of 
 five arches, the span of the centre being sixty 
 feet; it was opened in December, 1777, and 
 cost £26,000. 
 
 RIPLEY is a tithing and chapelry in the 
 parish of Send, in the hundred of Woking and 
 county of Surrey, twenty-nine miles S..W. by S. of 
 London, and three miles south of the railway 
 station at Woking. Population is calculated with 
 the parish. In this little place the celebrated 
 George Ripley, the Alchymist and Carmelite 
 friar (whose works were printed and proscribed 
 at Q ass.el m 1549), was born 1490; his principal 
 works were “ A Compound of Alchymie,” and 
 44 Aurum Potabile, or the Universal Medicine 
 query, was this 4 4 Morrison’s Pills ?” it at any rate 
 proves that the Charlatan’s idea of a universal 
 medicine is by no means modern. The Chapel 
 has lately been enlarged ; the living is a Curacy, 
 subordinate to the Vicarage of Send, in the arch- 
 deaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester, 
 not in charge. Patronage with Send. 
 
 RO MSE Y is a market town and parish, in the hun- 
 dred of King’s Sombourne, county of Southampton, 
 seventy-three miles S. W. by S. of London, and 
 ten miles north of the railway station at W inches- 
 ter; Pop. 5,432; An. As. Val. £6,570. Market 
 day, Thursday ; fairs, Easter Monday, August 
 26th and November 8th, for horses, cattle, sheep, 
 swine, cheese, and sundries. The present trade con- 
 sists principally in the manufacture of paper, shal- 
 loons, and sacking ; in the sale of malt, and in the 
 tanneries. The canal from Southampton to Ando- 
 
KOMSEY. 
 
 147 
 
 ver passes through this town, which is pleasantly 
 situated in a fertile plain upon the river Test ; it 
 has several good streets, which are paved and 
 lighted under an Act of Parliament. This place 
 was, until the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, 
 governed under a charter of William the Third; 
 it has now a Mayor, a Recorder, four Aldermen, 
 and twelve Common Councilmen, and is subject 
 to the other provisions of the above bill. The 
 Quarter Sessions are held in the Court House, 
 which is situated in the Abbey Precinct. The 
 church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a magnificent 
 cruciform structure, with a tower rising from the 
 intersection, and is principally in the Norman 
 style of architecture ; the interior possesses 
 very many ancient and interesting monuments, 
 and a curious oaken screen. The living, which 
 comprises the two parishes of Romsey Infra and 
 Extra, is a discharged Vicarage, in the archdea- 
 conry and diocese of Winchester; K. B. £20 
 18s. l|d. ; Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of 
 Winchester. Until lately an apple tree, supposed 
 to be 200 years old, was growing and producing 
 fruit upon the roof of the church; it is now dead. 
 The town contains places of worship for various 
 denominations of dissenters ; a Free School, a 
 National School for 300 boys, supported by sub- 
 scription, Almshouses, and Charity School. There 
 was formerly an Abbey of Benedictine Nuns here, 
 the only remains of which is the above church 
 and a few walls ; it was remarkable for having 
 had all the first Abbesses of royal birth, and 
 celebrated for their sanctity ; this did not, how- 
 
148 
 
 SALISBURY. 
 
 ever, prevent it being plundered by the Danes— 
 fortunately the sisters, with the relics, &c., had 
 been previously removed to Winchester, through 
 the precaution of the Abbess Elwina. 
 
 SALISBURY is a city, having separate juris- 
 diction, the capital of the county, locally in the 
 hundred of Underditch, county of Wilts, eighty- 
 two miles S.W. by W. of London, and twenty-six 
 from the railway station at Popham Beacons ; 
 Pop. 9,876. It formerly did a large trade in 
 cloth, flannels, druggets, and cutlery; but has lost 
 most of it, and only retains the manufacture of 
 the very superior articles of cutlery, for which 
 the demand is very limited ; its situation has, 
 however, hitherto been its support: the railway 
 will probably be the cause of its improvement or 
 its still more sensible decline. 
 
 This city owns its rise to the quarrels between 
 the clergy and military at Old Sarum (the place 
 se well-known in the parliamentary squabbles of 
 the last quarter of a century), the former finding 
 the strong arm of the sword more powerful than 
 the sleeping thunder of Rome, applied to Pope 
 Honorius for permission to move the See to some 
 less turbulent spot ; which having obtained, 
 Bishop Poore selected the site now occupied by, 
 and laid the foundation of the present magnificent 
 Cathedral, in 1220. The pleasantness of the 
 spot and the presence of the Church, induced 
 numbers to flock to, and build houses around 
 the sacred edifice ; hence then was the origin, 
 and the first steps to the construction of the pre- 
 sent city. Henry the Third invested it with a 
 
SALISBURY. 
 
 149 
 
 charter, which, on occasion of some dispute be- 
 tween the Sheep and Shepherd, Edward the First 
 cancelled ; but, after an amicable arrangement of 
 the quarrel, restored. A parliament or council 
 has more than once been held here by our kings, 
 but the first very notable historical event was, the 
 execution, in 1483, of Henry Stafford, Duke of 
 Buckingham, after an unsuccessful insurrection 
 against the “ Crooked -back Tyrant,” Bichard the 
 Third. 
 
 It is situated in a pleasant valley, near the 
 confluence of the rivers Madder and Willey 
 with the Avon: the waters of the Avon flow 
 through the city in small channels, lined with 
 brick. The principal streets are so arranged as to 
 form a number of quadrangles, denominated 
 checkers. There is a communication with Harn- 
 ham, by means of an ancient bridge of ten 
 arches; two others, give access to the suburb 
 called Fisherton Anger. The city was governed 
 according to the Charter of Henry the Third, 
 until the passing of the Municipal Beform Bill ; 
 the government is now vested in a Mayor, Be- 
 corder, Deputy-Becorder, six Aldermen, eigh- 
 teen Common Councilmen, and various sub- 
 ordinate officers: it is divided into three pa- 
 rishes, viz : St. Martin’s, St. Edmund’s, and St. 
 Thomas’s. St. Martin’s Church is a spacious edi- 
 fice, of a mixed style of architecture, with a 
 tower and spire. The living is a Bectory ; K. B. 
 £11 3s. Id.; P. B. £55. Endowed by parlia- 
 mentary grant with £1,000; Patron, Wadham 
 Wyndham, Esq. St. Edmund’s Church was for- 
 
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150 
 
 SALISBURY. 
 
 meriy collegiate ; it is a handsome and spacious 
 edifice, in the later English style of architecture, 
 2? a . m0d l m t° wer , built in a style to harmonise 
 w th the other part of the superstructure. The 
 
 iK 1S f% r e u° ry; F‘ R - £115 ; Patron, the 
 5 fi P i allS , bury ' St Thomas’s is a spacious 
 edifice, m the later style of English architecture, 
 ihe living is a Perpetual Curacy; P. R. £ 80 . 
 imdowed by parliamentary grant with £1,200, in 
 the patronage of the Dean and Chapter. The 
 Cathedral Church is dedicated to the Virgin 
 
 R has the 0 higheSt s P ire of any in Eng- 
 land if we except St. Paul’s. This church is the 
 finest specimen of the early English style of 
 rt th f kl Pg dom : the extreme length 
 7fi f F J kl 'eadtli °P the nave and aisles 
 J / eed; the breadth from north to south 210 
 ieet ; the height of the nave 80 feet. The edifice 
 was repaired under the direction of Mr Wvatt 
 at an expense of £ 26 , 000 ; the cloisters ' are the 
 largest and most beautiful of any in the kingdom, 
 lhe establishment consists of a Bishop, Dean, 
 Chancellor, Precentor, Treasurer, six Canons, who 
 me also Prebendaries, three Archdeacons, (for 
 Wilts, Berks, and Sarum,) Sub-Dean, thirty-eight 
 
 Pr l b , ei ni aneS ’ f ° Ur Pliests Vicars > six Sin ging Men, 
 eight Choristers, and other subordinate officers, 
 lhe Bishopric is valued in K. B. £1,386 5s. 
 Deanery, £204 10s. Precentorship, £69 6s. 8 d. 
 Chancellorship, £56 6s. 10 d. Treasurership, £101 
 
 Archdeaconry of Berks, £54 13s. 6d., 
 of \Vilts, £64 18s. 9d., of Sarum, £70 11s. 8 d. 
 Sub-Deanery, 33s. id., and the Succentorship, 
 
SALISBURY. 
 
 151 
 
 £13. The Diocese comprises the counties of 
 Wilts and Berks. There are here also places of 
 worship for various denominations of dissenters 
 and Roman Catholics. In the Cathedral Close 
 there is a Grammar School, in which the cele- 
 brated Addison received a portion of his edu- 
 cation; besides which there is the City Grammar 
 School, founded by Elizabeth ; a School for 
 Female Orphans ; a National, and several Sunday 
 Schools; a Hospital for a master and twelve 
 brethren and sisters ; another for twelve aged 
 men ; a College of Matrons, for the support of 
 ten clergymen’s widows, endowed with £200 per 
 year ; an Infirmary ; a Mendicity Society, and 
 several minor charities. 
 
 The Council House is a fine structure, situated 
 in the Market-square ; in it are held the City and 
 County Sessions and Assizes ; the city has also a 
 Gaol, a Bridewell, a Theatre, a Museum, and a 
 Public Library and Reading Rooms. It sends 
 two members to Parliament ; the Reform Bill has 
 added the £10 householders, about 627 in num- 
 ber, to the old constituency. Races are held 
 here in the month of August. Salisbury gives 
 the title of Marquis to the family of Cicil. 
 
152 
 
 STOCKBRIDGE. 
 
 STOCKBBIDGE is a borough by prescription, 
 a market town and parish in the hundred of 
 King’s Sombourne (but having separate jurisdic- 
 tion) and in the county of Southampton, sixty- 
 six miles W.S.W. of London, and eleven and 
 a half north from the railway station at Popham 
 Beacons; Pop. 851 ; An. As. Yal. £1,759. It is 
 situated upon the river Test, over which is a very 
 handsome bridge, built in 1799. The Andover 
 canal runs through it, and also five small streams, 
 all of which are crossed by bridges. These ri- 
 vulets present some of the best fly-fishing in the 
 kingdom; many of the nobility and gentry of 
 this and the adjoining county meet here to enjoy 
 this elegant and scientific diversion ; the trout 
 are particularly good. Paces are held here in 
 Julie, under the patronage of Earl Grosvenor. 
 The town has but little trade, the preparation of 
 parchment and glue are the only manufactures. 
 The market is on Thursday ; the only fair which is 
 now held, is on the 10th of July, professedly for 
 horses and sheep ; it is one of the largest markets 
 for lambs, many thousands being generally sold 
 upon each occasion. The downs in the neigh- 
 bourhood retain mementos of the visits of the 
 Danes ; upon the Danebury is an entrenchment 
 
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 153 
 
 in excellent preservation, it encloses a consider- 
 able area, and has very high ramparts. Canute’s 
 Barrow is also still seen in the neighbourhood, 
 so named to distinguish it from similar memo- 
 rials. Stockbridge returned members to Parlia- 
 ment in the time of Elizabeth, and continued to 
 return two each election until disfranchised by 
 the Beform Bill. The town is governed by a 
 Constable and Bailiff. 
 
 The Church is dedicated to St. Peter, the 
 living is a Curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese 
 of Winchester ; patronage with King’s Sombourne 
 Vicarage. There is a place of worship for Me- 
 thodists in the town. 
 
 Teddington Locks. 
 
 TEDDINGTON — a parish in the hundred of 
 bpelthorne, county of Middlesex: twelve miles 
 S. W. by W. from London, and about three miles 
 and a half from the railway; Pop. 895; An. As 
 Val. £5,237. The village is pleasantly situated 
 upon the banks of the Thames, and extends to 
 
154 
 
 THORNE. 
 
 the borders of Bushey Park ; this park is a royal 
 demesne, its mansion was long occupied by Wil- 
 liam the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, and is 
 now one of the residences of the Queen Dow^. 
 agef. This beautiful domain was thrown open to 
 the public in 1752, through the exertions of a 
 man named Timothy Bennet, a shoemaker ; from 
 this right the people had long been withheld, and 
 it is probably would not now enjoy, but for the 
 patriotic cobbler ; it will not, however, again be 
 lost from disuse ; an excellent public road leads 
 through the park, from Teddington to Hampton 
 Court, each side of which is planted with horse 
 chesnut trees, and the sylvan shades with which 
 it abounds is the continued resort of cockney 
 gypsy parties, to the no little annoyance of the 
 sheep and deer, whose retreats are thus uncere- 
 moniously invaded. 
 
 Teddington church, dedicated to St. Mary, is 
 principally in the later style of English architec- 
 ture, and contains some Curious monuments. The 
 living is a Donative* in the archdeaconry of Mid- 
 dlesex, and diocesC of London; P. B. £110; 
 Patron, the Earl of Bradford. The Thames at 
 Teddington Locks offers occasional sport to the 
 angler from its banks, but he who will venture to 
 drown worms, &c., from a punt, will rarely fail of 
 a bite — wind and weather permitting. 
 
 THORPE — a parish in the hundred of Godley, 
 and county of Surrey ; nineteen miles S. W. of 
 London, and seven and a half miles north of the 
 railway ; Pop. 550. The church is dedicated to 
 St. Mary. The living is a Vicarage, in the arch- 
 
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 155 
 
 deaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester ; 
 K. B. £5. 136*. 4 d. Endowed with £800, from 
 private benefaction and royal bounty. Patron, 
 the Lord Chancellor. 
 
 WALTON-UPON-THAMES— a parish in the 
 hundred of Elmbridge, county of Surrey, eighteen 
 miles west of London, and three quarters of a 
 mile north of the railway station,; Pop. 2035; 
 An. As. Val. £11,522. It is situated upon the 
 southern bank of the Thames, over which is a 
 handsome bridge of brick and stone, of very con- 
 siderable length. The place derives its name from 
 the formidable Iloman works which can still be 
 traced upon St. George’s Hill, and at Qatlands ; 
 those on the former are still called Caesar's Camp. 
 It was at this place that the naked breast of the 
 Britons was successfully opposed to the mailed 
 legions of Borne, under their unconquered 
 leader. Here the Britons, under Cassivelaunus, 
 opposed Caesar’s passage up the river, and having 
 driven stakes into its bed, defeated the most vi- 
 gorous efforts of Borne’s victorious general. That 
 this was the place of Caesar’s grand attempt is 
 certain, from the fact of the stakes having been 
 repeatedly raised by the fishermen; they have 
 generally been found about six feet in length* 
 perfectly black, shod with iron, and so hard as to 
 turn the edge of an axe ; the ford is still called 
 Coway Stakes; and among other corroborating 
 facts may be mentioned that, in 1725, there were 
 several Boman remains found at Oatlands, at 
 about twenty-five feet from the surface of the 
 ground, consisting of some curious wedges, or 
 
156 
 
 WALTON-UPON-THAMES. 
 
 celts, pieces of armour and spear heads. This 
 place (Walton) is of little importance in itself, 
 but has a considerable trade from the surrounding 
 neighbourhood; it has fairs on the Wednesday 
 and Thursday of Easter week, at which a good 
 many horses, cattle, and sheep are disposed of. 
 The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a hand- 
 some structure, of considerable antiquity ; it is 
 built principally of flint and a brown stone, and 
 contains many fine monuments, the inspection of 
 which would amply repay a visit; among them 
 is one by Roubiliac, to the memory of Richard 
 Boyle, Viscount Shannon; he distinguished him- 
 self greatly at the battle of the Boyne, and at his 
 death, in 1740, was Commander-in-Chief in Ire- 
 land, and a Field Marshal in the army. In the 
 chancel of the church the celebrated Astrologer 
 William Lilly was interred. Lilly, it will be recol- 
 lected, flourished in the time of the unfortunate 
 Charles the First, and was without doubt consulted 
 by that monarch on several occasions, and particu- 
 larly respecting his projected escape from Caris- 
 brooke Castle. The parliament, however, paid 
 him best, and it cannot be doubted, that the 
 predictions in his almanacks had a considerable 
 influence, both with the soldiers and with the 
 people. One of the brass plates in the church 
 records a singular feat of activity, performed by 
 J ohn Selwyn ; he is represented as seated upon the' 
 back of a stag, holding by the horns with one hand, 
 and plunging a sword into the animal with the 
 other. (Seepage 54). The living is a discharged 
 Vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and dio- 
 
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 157 
 
 cese of Winchester ; K.B. £12 135. 4 d.; Patron, 
 the Lord Chancellor. The hamlet is surrounded 
 with elegant mansions, and villa residences ; it has 
 a place of worship for Independents ; a National 
 School, established by the late Earl of Carhamp- 
 ton, supported by voluntary contributions ; and 
 a remarkable bequest by a man of the name of 
 Smith, originally a beggar, and born in this 
 county; he had amassed a considerable sum of 
 money, and at his death left a portion of it to the 
 poor of each parish therein, except those where 
 he had been punished as a vagabond. Apps Court, 
 near here, was once the residence of Cardinal 
 Wolsey; its site is now occupied by a modern 
 mansion, the owner of which is subject to an old 
 custom, of distributing annually a barrel of beer, 
 and a quarter of com made into bread, unto 
 travellers who may happen to present themselves 
 on the 13th of November. (For other houses 
 see page 52), 
 
 WANDS WOETH is a parish in the hundred 
 of Brixton, county of Surrey, six miles S.W. of 
 London, and half a mile south of the railway. 
 The name is derived from the river Wandle, 
 which falls into the Thames in this parish; Pop. 
 6879, chiefly employed in scarlet dyeing, printing 
 kerseymeres, calico printing, making hats, &c. &c. 
 There are also corn-mills, — mills for the pre- 
 paration of linseed oil ; iron, white lead, vinegar 
 works, and distilleries, in which many of the 
 inhabitants find employment; An. As. Yal. of 
 the parish £25,544. The Church, dedicated 
 to All Saints, is a plain brick structure, re- 
 
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158 
 
 WANDSWORTH. 
 
 built, with the exception of its square tower, 
 in 1780; the living is a Vicarage in the arch- 
 deaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester. 
 There is also a new church, dedicated to St. 
 Anne, built by Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
 for Building Churches, at an expense of 
 £14,600 ; more than three-fourths of the sit- 
 tings in this church are free. There are also 
 chapels for various denominations of dissenters, 
 and one for the Society of Friends; the latter 
 community have two schools, at one of which 
 that eminent citizen, Sir John Barnard was edu- 
 cated. Wandsworth has also a Green Coat 
 School, founded and endowed in 1710, by Wil- 
 liam Wicks: it has lately been incorporated in 
 the National Schools, in which one hundred and 
 twenty boys and one hundred girls are educated, 
 out of which twenty-five boys and twenty girls 
 are also clothed ; besides which, the produce of 
 the old endowment is appropriated exclusively 
 to thirty* five boys upon the original foundation. 
 A School of Industry, supported by voluntary 
 contributions, in which forty girls are instructed 
 in knitting and spinning, besides apportioning 
 rewards for good behaviour at service ; and a 
 School for the education of children of every 
 religious denomination, in which one hundred 
 and seventy boys and sixty girls are educated. 
 There are also several other charitable bequests, 
 among which, £4 per ann. each for fifteen water- 
 men of the parish. The first Presbyterian con- 
 gregation in the kingdom was established in this 
 parish, in the year 1572. 
 
WHITCHURCH.— WIMBLEDON. 
 
 159 
 
 WHITCHURCH is a borough, market town, 
 and parish in the hundred of Evingar, county of 
 Southampton, fifty-seven miles W.S.W. from 
 London, and eleven north from the railway sta- 
 tion at Basingstoke; Pop. 1,673; An. As. Yal. 
 £6217. This town is small and irregularly built ; 
 it is situated upon the river Teste, and has but little 
 trade, which principally consists in the manufac- 
 ture of silk and the sale of corn. The market is 
 disused; the fairs are April 23rd and June 27th, 
 for toys and sundries ; October 19tli and 20th for 
 cattle principally. This town is nominally go- 
 verned by a Mayor and Bailiff, but they do not 
 now exercise any authority within the borough, 
 which used to send two members to parlia- 
 ment, but was disfranchised by the Reform Bill. 
 Members were first sent to Parliament from this 
 place in the time of Elizabeth. The Church is 
 dedicated to All Saints ; the living is a Rectory 
 and a Peculiar in the diocese of Winchester; 
 K. B. £13. 12.9. 8| d. ; P. R. £118. 6s. 8d . ; en- 
 dowed with £1600 by Parliamentary grant, Royal 
 bounty, and private benefaction. Here are places 
 of worship for various denominations of Dis- 
 senters. There is a charitable bequest of £80 
 per annum for the purchase of clothing and bed- 
 ding for the poor. 
 
 W IMBLEDON is a parish and hamlet in the 
 hundred of Brixton, county of Surrey ; it is nine 
 miles S.W. from London, and about a mile from 
 the north side of the railway ; Pop. 195 ; much of 
 which is employed in the calico-printing, japan 
 
160 
 
 WIMBLEDON. 
 
 works, and copper mills; An. As. Yal. of the 
 parish £16,802. A fair is here held the first 
 Monday after Easter, and the two following days. 
 The Church, dedicated to St, Mary, was for the 
 most part rebuilt in 1787 ; it is situated near the 
 entrance of the village, and is a neat erection in the 
 Grecian style of architecture ; in the east window 
 are some remains of painted glass, representing 
 the arms of the families of Leeds, Salisbury, and 
 Dorset. In the north window is the figure of a 
 Crusader, completely armed ; and in the church- 
 yard, which is regularly watched, are several 
 very handsome mausoleums, well worthy of the 
 visitors’ attention. The living is a Bectory, in 
 the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of 
 Canterbury; K. B. £35. 2s. 11^.; An. As. Val. 
 £150; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Wor- 
 cester. There are places of worship for various 
 classes of dissenters ; a school, in which are 
 one hundred and fifty boys and fifty girls ; the 
 school-house and the field adjoining were given 
 by John, Earl Spencer, in 1773; the poor 
 children have also the advantage of £20 per 
 annum, left in 1650, by Dorothy Cecil, daughter 
 of Lord Viscount Wimbledon, for that purpose 
 and for keeping her father’s tomb in repair. 
 The original name of this place was IV ym - 
 bandune , and near here a battle was fought 
 in 568, between Ceawlin, King of the West 
 Saxons, and Ethelbert, King of Kent, in which 
 the latter was defeated. It is supposed that this 
 action was fought upon the common, as at its 
 
WINCHESTER. 
 
 161 
 
 south-west angle there are the remains of a cir- 
 cular embankment, with a single ditch 2 which 
 encloses upwards of seven acres. 
 
 WINCHESTER is a city (having separate 
 jurisdiction) in the hundred of Buddlesgate, 
 county of Southampton, 62 miles S.W. by W. 
 from London, and adjoining the railway near the 
 station which is named after it ; Pop. 9,212. 
 The trade is principally of a local nature, it 
 having no staple manufacture. The probability 
 is, that the railway may be the means of animating 
 this dull mass ot buildings and cold and lifeless 
 shopkeepers. The vicissitudes of this city have 
 been, perhaps, greater than almost any other in 
 the kingdom — after having been the metropolis — 
 the seat of Government for so many years ; after 
 having witnessed the crowning of so many kings 
 within its walls; after being the seat of Saxon Wit- 
 tenagemotes and Norman parliaments, and Tudor 
 
 o2 
 
162 
 
 WINCHESTER. 
 
 magnificence, it has gradually sunk into such life- 
 less apathy, as rather to resemble the city of the 
 Dead than that which has possessed so much 
 energy, so much magnificence, and which has been 
 the site of such spirit-stirring incidents. It is a 
 place of great antiquity, and doubtless of Celtic 
 British origin, as its name implied, which was 
 Caer Gwent , it having been so named on ac- 
 count of its chalky soil. It was by the Saxons 
 called TTintancestcr , from whence the present 
 Winchester was, without doubt, derived. Be- 
 fore the Roman invasion it was the capital of the 
 southern part of the country : by them it was 
 made one of their principal stations, and was 
 strongly fortified, (remains of the fortifications 
 are still to he seen,) and Constantine and Alec- 
 tus, who assumed the imperial purple in the 
 island made it their place of residence. After 
 the expulsion of the citizens of Rome, Vortigern 
 having been elected king, made it the metropolis 
 of the kingdom, and as such it was occupied by 
 his successors. It became under the Saxon do^ 
 mination the capital of the kingdom of Tf^essex; 
 under Alfred the Great it was the metropolis of 
 the whole island ; in its cathedral he deposited 
 the Codex Wintoniensis ; and there he was 
 buried. Here the dastard Ethelred plotted the 
 cowardly assassination of all the Danes, and from 
 hence promulgated the order ; and here Canute 
 reigned at the time he gave the memorable re- 
 proof to his courtiers upon the Southampton sands. 
 After the Norman Conquest William fixed his seat 
 of government here, and framed those laws and 
 
WINCHESTER. 
 
 163 
 
 institutions which were so oppressive to the na- 
 tives, amongst which was the curfew ; and from 
 hence he caused a general survey of the property 
 of the kingdom, the record of which formed the 
 well-known Domesday Book. Here a cele- 
 brated ordinance of the Church invested the 
 Plough with the same privileges of Sanctuary 
 as the Altar, and excommunication was the punish- 
 ment of molesting any person employed in its 
 use. This city was, in fact, the metropolis of the 
 kingdom until the reign of Edward the First, and 
 he, not unfrequently, here held his parliament ; 
 it was here he passed the law r s known by the title 
 of the “ Statutes of Winchester.” But we have 
 not space to give even a summary of the many 
 historical events with which this city is connect- 
 ed ; we must be content to say that the prosperity 
 of Winchester died with the 2nd Charles, and 
 that the city has declined ever since. We trust, 
 however, it is destined to revive, and that we shall 
 see this place (so hallowed by historical recollec- 
 tions) once more invigorated and restored to emi- 
 nent prosperity. 
 
 The city is divided into 12 parishes, all in the 
 archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester. The 
 following is an account of the churches. St. 
 Bartholomew’s is in Hy de-street ; the living is a 
 Vicarage; K. B. £10; P. R. £70. Endowed with 
 £1,200 by royal bounty and private benefaction ; 
 patron, the Crown. St. Laurence’s is an ancient 
 structure with a square tower. Into this church 
 the Bishop makes a solemn entry on taking pos- 
 session of the See. The living is a Rectory ; K.B. 
 
164 
 
 WINCHESTER. 
 
 £6 5s. ; P.R. £28 9s. 2 d. ; endowed with £1,100 
 by private benefaction and royal bounty ; patron 
 the Crown. St. Maurice’s is an ancient edifice, 
 with a low square tower ; it was formerly the 
 chapel of a Priory ; the living is a Rectory; K. B. 
 £6 7s. 6<$., and united with those of St. Mary, 
 Calendre, £7 ; St. Peter's, Colebrook; K. B. 
 £3 4s. 2 d. ; St. George’s, K. B. £3 5s. 8 d.; and 
 St, Mary, Wood, K.B. £2 ; P. B. £104, of the 
 united benefice ; patron, the Bishop. St. Tho- 
 mas’s is an ancient edifice in the Norman style of 
 architecture; K.B. £13 17s. 8^d.; P. B. £110; 
 Endowed with £700, by private benefaction, 
 royal bounty, and parliamentary grant; patron, 
 the Bishop. St. Faith’s is a sinecure Bectory 
 annexed to the mastership of St. Cross. St. John’s 
 is an ancient edifice in the Norman style of ar- 
 chitecture, with a massive tower and turret. The 
 living is a parochial cliapelry; P. B. £55, united 
 with St. Peter’s, Southgate ; endowed with £1,500, 
 by private benefaction, royal bounty, and par- 
 liamentary grant ; patron, the Crown. St. Mi- 
 chael’s is a spacious and handsome edifice in the 
 later English style of architecture. The living is 
 a Bectory; K.B. £5 1 7s. lid.; P. B. £135; 
 Endowed with £1,800, by private benefaction 
 and royal bounty; patron, the Bishop. St. 
 
 . Peter’s, Chishill, is a plain structure. The living 
 is a Bectory; K.B. £14 9s. 9\d. ; P. B. £75; 
 Endowed with £1,600, by private benefaction, 
 royal bounty, and parliamentary grant; patron, 
 the Crown. St. Swithin’s Church is over the 
 King’s gate ; access to it is obtained by means of 
 
WINCHESTER. 
 
 165 
 
 a stone staircase. It was formerly used as a 
 church for the convents of the Priory of St. 
 S within. The living is a Vicarage ; K. B. 
 £6 6s. 10 \d.; P. II. £30; Endowed with £1,200, 
 by parliamentary grant, private benefaction, and 
 royal bounty; patron, the Crown. St. Martin’s, 
 Winnall, is a small erection ; the living is a Rec- 
 tory; K.B. £5; patron, the Rector. The re- 
 venues of the monastic establishment when sup- 
 pressed at the Reformation, were valued at 
 £1,507 17s. 2d. per, annum. The Bishopric is 
 valued in K.B. at £2,873 18s. Id. The other 
 ecclesiastical officers are a dean, 12 prebendaries, 
 2 archdeacons, a chancellor, the master of the 
 Hospital of St. Cross, the precentor of St. Mary, 
 Southampton, and a registrar. The deanery is 
 not in charge. The archdeaconry of Surrey is 
 valued in K.B. £91 3s. 6d. The archdeaconry 
 of Winchester at £67 15s. 2d. The cathedral 
 church is dedicated to the Ploly Trinity : it is a 
 cruciform structure of massive architecture, in 
 which the Norman prevails ; but as portions were 
 erected at very distant periods, it exhibits con- 
 siderable diversity of style. The entire length 
 of the cathedral from east to west is 545 feet ; 
 the breadth of the nave and aisles 87 feet; that 
 of the choir 40 feet ; the length of the transept 
 from north to south 186 feet; the height of the 
 nave 76 feet; the heightli of the central tower 
 138. The interior is full of interest, to view 
 which it is well worth the journey from London, 
 or indeed from any part of the kingdom ; and, 
 doubtless, thousands will now see the celebrated 
 
166 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 round table of King Arthur and the burial place 
 of the immortal Alfred, who never dreamt of 
 having it in their power. We much regret that 
 our very limited space prevents a memoranda of 
 the various objects. 
 
 Winchester New Corn Exchange occupies 
 about one acre and a half of ground. It is a 
 commodious and highly ornamental building 
 built of Exbury brick and Portland stone; the 
 principal front is 128 feet in length, and has a 
 portico of the Tuscan order. The front is flanked 
 by iron gates leading into the cattle-market. 
 
 The gaol is a handsome and commodious erec- 
 tion, eminently adapted for its purpose. 
 
 The West Wall. 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON.— As the early history of 
 this place is given in the work noticed at the 
 commencement of the history of the towns on 
 or near the railway, we shall only allude here to 
 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 167 
 
 its present state, and give such an account of its 
 accommodations, and points of interest, as may 
 facilitate the purposes of the traveller, be they 
 of business or of pleasure : we shall adopt the 
 same plan with respect to the Isle of Wight. 
 
 This town is delightfully situated on a penin- 
 sula, at the confluence of the Itchen and the 
 Test ; it is a borough, market-town, and county ; 
 its position pointing it out as a sea-port of the 
 very first class. The reasons that it has hitherto 
 enjoyed so small a portion of the trade of this 
 country are too various and elaborate to be 
 treated of in this work, suffice^ it to say, that 
 the nation is now awake to its importance ; its 
 inhabitants are now alive to their own interests, 
 and Southampton is now about to assume the 
 station in the commercial world to which it has 
 long been entitled by its position. Few spots 
 present such attractions as this beautiful town. 
 The shores of the broad estuary, in its front, 
 are richly clothed with wood, and rise with a 
 gradual inclination to a considerable height, af- 
 fording a succession of delightiul scenery, beau- 
 tifully "diversified with villages and villas, modern 
 mansions, and ancient ruins. The picturesque 
 and romantic remains of Netley Abbey ornament 
 its one side, and the dark shadows of the New 
 Forest, with its many historical associations, 
 crown the hill upon the other : beyond which is 
 Lymington, with all the quiet beauty which is 
 enclosed in the extent between it and this highly 
 interesting town ; — the Isle of Wight, is within 
 
168 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 
 an hour’s sail, with its exquisite scenery, its 
 wooded and its verdant hills, its park-like farms, 
 its princely mansions, its rocky shores and its pre- 
 cipitous chasms, affording a variety of scenery that 
 this country can in no part offer within a similar 
 space. Southampton is also remarkable for the 
 salubrity of its air, which is not surpassed by 
 any other town in the kingdom. 
 
 The Borough of Southampton contains 19,324 
 inhabitants. The annual assessed value of its 
 property, in 1815, was £39,359; at the present 
 time it is computed to be about £90,000. The 
 markets are held on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 
 and Saturday, and they are well supplied with pro- 
 visions of every kind; that held on Friday is for 
 corn. The trade has been hitherto rather con- 
 fined, and principally arose from the wants of its 
 visitors and its inhabitants ; it imports coals, lead, 
 and glass from Newcastle ; spirits, wine and fruit, 
 from France and the Peninsula; timber from 
 Canada ; tallow, hemp and iron, from Russia, (the 
 latter also from Wales) ; and tar and pitch fromi 
 Sweden. To Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and 
 Sark, it exports wool, and in return receives vari- 
 ous commodities, the produce of those islands. 
 
 The Corporation consists of a Mayor, ten 
 Aldermen, and thirty Common Council men ; the 
 officers are a Town Clerk, four Serjeants-at-Mace, 
 and a Town Crier : the town is divided into five 
 wards. The style of address is “ To the Mayor, 
 Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the town of Southamp- 
 ton.” It is divided into the parishes of All Saints, 
 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 169 
 
 Holv Rood, St. John and St. LaWi'eftcd United, 
 St. Mary and St. Michael’s, all of which, with the 
 exception of St. Mary’s, are in the archdeaconry 
 and diocese of Winchester. The church of St. 
 Michael is a very ancient and spacious struc- 
 ture, principally in the Norman style of architec- 
 ture, with a tower between the nave and chancel, 
 surmounted by a well-proportioned octagonal 
 spire, which serves as a land-mark for ships com- 
 ing into port. The interior presents some objects 
 worthy of attention ; among others, the tomb of 
 Lord Chancellor Wriothesley, who passed sen- 
 tence of death upon Anne Boleyn in the reign of 
 Henry the Eighth ; it is in the north chancel. 
 The ancient font, of Norman character and highty 
 enriched, is also worthy of notice. The massive 
 Norman columns that once supported the roof, 
 have been replaced by octangular pillars, with 
 pointed arches ; and nine hundred sittings have 
 been added by the incorporated society for the 
 enlargement of churches. The living is a dis- 
 charged Vicarage; K. B. £12 11s. 0±d.; P. R. 
 £88 2s. Endowed with £12,000, from private 
 benefaction, royal bounty, and parliamentary 
 grant; patron, the Crown. 
 
 St. Paul’s church, or chapel, is proprietary ; it 
 is situated in the parish of All Saints, and is an 
 elegant Gothic structure. 
 
 All Saints church is a beautiful modern struc- 
 ture; it was built on the site of an ancient edifice, 
 in the Grecian style of architecture, with a turret 
 rising from a square pedestal, surrounded by six 
 
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170 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 Corinthian columns, supporting a circular entab- 
 lature, surmounted by a dome. The west entrance 
 is particularly worthy of attention, and the whole 
 is well arranged ; the remains of Dr. Mant, of 
 Captain Carteret the circumnavigator, and of 
 Bryan Edwards, author of an history of the West 
 Indies, are here interred. The living a discharged 
 Bectory; K. B. £8 Is. 10 P. R. £145; En- 
 dowed with £500, by private benefaction and 
 royal bounty ; patron, the Crown. 
 
 The church of St. Mary’s is a modern edifice, 
 built in 1711; it has a large church-yard, which 
 is the principal burial-place in the town. The 
 living is a Rectory, in the precinct of the town; 
 K. B. £37 5s. 5d. It is in the peculiar jurisdic- 
 tion of the Rector. Patron, the Bishop of Win- 
 chester. This living is said to be worth £2,000 
 per annum. 
 
 The church of St. Lawrence is about to be 
 pulled down, and rebuilt from the designs of 
 Mr. Wylde. The living is a discharged Rectory, 
 with that of St. John’s annexed ; K. B. £7 10s. ' 
 Endowed with £1,600, by royal bounty and par- 
 liamentary grant. 
 
 The church of Holy Rood is an ancient struc- 
 ture, in the Pligh-street ; it has a tower at the 
 north-west angle, and a portico in front. In 
 the interior is a monument by Rysbach, to the 
 memory of Miss E. Stanley, sister of the Right 
 Hon. Hans Stanley, with an epitaph written by 
 the poet Thompson, who has also immortal- 
 ized her memory in his delightful poem “ The 
 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 171 
 
 Seasons.” The living is a discharged Vicarage ; 
 K. B. £12 Is. 1 9\d.; P. R. £115 9s. 3d; patron, 
 the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, 
 Oxford. 
 
 The Maison Dieu, or Domus Dei, is a very 
 ancient building ; it was originally founded in the 
 reign of Henry the Third, partly as a convent of 
 nuns, and partly as a chapel to a neighbouring 
 ecclesiastical establishment: after various changes 
 it was established as a hospital, for a warden, four 
 brethren, and four sisters, who have a weekly al- 
 lowance of 2s. 6d. each, besides coals and occa- 
 sional assistance ; there is public worship here 
 every Wednesday. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Crabbe has a chapel here, in 
 which worship is performed according to the 
 rites of the Church of England : it was erected 
 on the site of Lansdowne Castle. There are 
 also places of worship for various dissenting de- 
 nominations, the Society of Friends, and Roman 
 Catholics. The Charity Schools, &c. are nume- 
 rous; for an account of these we must refer to 
 “Freeling’s Guide to Southampton,” &c. &c. 
 
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 French frontiers. 
 
 The British postage to France from Southampton is Is. 4 d., Italy 2s. Id., Swit- 
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174 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 Newspapers may be sent free to the British Colonies 
 and Possessions, to the Hanse-towns of Germany, to France, 
 Denmark, and Greece, to the Ionian Isles, to Hayti, and 
 the Republican States of South America ; or to the East 
 Indies, New South Wales, and the Cape of Good Hope, for 
 one penny each. 
 
 There are three deliveries in the day, as follows : 
 
 Morning, in summer at seven o'clock, and winter eight 
 o'clock. Evening at five o'clock, after the arrival of the 
 Brighton day Mail, and again in the evening at half-past 
 eight o'clock, after the arrival of the Lymington and Lynd- 
 hurst Mail, Isle of Wight Mail, and all the Penny Posts. 
 
 Letters posted in the morning, before the departure of 
 the Brighton Mail, will be delivered the same day in all 
 post towns through which this mail passes. 
 
 There are three receiving houses in the towns, at which 
 postage on letters may be paid, except on Sunday : — 41, 
 High-street, Mr. Webb, Confectioner ; Carlton-crescent, 
 Mr. Spincer ; St. Mary's-street, Mr. Watson. 
 
 There are the following Penny Posts and Receiving- 
 houses in the neighbourhood : — Hythe, Beaulieu, Fawley, 
 Exbury, Botley, Itchen, Bursledon, Swanwick, Hamble, 
 Bittern, Totton, Bartley, Redbridge, Nursling, Millbrook, 
 Shirley, Four-post, Stoneham, Bevois-hill, Highfield, and 
 Westend. 
 
 BANKERS. — There are five Banks in the 
 town, viz. 
 
 Southampton Bankers . 
 
 Maddison’s, opposite All Saints’ 
 Church. 
 
 Atherley and Fall, opposite to Star 
 Hotel. 
 
 Hampshire Banking Company. 
 
 South District Banking Company, 
 opposite to Market House. 
 
 National Provincial Banking Com- 
 pany. 
 
 Correspotidejits in London. 
 Burnet, Hoare & Co. 
 
 Lubbock & Co. 
 
 Jones, Loyd, & Co. 
 
 HOTELS. The accoir j n this re- 
 
 spect appears extract to a stra nger, there 
 being from forty J the town f Among 
 
SOUTHAMPTON, 
 
 175 
 
 the best are, however, the Eoyal George, the 
 Dolphin, the Star, the Crown, the Royal Port- 
 land Hotel, the Coach and Horses, the George, 
 the Vine, the Castle, the Sun, with many others 
 too numerous to mention. From these and 
 Curtis’ Coach Office access may be had to any 
 part of the kingdom. 
 
 The CUSTOM HOUSE is situated near the 
 Quay at the bottom of High Street. 
 
 The Dock House. 
 
 THE DOCKS.— The opening of the Docks 
 will, without doubt, be an era in the history of 
 the town, from which will be dated a peculiar and 
 sudden prosperity; from their establishment the 
 town will assume its station as a tirst-rate com- 
 mercial port, and it will then only reap the bene- 
 fit of its extraordinary situation. Companies are 
 now forming for the establishment of a line of 
 steam-packets which are to sail once a fortnight 
 
176 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 to the West Indies; and in contemplation of the 
 opening of the docks and the railway, Southamp- 
 ton is already named as the port from which 
 they are to proceed to the Azores, Antigua, J a- 
 maica, &c. &c. ; and it is probable that YeraCruz 
 will also be included in their voyage. Thus the 
 advantages of the port will at once be made evi- 
 dent to the class of men most interested in them, 
 and it cannot be doubted that it will ultimately 
 engross a considerable portion of the West India 
 trade. The advantages offered by this port, not 
 being speculative but real, merchants will soon 
 perceive that their stores can be laid in as cheap 
 or cheaper than in London ; that their cargoes 
 can be collected and distributed easier than lrom 
 any portinthe kingdom, while the dangers and the 
 delays upon making the passage round to, or from 
 London, are wholly avoided. It must not be lost 
 sight of that by means of her railway, Southamp- 
 ton becomes an outport to London ; that cargoes 
 can be carried to and from London by rarJ wa y 
 less cost (the time lost being taken into accom^K 
 than by long sea ; that in addition, her central 
 position gives other advantages quite independent 
 of her connexion with the metropolis ; while the 
 peculiarity of her river, which has nearly two 
 hours high water, between six and seven hours 
 flood, and but four hours ebb, gives opportuni- 
 ties for getting in and out of dock such as are not 
 possessed by any port in the kingdom. For the 
 soundings in the river we refer to the chart which 
 accompanies this book. More ample details 
 will, however, be found in Freeling’s Guide to 
 

 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 177 
 
 Southampton, the Isle of Wight, Lymington, 
 and Netley Abbey, handsomely bound in green, 
 price 3s. 6d. Our space prevents further notice 
 here. 
 
 WAGGONS AND CARTS.— Communication 
 by one or the other of these conveyances may be 
 had with the following places, several times in each 
 week : Bath, Bristol, Oxford, Birmingham, Chelten- 
 ham, Salisbury, Waltham, Winchester, Fording- 
 bridge, Romsey, Portsmouth, Gosport, Chichester, 
 Arundel, Worthing, Brighton, Lymington, Poole, 
 Christchurch, Lyndhurst, and many intermediate 
 places. 
 
 HACKNEY COACHES OR FLYS.— There 
 are no fixed charges for these ; if an agreement 
 is made before you engage them, they may be had 
 on very reasonable terms, if you neglect this 
 once, you will not forget it a second time. 
 
 BOATS for pleasure may be had at any time 
 upon the quays, or near the pier, either with sails 
 or oars: make an agreement, however, as to price, 
 before you engage one. 
 
 BATHING. — The most elegant establishment 
 for this purpose has been lately converted into 
 the Dock House. It is, therefore, still an object 
 of interest. There is, however, another of a si- 
 milar nature at the back of Portland-street, where 
 baths of all descriptions may be obtained. Near 
 the West Quay are Dear’s Cold Baths ; these are 
 only available for about five hours each tide. 
 Webb’s Warm and Cold Baths are also situated 
 near the West Quay: in the same establishment 
 are 
 
178 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 The Public Assembly Rooms, commonly called 
 66 The Long Rooms they command a fine pros- 
 pect of the water, and the villages and mansions 
 upon its banks. 
 
 THE TPIEATRE is situated in French-street. 
 The season commences in August. 
 
 THE PROMENADES.— The most fashionable 
 is, we believe, above Bar-street, after passing 
 Bar Gate. 
 
 This Gate is worthy of attention ; on the north 
 side, i. e . towards London, are portrayed two 
 gigantic figures, viz. : Ascupart, a warrior, repre- 
 sented in the romance of the time to be a 
 
 il Giant mighty and strong, 
 
 Who full thirty foot was long.” 
 
 The Pier is also a fashionable and delightful pro- 
 menade. The Picture Gallery is in High-street 
 —the Philosophical Institute is in St. Michael’s- 
 square. The principal booksellers are Messrs. 
 
 I 
 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 179 
 
 Coupland and Nightingale, at whose establishment 
 there are Billiard Rooms of the very first class, 
 a superior Circulating .Library and News Room \ 
 Mr. Fletcher, also in High-street, and Mrs. Street, 
 who has also a Library : these and several others 
 are well supplied with general literature, novels, 
 and London newspapers. 
 
 The Botanic Gardens are situated above Bar, 
 near which are the Archery Grounds. The Races 
 usually come off in August, and last a week : each 
 night of the race week there is a Ball given in 
 the town. 
 
 THE REGATTA is held in August ; on this 
 occasion the cups are sailed for by the Royal 
 Yatch Club ; there are also various prizes for 
 both sailing and rowing boats. 
 
 THE ISLE OE WIGHT. 
 
 We shall now give three tours in the island, 
 referring the reader for more ample details as to 
 its history, an account of the towns, government, 
 accommodation, Hotels, Post-offices, packets, ob- 
 jects of curiosity, gentlemen’s seats, routes, &c. 
 
180 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 to “ Freeling’s Guide to Southampton, Isle of 
 Wight, kc. &c.” with nearly 100 engravings. (See i 
 page 100 of this book.) 
 
 The best mode of proceeding from hence is by 
 steam packet (see Index) to West Cowes ; from 
 thence either per stage or any other mode which 
 best suits, to Newport, the capital of the island, 
 as from thence we shall now direct the tourist. 
 
 In the above work he will find routes from New- 
 port, Hyde, and Cowes, for which we have not 
 here space. The tours will, however, give a 
 complete survey of the island. 
 
 WEST TOUR 
 FROM NEWPORT. 
 
 Miles. 
 
 Carisbrooke 1 
 
 Sherwell 4 
 
 Buxton 2 
 
 Mottiston 2 
 
 Brooke Down 2 
 
 Fresh-water Gate .. 4 
 
 Needle’s Point 4 
 
 Yarmouth 4 
 
 Colbourne 6 
 
 Swainstone 2 
 
 Newport 4 
 
 SOUTH TOUR 
 FROM NEWPORT. 
 
 NORTH-EAST TOUR 
 FROM NEWPORT. 
 
 Miles. 
 
 Standern 1| 
 
 Pidford 1 1 
 
 Neton 6 
 
 St. Lawrence 3| 
 
 Steephill 1 
 
 St. Boniface 2 
 
 Shanklin 3 
 
 Aneton 6 
 
 St. George’s Down 2 
 Newport 2 
 
 Miles. 
 
 Wootton Bridge. ... 4 
 
 Binstead 2 
 
 Ryde 2 
 
 St. John's 1 
 
 The Priory 3 
 
 St. Helen’s Green. . 1 
 
 Brading 2§ 
 
 Sandham Heath. .. . 2£ 
 Brading Down .... 3| 
 Ashey Sea-mark .. 1* 
 Newport 5 
 
 Miles 35 
 
 In each of these routes the traveller will have 
 abundant opportunities to obtain refreshment for 
 both man and horse. 
 
TIMES OF DEPARTURE. 
 
 181 
 
 LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON 
 RAILWAY, 
 
 The Public is informed that this Railway is Opened 
 from London to Basingstoke, and also from Winchester to 
 Southampton, until further notice ; the Trains start as 
 follows, viz. : 
 
 DOWN TRAINS. 
 
 from vauxhall. Morning. 
 
 To Basingstoke k P ast 7 
 
 To Woking Common 9 
 
 To Basingstoke 10 
 
 To Woking Common 11 
 
 To Basingstoke (Stopping Train) 12 
 
 Afternoon, 
 
 To Basingstoke 3 
 
 To Basingstoke (Stopping Train) 5 
 
 To Woking Common G 
 
 To Woking Common 7 
 
 To Basingstoke (Mail Train) £ past 8 
 
 UP TRAINS. 
 
 to vauxhall. Morning. 
 
 From Basingstoke (Mail Train). £ past 3 
 
 From Basingstoke (Stopping Train) | past 7 
 
 From Woking Common 1 past 7 
 
 From Basingstoke (Stopping Train) £ past 10 
 
 From Woking Common £ past 10 
 
 Afternoon, 
 
 From Basingstoke (Stopping Train) 1 
 
 From Basingstoke 4 
 
 From Woking Common ^ past 5 
 
 From Basingstoke 7 
 
 From Woking Common I . . . . £ past 7 
 
 The Trains to and from Woking Common stop to 
 take up and set down Passengers at all the intermediate 
 Stations, as also the Trains from Basingstoke, at three 
 quarters past seven, half-past ten, and one o’clock ; and 
 the Trains to Basingstoke at twelve at noon and five in the 
 afternoon. 
 
 The Trains to Basingstoke at half-past seven and ten a.m. 
 and three p.m., stop at Woking Common, Farnboro’, and 
 Winchfield only. 
 
 The Train from Basingstoke at seven a.m. will stop to 
 set down Passengers who may be booked at Basingstoke, 
 Farnboro’, or Woking Common, for those Stations nearer 
 London. Q 
 
182 TIME TABLE. 
 
 ON SUNDAYS. 
 
 The Trains to and from Vauxhall start as follow, and 
 (excepting the Mail Train) call at the intermediate Sta- 
 tions : — 
 
 DOWN TRAINS. 
 
 from vauxhall. Morning. 
 
 To Woking Common 9 
 
 To Basingstoke 10 
 
 To Woking Common £ past 10 
 
 Afternoon. 
 
 To Woking Common 2 
 
 To Basingstoke 5 
 
 To Woking Common £ past 7 
 
 To Basingstoke Mail Train £ past 8 
 
 UP TRAINS. 
 
 to vauxhall. Morning. 
 
 From Basingstoke (Mail Train) £ past 3 
 
 From Basingstoke 8 
 
 From Woking Common £ past 8 
 
 From Woking Common £ past 10 
 
 Afternoon. 
 
 From Basingstoke 5 
 
 From Woking Common 6 
 
 From Woking Common £ past 7 
 
 The Trains leave Southampton for Winchester at half- 
 past seven and ten in the morning, and at one, four, and 
 six o'clock in the afternoon. 
 
 And leave Winchester for Southampton at nine and 
 twelve in the forenoon, and half-past two, five, and half- 
 past seven in the evening, and, excepting the Train from 
 Southampton at six p.m., and from Winchester at nine a.m., 
 enable Passengers to meet the London Trains to and from 
 Basingstoke. 
 
 On Sundays the Trains leave Southampton for Winches- 
 ter at nine in the morning, half-past one and five in the 
 afternoon ; and leave Winchester for Southampton at ten 
 in the morning, and half-past two and half-past six in the 
 afternoon. 
 
 The Servants of the Company are prohibited receiving 
 
 any fee or gratuity. 
 
 FARES. First Second 
 
 stations. Class. Class. 
 
 s. d. s. d. 
 
 Southampton to Winchester 2 0 1 6 
 
 Basingstoke to London 11 0 7 0 
 
 W. Reed, Secretary. 
 
STATIONS, 
 
 AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS 
 
 TO BE OBTAINED AT EACH. 
 
 WANDSWORTH. Inns. — There is an excellent Inn 
 within a quarter of a mile ; inferior ones much nearer. A 
 Fly or Cabriolet may be had in the neighbourhood. 
 
 WIMBLEDON. Inns. — The accommodation here of- 
 fered is abundant ; the White Hart at Merton is about 
 seven minutes walk distant, it has good wines, spirits, and 
 an excellent larder ; ten minutes walk from the Station is 
 the Dog and Fox at Wimbledon, here also good entertain- 
 ment may be had ; and within one hundred yards of the 
 Station are Public Gardens, which enclose a number of 
 cottages for the accommodation of parties who wish to 
 spend a day in the country, and to provide their own wine, 
 spirits, provisions, &c. &c. Gigs and Flys, but not Post 
 Horses, may be had at Wimbledon, about half a mile from 
 the Station. 
 
 KINGSTON.— Inns. There are at present two Inns near 
 the Station, and a very large one is building. At Kingston, 
 which is one mile distant, are excellent Hotels, Post Horses, 
 Flys, &c. &c. Omnibuses from Kingston meet each of the 
 Trains, charge 6d. ; from Ewell and Epsom meet the 9 
 o’clock Train from London, and the half-past 8 o’clock 
 
184 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Train from Winchfield, charge Is. Omnibuses leave King- 
 ston for the Railway at twenty minutes past 8 a.m., 10 m. 
 past 9 a.m., 10 m. past 12 p.m., and 10 m. past 5 p.m. ; 
 they leave Epsom 30 m. past 8 a.m., and 30 m. past 4 p.m. 
 Hampton Court is miles from this Station, Twickenham 
 3J. 
 
 DITTON MARSH. — Inns . The nearest respectable 
 Hotel is at Esher, there are others of a lower sort at both 
 Esher and Ditton, about a mile from the Station. There 
 is also excellent accommodation at Hampton Court, If 
 miles distant. Post Horses, Flys, Gigs, &c. may be had 
 at Esher, and the latter may be had in the neighbourhood. 
 Omnibuses to Hampton Court, Esher, and Claremont, 
 profess to meet each Train, charge 6d., but are not always 
 punctual. 
 
 WALTON. — Inns. There is an excellent Hotel at Wal- 
 ton, and many inferior Public Houses. There is a Fly 
 usually waiting the arrival of the Trains, charge uncertain, 
 but moderate. Post Chaises may be had at the Duke's 
 Head, which is about one mile distant. 
 
 WEYBRIDGE. — Inns. There is an excellent Hotel close 
 to the Station, and Weybridge is but half a mile distant, 
 An Omnibus which goes through Addlestone and Wey- 
 bridge to Chertsey, meets the following Trains, charge 6d. 
 Si a.m. up Train, 9 a.m. down ditto, 12 a.m. down ditto, 
 5 p.m. up ditto, and 5 p.m. down ditto. 
 
 The same Omnibus brings passengers from 
 Chertsey 4 to 9 a.m., -} past 12 p.m., and i past 4 p.m. 
 
 Addlestone 9 .... i past 12 i to 5 . . 
 
 Weybridge. . 4 p. 9 f past 12 f past 12 . . 
 
STATIONS. 
 
 185 
 
 Flys may always be obtained from the Ship Hotel, Wey- 
 bridge, half a mile from the Station. 
 
 WOKING. — Inns. At Woking, which is about a mile 
 and three-quarters distant, is a small Inn, at which very 
 excellent accommodation of a homely description may be 
 obtained, and such as a tired traveller would rejoice in ; the 
 apartments are plain but most perfectly clean, and the at- 
 tendance is assiduous. At Horsell, a village about one mile 
 distant, is also a good Inn. Near the Station is a Public 
 House, at which beds and refreshments may be obtained. 
 Flys or Cars may be had at both Horsell and Woking. 
 The Guildford Coach meets the 8 o’clock Morning Train 
 from Woking, the half-past 7 o’clock down Train from 
 London, the 12 o’clock mid-day up Train from Winchfield, 
 the 12 o’clock down Train from London, the 3 p.m. o’clock 
 down Train from London, and 3 p.m. o’clock up Train from 
 Winchfield ; fare to Guildford, 2s. 6d. inside, Is. 6d. out- 
 side. The Godaiming Coach meets the half-past 8 o’clock 
 morning up Train from Winchfield, the 9 and 10 o’clock 
 down Trains from London, and the 5 o’clock p.m. up and 
 down Trains ; fare to Godaiming, inside 3s., outside 2s. 
 A Portsmouth Coach meets the 7 o’clock up Train in the 
 evening. The Guildford Coach leaves that town at 7 and 
 11 a.m. and half past 2 p.m. ; the Portsmouth Coach passes 
 through on its way to Woking at half-past 6 in the even- 
 ing ; the Godaiming Coach leaves that town at 7 a.m. and 
 half-past 3 p.m., passing through Guildford, at 8 o’clock 
 a.m. A Van from Chichester runs to the Woking Station 
 every Tuesday and Friday, which carries parcels from and 
 to that town. 
 
186 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 FARNBORO’. — Inns. The Morant Arms Hotel and 
 Posting House is not far from the Station ; Post Horses 
 and Carriages and various other vehicles await the arrival 
 of each Train. The Alton Coach meets the following 
 Trains on the following days, viz. on Mondays, Wednes- 
 days, and Fridays the half-past 8 o’clock Train to London ; 
 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays the 12 o’clock 
 mid-day up Trains, and returns to Alton after the arrival 
 of the 5 o’clock p.m. Train from London; fare to Alton, 
 5s. inside and 3s. 6d. out. There is an excellent Ware- 
 house at this Station for the reception of all descriptions of 
 goods ; and Vans to the following places leave on Monday, 
 Wednesday, and Friday, Farnham, Alton, Bishops Wal- 
 tham, Titchfield, Fareham, and Gosport. 
 
 WINCHFIELD AND HARTLEY ROW. — Inns. 
 There is a first-rate Hotel and Posting House at Murrell 
 Green, two miles distant, it is the Wellesley Arms, and is 
 kept by Mrs- Webb ; the White Hart, at Hartford Bridge; 
 there is also a small Public House, the Phoenix, at Phoenix 
 Green, at which beds and refreshments may be obtained, 
 this is about one mile from the Station. 
 
 BASINGSTOKE. — The Hotels in this town are nume- 
 rous, and of a very superior order ; at which Post Horses 
 and all descriptions of vehicles may be obtained ; Coaches 
 to the neighbouring towns are also numerous. It would 
 be invidious to select one or two where there are so many 
 excellent. The Station is close to the town. 
 
 WINCHESTER. — The above remark equally applies to 
 this Station, which is also close to the city. 
 
STEAM PACKETS. 
 
 187 
 
 STEAM-PACKETS. — The George the Fourth , Medina , 
 Earl of Malmesbury and Duke of Buccleugh and Princess 
 Victoria Steam Packets, sail regularly, during the season, 
 as follows : — 
 
 From Southampton for Cowes, Ryde and Portsmouth, at 
 a quarter before Nine in the morning, and a quarter before 
 Three in the afternoon. 
 
 From Cowes for Ryde and Portsmouth, at half-past Ten 
 in the morning, and Five in the afternoon. 
 
 From Portsmouth (calling off Ryde) for Cowes and 
 Southampton, at half-past Eight in the morning, and Three 
 in the afternoon. 
 
 From Cowes for Southampton, at half-past Ten in the 
 morning, and Five in the afternoon. 
 
 From Cowes for Southampton, at a quarter before Nine 
 in the morning, in time for the London, Salisbury, Bath, 
 and Bristol Coaches. 
 
 From Southampton for Cowes, at Five in the Evening, 
 after the arrival of the Oxford, and the above named 
 Coaches (Sundays excepted). 
 
 One of the above steam packets will leave Southampton 
 for Cowes, with Her Majesty’s Mails, at Six o’clock in the 
 morning ; and from Cowes for Southampton at half* past 
 Six in the evening. 
 
 FARES. AFT. CABIN. FORE CABIN. 
 
 From Southampton to Cowes.. .. 2s. 6d. .. Is. 6d. 
 
 From Southampton to Ryde and 
 
 Portsmouth 3s. 6d. . . 2s. 6d. 
 
 From Cowes to Ryde 2s. Od. .. Is. 6d. 
 
 From Cowes to Portsmouth .... 2s. 6d. .. Is. 6d. 
 
 Passengers going and returning the same day, by the 
 same vessel, and by taking a ticket from the Steward when 
 coming on board, for that purpose, are as follows : — 
 
 From Southampton to Cowes, and 
 
 returning the same day 4s. Od. . . 2s. Gd. 
 
 From Southampton to Ryde and 
 Portsmouth, returning the same 
 day 5s. Gd. . . 4s. Od. 
 
188 
 
 STEAM PACKETS. 
 
 TOW BOATS. 
 
 Boats, built expressly for the conveyance of carriages and 
 horses to and from Southampton and Cowes, weather per- 
 mitting, will always be in attendance (notice being given at 
 the Office one day previous). 
 
 The Packet Office is at the bottom of the High-street, 
 next to the Vine Inn. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Account of the Principal Towns near the Railway. ... 103 
 
 to 180 
 
 Ashley Park 51 
 
 Avington Park 85 
 
 Barton Station 95 
 
 Basing House — Siege of 73 
 
 Basingstoke 77 
 
 Station 80 
 
 Bishops Stoke 94 
 
 Bolingbroke, Lord 29 
 
 Botley Park 58 
 
 Bramshill Park 68 
 
 Burwood Park 52 
 
 Byfleet 57 
 
 Chelsea Hospital 27 
 
 Claremont 50 
 
 Ditton Marsh Station 46 
 
 Dummer 82 
 
 Esher Place 49 
 
 Farleigh Park 81 
 
 Farnboro’ Station 65 
 
 Fishiug 93, 94 
 
 Fox Hounds and Covers 82, 72, 80 
 
190 INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Freeling’s Guide to Southampton and the Isle of 
 
 Wight 100 
 
 Garrat, and Mayor of 34 
 
 Grange, The S3 
 
 Hockwood Park 76 
 
 Hampton Court 47 
 
 Hogsmill River 41 
 
 Holy Ghost Chapel 78 
 
 Horsell Church 61 
 
 Hounds 72, 80 
 
 Introduction 11 
 
 Jones, George, Esq 97 
 
 Kempshot Park 81 
 
 Kingston Embankment — Station 38, 42 
 
 Long Ditton — Thames Ditton 45, 44 
 
 Lord Spencer’s Park 37 
 
 Market Gardens i 25 
 
 Moulsey — Moulsey Heath 48 
 
 Newnham 71 
 
 Oatlands 52 
 
 Old Basing and House 73 
 
 Ottersham Park 58 
 
 Pirb right Church 63 
 
 Plague, The 87 
 
 Ports wood House 97 
 
 Railway, Cost of 20 
 
 Railway — Public accommodations near it 183 to 186 
 
 Stations — Fares — Distances — Omnibuses — Steam 
 
 Boats 24 
 
 Red House, Battersea 25 
 
 Richmond . 39 
 
INDEX. 
 
 19t 
 
 Page 
 
 Salmon Fishery , 9G, 97 
 
 Shawford Station 21 
 
 Southampton, approach to 99 
 
 * Guide to 100 
 
 Stadium 30 
 
 St. Cross — Hospital 89 
 
 Stoneham — Park 95 
 
 Strathfieldsaye 70 
 
 Stratton Park 82 
 
 Surrey Railway 33 
 
 Swathling Station 96 
 
 Tide Mill 24 
 
 Tideway Embankment 98 
 
 Tooke, John Horne 36 
 
 Valley of the Itchen 93 
 
 Wandsworth and Station 32, 31 
 
 Walton Station 51 
 
 Wellesley Poole 71 
 
 Wellesley Arms 69 
 
 Western Green 46 
 
 Wey bridge and Station 57, 56 
 
 Wight — Guide to 100 
 
 Wimbledon Station 36 
 
 Winchfield and Station 67, 66 
 
 Winchester Race Course 84 
 
 Winchester Station 86 
 
 Winchester Palace — Barracks 87 
 
 Woking Common and Station 60 
 
 Worplesden 62 
 
 Worthy Park 84 
 
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Si £3 ^ O <l3 S 
 
 FOR REMOVING INVALIDS. 
 
 This Invention has only to be known that it may be 
 appreciated. By its means Invalids, how severely soever 
 afflicted, may be conveyed any distance with perfect se- 
 curity. The inside of the Carriage is peculiarly constructed, 
 having a suspended Cot, upwards of Six Feet long, which 
 may be withdrawn and replaced by attendants with the 
 Invalid upon it. All motion is avoided, so that any jour- 
 ney may be undertaken with no more fatigue than would 
 be experienced in lying upon a sofa for the same time as 
 may be requisite for its performance. 
 
 References may be had to the most eminent of the 
 Faculty as to the value of this Invention. 
 
 THE 
 
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 May be engaged, and further particulars obtained of the 
 Proprietors, 
 
 S. MARKS AND SON, 
 
 LANGHAM PLACE, CAVENDISH SQUARE. 
 
 A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 NEW AND SECOND HAND CARRIAGES 
 Always on hand for Sale, or to be Let for any period, on 
 the most Moderate Terms. 
 
 CARRIAGES BUILT TO ORDER. 
 
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1808, 
 
 DIRECTORS, 
 
 Sir Thomas Turton, Bart. Chairman. 
 J. D. Hume, Esq. Deputy Chairman. 
 
 The Hon. Sir Courtenay Boyle 
 John Oliver Hanson, Esq. 
 William Laforest, Esq. 
 
 Moses Mocatta, Esq. 
 
 James William Ogle, Esq. 
 
 Emanuel Pacifico, M.D. 
 William George Prescott, Esq. 
 Joseph Pulley, Esq. 
 
 John Peter Rasch, Esq. 
 
 John Woolley, Esq. 
 
 Charles Ansell, Esq. Actuary. 
 
 LIFE DEPARTMENT. — Persons assured for the whole term of 
 Life in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will have an addition 
 made to their Policies every seventh year, or an equivalent reduction 
 will be made in the future payments of Premium, at the option of 
 the Assured. 
 
 The third septennial valuation up to Christmas 1837, is now com- 
 pleted, and the Directors have great satisfaction in stating its result. 
 
 The following Table shows the total Additions made to Policies for 
 .€1,000, effected in London or through an Agent in Great Britain, 
 which had been in force for the 21 years ending 1837. 
 
 c 
 <u 
 +_> a 
 * t 
 
 Hi Ci 
 
 bo o> 
 
 <5 S 
 £ 
 o 
 o 
 
 Annual 
 
 Premium. 
 
 BONUS. 
 
 Gross Additions 
 to the Sum 
 assured. 
 
 I Equivalent to the 
 [following Per Centage 
 on the Premiums paid 
 to the Company. 
 
 30 
 
 €26 
 
 14 
 
 2 ! 
 
 €354 
 
 .€63 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 40 
 
 33 
 
 19 
 
 2 ; 
 
 416 
 
 58 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 6 
 
 8 ! 
 
 526 
 
 55 
 
 5 
 
 0 
 
 60 
 
 63 
 
 13 
 
 4 ! 
 
 789 
 
 59 
 
 0 
 
 3 
 
 Assura?ices for Short periods may now be effected in this Office 
 at considerably reduced rates of Premium. 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT.— In addition to the benefit of the late 
 Reduction in the Rates of Premiums, this Company offers to As- 
 surers the advantage of an allowance for the loss of Rent of Buildings 
 rendered untenantable by Fire. 
 
 The Company’s Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in 
 London or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorized 
 to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance. 
 
 HENRY DESBOROUGH. 
 
 92, Cheapside, Secretary. 
 
 \Ath February , 1839. 
 
CHAMBERLAIN, 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF THE 
 
 EYE-PEESERVmG SPECTACLES^ 
 
 Upon unerring principles, respectfully informs the Public 
 that his prices are less than half those usually charged by 
 other opticians. 
 
 Patronized by the nobility, clergy, the principals of the 
 British Museum, and strongly recommended by most dis- 
 tinguished members of the Colleges of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons. 
 
 A pair of best convex pebbles, fitted to the purchaser s 
 own frame, 5s. ; concaves, 7s. 6d. ; convex glasses, Is. ; 
 
 concaves, 2s. 
 
 Best Brazilian pebbles, in gold frame . ^1 15 0 for Ladies. 
 
 Ditto ditto double joints 2 5 0 Gentlemen. 
 
 Ditto ditto standard silver 0 15 0 Ladies. 
 
 Ditto ditto double joints 0 16 6 Gentlemen. 
 
 Ditto ditto finest blue steel frame ... 0 15 0 Ladies. 
 
 Ditto ditto ditto double joints . . , . 0 16 6 
 
 Ditto ditto tortoishell fram e 0 10 0 Ladies. 
 
 Ditto ditto best black buffalo horn ... 0 7 6 Ladies. 
 
 Ditto ditto strong steel frame .... 0 6 6 Mechanics. 
 
 The above are all glazed with the clearest Brazilian Peb- 
 bles, composed of pure crystal, which is acknowledged by 
 oculists to be the most pellucid and perfect substance that 
 can be used for Spectacles. 
 
 Best glasses, in steel frames, from 1$. Qd. to 2s. 6d. 
 
 Ditto, ditto, best horn ditto, 2s. G«. 
 
 Country and foreign correspondents may be suited either 
 by sending the glass last used, or part of it, or by stating 
 at what distance they can read common type, specifying the 
 length of time they have used spectacles. 
 
 Letters are requested to be post-paid. Orders attended to 
 within ten miles of London : a month’s trial allowed, within 
 which time customers may exchange their purchases with- 
 out extra charge. 
 
 37, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, in a direct line with 
 Holborn. 
 
PATRONIZED BY 
 
 HER MAJESTY 
 
 AND ALL THE COURTS OF EUROPE. 
 
 M‘ALPINE’S 
 
 AFRICAN BALM. 
 
 This inimitable Balm was first introduced by C. M'Alpine 
 in Paris, in 1836, and having received highly flattering tes- 
 timonials of its extraordinary efficacy from the most eminent 
 medical gentlemen in that and the United Kingdom, have 
 induced him to offer it to the British Public. It not only 
 prevents Baldness, and all complaints incident to the hu- 
 man hair, but likewise creates a new growth. C. M. con- 
 fidently asserts that the African Balm is superior to any 
 discovery heretofore made; it also removes the dandriff, 
 prevents the hair changing gray, and restores it to the ori- 
 ginal colour, and corrects the rigidity of the hair. The 
 native chiefs, who always use this Balm, are noted for the 
 beauty and luxuriance of their hair, and their children have 
 splendid heads of hair at the age of two years, in con- 
 sequence of this Balm being used from their birth. The 
 receipt was purchased by C. M. of a celebrated traveller. 
 Families ought never to be without it in their nursery: 
 This Balm will even make an old wig look like a natural 
 head of hair if worn for years. 
 
 Sold in bottles , at 2s. 6^., 3s. 6^., 5s., 10s., and 1 /. 
 
 May be had at 48, Threadneedle-street, or at the manu- 
 factory, 10, Sloane-street, Belgrave-square ; likewise the 
 celebrated Russian and Turkish Hair Dye ; and of all re- 
 spectable Perfumers and Chemists in town and Country. 
 
 CAUTION. 
 
 Some hair-cutters do not recommend the Balm, the profit 
 being too small. It is highly necessary to have the Balm 
 well rubbed into the hair immediately after cutting, the 
 pores of the hair being open to receive it. Agents ap- 
 pointed in town or country by sending a remittance or 
 reference. 
 
J. DE LCROEX AND CO.’S 
 
 LONG ESTABLISHED 
 
 ® E P © T, 
 
 158, NEW BOND STREET, 
 
 UNDER THE 
 
 Patronage of Her Majesty, QUEEN VICTORIA , and the most 
 Illustrious Heads of Royal Houses in Europe. 
 
 The Proprietors beg to draw attention to the following list of some 
 of their unique preparations, the acknowledged merits of which render 
 an enumeration all that is necessary. 
 
 Bouquet de la Reine Victoria, a new perfume prepared specially 
 for Her Majesty. 
 
 His late Majesty George the Fourth’s Perfume, Bouquet du Roi, 
 prepared expressly for that Sovereign. 
 
 Esprit de Lavande aux Millefleurs, so universally admired in every 
 quarter of the habitable globe. 
 
 Delcroix’s Vegetable Extract for cleansing the Hair, See. 
 
 Pommade Regeneratrice, for the growth and preservation of the 
 hair. 
 
 Vegetable Creme des Sultanes, for preserving, beautifying, and 
 whitening the skin. 
 
 Delcroix’s celebrated Poudre Unique, for dyeing the Hair, &c. 
 
 Pate D’Amande a la Reine, and Pate au Miel, so justly esteemed for 
 their healing and softening qualities. 
 
 The True Opiate of the Circassian Ladies, for the preservation and 
 embellishment of the Teeth. 
 
 To Ladies. — Poudre Subtils, for removing superfluous Hairs. 
 
 Delcroix’s Anti-Scorbutic Elixir and Anti-Scorbutic Tooth Powder, 
 for preserving the Teeth and Gums from decay, and curing the 
 Toothache. 
 
 To Gentlemen, for the comfort of easy shaving, they can recom- 
 mend their Vegetable Polish Soap Paste, and Pasta del Castagna. 
 
 Almond Oil Soap, for Rough or Chapped Hands, and for softening 
 and improving the skin. 
 
 Also, Farina’s Genuine Eau de Cologne, Eau Aromatique, Real 
 Swiss Arquebusade, and all other articles of Perfumery of the very 
 best description. 
 
 *** J. Delcroix and Co. respectfully request that attention be par 
 ticularly paid to the address upon their labels, No. 158, New Bond- 
 street. No others can be warranted genuine. 
 
194 
 
 Is the only article that produces and restores the Hair on 
 bald places ; prevents hair falling off or turning grey ; 
 changes grey hair to its original colour, frees it from scurf, 
 and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. Ladies 
 are requested to ask for 
 
 PRICE’S GOLDEN OIL OF MACASSAR, 
 as many shopkeepers sell a spurious imitation, which de- 
 stroys the colour as well as the growth of the hair. 3s. Gd., 
 7s., and 10s. 6d. per bottle. 
 
 Price & Co.’s Perfumery, the great superiority of which 
 has been so incontrovertibly established by the distinguish- 
 ed Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the Queen 
 Dowager, the Members of the Royal Family, and by the 
 Nobility and Gentry generally, as to render it unnecessary 
 for Price & Co. to do more than enumerate their leading 
 Articles. 
 
 Price’s Victoria Bouquet, the delicious fragrance of which 
 has rendered it an especial favourite with the Sovereign. 
 3s. 6d. 
 
 Price’s Honey Paste is a certain remedy for Chapped 
 Hands, and agreeable detersive for the Skin. 2s. 6d. and 
 5s. per pot. 
 
 Price’s Old Brown Windsor Soap, Price 2s. 6d. per 
 packet of six squares, equal in quantity to most fashionable 
 soaps sold for 5s. 6d. This soap is highly perfumed, and 
 being kept till very old, is very economical, going twice as 
 far as new soaps. 
 
 Price’s Camphor Soap, for Chapped Hands, containing a 
 greater quantity of camphor than has hitherto been con- 
 sidered practicable. It possesses all the cooling and other 
 good qualities of that well-known article. Is. per square. 
 
195 
 
 Price's Restorative and Curling Cream is most beneficial 
 for promoting the luxuriance and beauty of the hair. 3s. 6d. 
 per bottle. 
 
 Price’s Abemethy’s Specific is superior to anything yet 
 discovered for rendering the skin soft, smooth, and beau- 
 tiful ; removing freckles, morphews, &c. It is particularly 
 recommended for the hands and arms, bestowing on them a 
 delicacy and whiteness unrivalled. 4s. 6d., 10s. 6d , and 
 21s. per bottle ; with testimonials of its surprising effects, 
 by a clergyman of the Church of England. 
 
 Price’s Rypophagon, an unequalled Shaving Soap, re- 
 commended to gentlemen who have strong beards and tender 
 or irritable skin. Is. and 2s. per square. 
 
 Price’s Bloom of Roses, for giving an unequalled tinge 
 to Blanc-mange, Jellies, also for tinting Silk Stockings, 
 &c. For imparting that enchantingly youthful colour to 
 the cheeks and lips, which Ladies may produce to any de- 
 gree of shade, to suit every complexion, by applying the 
 Bloom on a little cotton. 5s. and 10s. 6d. 
 
 Price’s Cold Cream, composed of mild emollient balsam, 
 quite different to what is usually sold under a similar name. 
 It stands unrivalled for preventing the skin chapping, and 
 gives instant relief to the smarting pain occasioned by in- 
 clement weather, the use of alkaline soap shaving, or any 
 other causes ; it emits in use a most delightful perfume of 
 the rose, &c. Is., 2s. Gd., and 5s. per pot. 
 
 CAUTION TO FAMILIES. 
 
 Mr. Prick (late of the Firm of Price and Gosnell, and formerly of 
 the Firm of Patey, Butts, Price, & Co. — the only surviving Partner 
 of those firms) cautions the Public against the manoeuvres of indi- 
 viduals improperly using his Name, by illegally styling themselves 
 “ Price & Gosnell.” These persons never were in partnership 
 either with Patey, Butts, Price, and Co., or Price and Gosnell, nor in 
 any way connected with those firms, otherwise than as servants in 
 the employ of Mr. Price’s late Firm of “ Price & Gosnell.” 
 
 PRICE AND CO.’S PERFUMERY, 
 
 Celebrated Soaps, Brushes, See. are to be had Genuine in London 
 only, at their Establishment, 28, Lombard Street, and of their Agents 
 in all the cities and towns of Europe. 
 
 Price & Co. affix to every genuine Article a label with the signature 
 of “ Price & Co.” in Red Ink , and in its centre, ” 28, Lombard 
 Street.” 
 
 TO COUNTERFEIT WHICH IS FELONY 
 
SVIARTIN & CO. 
 
 62 & G3, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, 
 
 Beg to inform 
 
 ESmiga-aists and Shippers of Goods to South 
 Australia, 
 
 They have always on hand Warranted Agricultural Implements, 
 Carts, Ploughs, Plantation Hoes, Bills, Hatchets, Spades, Shovels, 
 Coopers’, Carpenters’, Ship-builders’, Curriers’, and other Tools of 
 every description. Warranted Steel Mills for Grinding Coffee, Wheat, 
 Indian Corn, Malt, Beans, Peas, Oats, Pepper, Rice, & c. 
 
 N.13. — Wheat Mills and Flour Dressing Machines and Sieves, are 
 almost indispensable for Emigrants to New South Wales and Van 
 Dieman’s Land. 
 
 Orders for any of tire following articles executed at the Birming- 
 ham and Sheffield factor’s prices and discounts : — Plated Wares, Cut- 
 lery, Brass Foundry, Steel Pens, Japan and Britannia-metal Wares, 
 Lamps, Scales, Weighing Machines, Optical and Mathematical In- 
 struments, Buttons, Military and Gilt Ornaments, Jewellery, Needles, 
 Fish Hooks, Harpoons, Combs, Turnery, Brushes, Guns, Pistols, 
 Percussion Caps, Powder Shot, Swords, Cutlasses, Whips, Saddlery, 
 Cooking Apparatus, Ovens, Stove Grates, Fenders, Fire Irons, Iron- 
 mongery, &c. 
 
 THE 
 
 CALAMITOUS EFFECTS OF FIRE. 
 
 Any encomiums on the merits of 
 
 READ’S NEW PATENT DOUBLE-ACTION 
 
 FIRE ENGINES 
 
 Would be superfluous, as they have been proved to be the best and 
 most simple action Engines, adapted for Villages, Mansions, Facto- 
 ries, &c. &c. Some are so portable that they may be kept in an 
 outhouse, or in a hall, passage, or staircase, and may be worked by 
 the single hand ; and if standing by for months, would be ready to 
 act in an instant. These Engines are made of any dimensions (to 
 order), from the power of two to four, six, eight, twelve or twenty 
 able men, and may be worked with two-thirds of the labour required 
 for the common Engines, and contained in about two-thirds of the 
 space. 
 
 N.B.— The smallest of the above are calculated for all Horticultu 
 ral purposes. 
 
 May be seen and proved at the 
 
 LONDON GALLERIES OF SCIENCE, 
 
 AND AT 
 
 THE PATENTEE’S, 35, REGENT CIRCUS, PICCADILLY, 
 
THE MARCH OF MIN D. 
 
 I tell you what! The most instructive and entertaining New- 
 Year or Birth-Day Presents for Young People, are 
 
 WEST'S EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS, 
 
 Containing TWELVE VIEWS OF ROME, ATHENS, BALBEC, 
 PALYRMA, &c. &c. 
 
 Price from 21s. to 28s. each. Catalogues of upwards of 200 Views 
 adapted to the above (gratis). 
 
 WEST'S IMPROVED STANHOPE LENS, 
 
 Mounted in Gold, Silver, or Metal. Price from 5s. 6d. to 20s. The 
 prettiest trinket and decidedly the most unique Microscope ever 
 invented. Power 4,096 times. 
 
 WEST’S NEWLY-INVENTED COMPOUND SEED GLASS. 
 Price 9s. 6d. to 12s. 
 
 A convenient Microscope for examining Seeds, Minerals, Shells, 
 Beetles, &c. &c. Power 2,048 times. 
 
 To prevent fraud, observe the name is stamped on the above in- 
 struments, and full printed descriptions sent from the Maker, 83, 
 Fleet-street, London, or through any Bookseller in the United 
 Kingdom. 
 
 Spectacles on the most improved principle. 
 
 WEST’S TREATISE ON THE EYE. Price 6d. 
 
 N.B. Every Article in the Optical Line, of the best workmanship, 
 as low in price as any House in the Trade. 
 
 Just Published, Price Is. 
 
 A MAP OF THE 
 
 LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON 
 RAILWAY, 
 
 To Five Miles of Basingstoke, 
 
 With the Times of Starting, Tables of Distances and Fares ; 
 
 Or with SIX VIEWS, only Is. 6d. 
 
 Also a finely Engraved 
 
 RAILWAY MAP OP BIRMINGHAM 
 
 AND ITS ENVIRONS, 
 
 With the New Wards and Views of the Public Buildings. 
 
 And also the 
 
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 Price 2s. 
 
 R. Tyas, 50, Cheapside, and J. R. Jobbins, 3, Warwick Court, 
 Holborn. 
 
BARTON AND CO. HOLBORN If XXjI*. 
 
 This day is Published, Price 6s. 
 
 DEDICATED TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, 
 
 GRAMMAR OF THE FIVE SENSES; 
 
 Being the First Step to Infant Education ; 
 
 With Coloured Diagrams and Illustrative Tables . 
 
 By Thomas Wirgman, Esq. 
 
 Sold by Darton& Clark, Holborn Hill, and all Booksellers. 
 
 Published this Day, Price Is. 6d. 
 
 ADVICE TO THE MARRIED, 
 
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 By 
 
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 A DRESSING TABLE COMPANION; 
 Comprising Advice on the Hair, Teeth, Eyes, &c. &c. 
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JUST PUBLISHED, 
 
 A GENERAL RAILWAY MAP, 
 
 BRADSHAW’S New Map of the Railways, &c. of England, Wales, 
 and Scotland, reduced from the celebrated and highly accurate Ord- 
 nance Survey. 
 
 The very extensive and important changes which have already taken 
 place in the Inland Communications of this Kingdom, and other 
 similar projects of still greater magnitude and consequence being in 
 progress, or contemplated, a Correct Map of the Railways has become 
 a desideratum, indispensable to the interests of Science and Com- 
 merce, and to the utility of the public generally. 
 
 This Blap contains the Line of each Railway, Canal, Navigable 
 River, and Principal Road, with the Position of the Towns, &c. de- 
 lineated with the greatest accuracy and distinctness : and to render 
 the Railways most conspicuous, they are separately coloured. Their 
 gradients, levels, and inclinations, above low water mark at Liverpool, 
 are also indicated in feet and inches ; by which plan the comparative 
 elevation of the face of the country can be readily ascertained. 
 
 The lines and gradients of the different Railways, &c. corrected up 
 to the most recent improvements, are inserted by their respective 
 Engineers, who have kindly afforded their valuable assistance to this 
 Work. 
 
 This Blap will embody most of the information contained in the 
 larger Canal Blaps of the same Publisher, which were executed under 
 the careful superintendence of the celebrated late Thomas Telford, 
 Esq. F.R.S. L. & E. 
 
 TESTIBIONIAL TO G. BRADSHAW’S MAPS OF CANALS, &c. 
 
 “ We, the undersigned, having had opportunities of using and 
 comparing BIr. Bradshaw’s Canal Maps, with the Lines of Naviga- 
 tion, &c. therein described, have no hesitation in recommending the 
 same as a most useful, correct, and valuable work. 
 
 “ Thomas Telford, William Cubitt, 
 
 James Walker, I. Brunei.” 
 
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 James Gardner, Ordnance Blapseller, Regent Street, London ; or by 
 George Bradshaw, the Ordnance Engraver and Publisher, BXan- 
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 PUBLISHER OF FREELING’S RAILWAY COMPANIONS, 
 
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TO THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY. 
 
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 ROBERT WARDER GUY 
 
 Takes this opportunity of returning his grateful 
 acknowledgements to the Nobility, Gentry, and 
 the Public who have patronized the above Es- 
 tablishment ; at the same time he begs to inform 
 them that he has effected considerable Altera- 
 tions and Improvements in the above Hotel, 
 which, with the most unremitting attention and 
 moderate charges, he hopes to ensure a conti- 
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 NEW GROUP, 
 
 Got up in the first style of splendour, in honour of the 
 occasion, consisting of likenesses, in full dress (of British 
 manufacture), of her Majesty in her robes of state, the 
 Duchess ot Kent, the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, 
 Earl Grey, Viscount Melbourne, Marquis Normanby, and 
 Lord Lyndhurst. 
 
 Open from Eleven till Six, and from Seven till Ten. 
 Brilliantly Illuminated at Eight . Admittance One Shilling . 
 Bazaar, Baker Street, Portman Square. 
 
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 AND 
 
 FAMILY HOTEL, 
 
 NO. 84, 
 
 GHACSCHUXICB 
 
 LONDON; 
 
 Within Five Minutes’ walk of the Steam Packet Wharfs, 
 Custom House, Exchange, and Bank. 
 
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 FOR 
 
 FAMILIES AND GENTLEMEN AT MODERATE 
 CHARGES. 
 
 WELL-APPOINTED CARRIAGES 
 
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 No. 3, Walbrook , near the Royal Exchange , London. 
 
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THE THAMES TUSNEL, 
 
 Entrance near the Church at Rotlierhithe, on the Surrey 
 side of the Liver, is open to the public every day (except 
 Sunday), from Nine in the morning until dark. 
 
 Admittance One Shilling each . 
 
 Both Archways are brilliantly lighted with gas, and the de- 
 scent to them is by a new and more commodious Staircase. 
 The Tunnel is now upwards of 
 
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 in length, and completed to within a distance of Thirty-five 
 feet from low water mark on the Middlesex shore. 
 
 Thames Tunnel Office , "1 By Order, 
 
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 June , 1839. J Clerk to the Company. 
 
 N.B. Conveyances to the Thames Tunnel, by Omnibus 
 from Charing Cross, Fleet-street, and Gracechurch- street ; 
 also by the Woolwich and Greenwich Steam Boats, at 
 llungerford, Queenliithe, Dyer’s Hall Wharf, and London 
 Bridge, every half-hour. 
 
 Books descriptive of the Works are sold at the Tunnel , 
 Price One Shilling. 
 
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 Malleable Sheet Zink, Zink Nails and Tacks ; Planished 
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 (LATE CAIGER’S) GENERAL OFFICES 
 
 FOR LIGHT SAFETY COACHES, 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER. 
 
 The TELEGRAPH, to London, from the George Inn, Above Bar, 
 and the Vine Inn, near the Quay, through Basingstoke every morning, 
 at a quarter before' eight o’c lock. From the Cross Keys, Wood-street, 
 Cheapside, at a quarter-past seven j Golden Cross, Charing Cross, 
 every morning, at half-past seven ; and from Hatchet’s Hotel, Picca- 
 dilly, at eight o’clock. Passengers regularly booked for this coach at 
 the George Inn, Above Bar. 
 
 The HAMPSHIRE HUNT, from the Royal George Inn, every 
 morning (except Sunday), at ten o’clock, through Alresford and Alton, 
 by the RAILWAY, arriving in London by five o’clock, returning from 
 the Bell Sauvage at nine o’clock, and White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, 
 at half-past nine, arriving in Southampton at half-past four. 
 
 The PILOT, to Lyndhurst, Lymington, and Christchurch, and also 
 the ECLIPSE, to Ringwood, Wimborne, and Poole, after the arrival 
 of these coaches at Southampton (except Sunday), by which passen- 
 gers are booked through at the different offices in London. 
 
 The ECLIPSE, from the Vine and Royal George Inns, every day 
 (except Sunday), at half-past one, through Basingstoke, by the 
 RAILWAY, arriving in London at nine o’clock, returning from the 
 Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-street, at a quarter before two ; Swan 
 with Two Necks, Lad lane, and Bell and Crown, Holborn, at two ; 
 White Bear and Spread Eagle, Piccadilly, at half-past twro, arriving 
 in Southampton at half-past nine. 
 
 The ROYAL WILLIAM, Evening Coach, to London, through 
 Alresford, Alton, and Farnham, from the Vine and Royal George 
 Inns, at half-past seven (except Saturday). From the Swan with 
 Two Necks, Lad-lane, and Bell and Crown, Holborn, at half-past six, 
 and White Bear, Piccadilly, at a quarter-past seven every evening 
 (except Sunday), arriving at Southampton in time for a coach to 
 Lymington, Christchurch, Bournmouth, Poole, Wareham, Dorches- 
 ter, arid Weymouth (except Sunday). 
 
 OXFORD COACH, every morning at a quarter before nine (except 
 Sunday). Leaves the Angel Inn, Oxford, every morning (except 
 Sunday) at eight. From Oxford are coaches to Worcester, Birming- 
 ham, Holyhead, Cheltenham, Coventry, Liverpool, and all parts of 
 the North. 
 
 The PLOUGH, to Cheltenham, through Andover, Marlbro’ and 
 Cirencester, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings, at a 
 quarter before eight, to the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham ; from whence 
 it returns every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a quarter-past 
 seven. — Passengers booked by this coach to Tewkesbury and Wor- 
 cester, the same evening. 
 
 All the above Coaches pass through Winchester , and leave the Black 
 
 Swan Inn Office there an hour and a quarter later than from 
 
 Southampton. 
 
 The PILOT, to Christchurch, every afternoon at a quarter before 
 five (except Sunday), through Lymington ; and returns from Humby’s 
 Hotel, Christchurch, every morning at a quarter-past six (except 
 Sunday), in time for coaches to London, Sarum, Bath, and Bristol. 
 
The ECLIPSE Coach to Poole, every afternoon (except Sunday), 
 a quar ter before live, after the arrival of the Telegraph London Coach; 
 and returns from the London Tavern, Poole, every morning (except 
 Sunday) at half-past eight, in time for the Eclipse to London. 
 
 LYMINGTON COACH, every morning at half-past seven (except 
 Sunday), every afternoon at a quarter before five (except Sunday) ; 
 and returns from the Angel and Anchor and Hope Inns, Lymington, 
 every morning at half-past eight, and afternoon at a quarter before 
 three (except Sunday). 
 
 The ROCKET, to Bath, from the Vine and Royal George Inns, 
 through Romsey, Salisbury, and Warminster, every morning at a 
 quarter-past eight (Sundays excepted) ; and returns from the White 
 Hart and White Lion Hotels, Bath, at a quarter before eight every 
 morning (except Sunday). 
 
 The CELERITY, to Bristol, through Salisbury, Warminster, and 
 Bath, elegant light Coach, every morning (except Sunday at a quarter 
 before eleven ; and returns from the Bush Inn, Bristol, at a quarter 
 before seven, and White Hart, Bath, at half-past eight every morning 
 (except Sunday). From Bath are Coaches to Gloucester, Hereford, 
 Worcester, Shrewsbury, Holyhead, & c. 
 
 EXETER and PLYMOUTH, through Ringwood, Blandford, Dor- 
 chester, and B rid port, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morn- 
 ing at a quarter before seven ; and returns every morning (except 
 Sunday) at the same hour. 
 
 The BRIGHTON ROYAL MAIL, every morning at a quarter 
 before ten, through Fareliam, Chichester, Arundel, and Worthing, 
 and returns from the Blue Coach Office, Brighton, every morning at 
 the same hour. 
 
 The TIMES, to Brighton, through Chichester, Arundel, and 
 Worthing, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, at a 
 quarter before twelve; and returns every Monday, Wednesday, and 
 Friday, at half-past eight. 
 
 CELERITY Coach to Portsmouth, every evening (except Sunday) 
 at a quarter before five ; and returns from the George and Fountain 
 Inns, Portsmouth, every morning (except Sunday) at half-past eight. 
 
 EMERALD, to Weymouth, every morning (except Sunday) at a 
 quarter-past seven, through Lyndhurst, Lymington, Christchurch, 
 Poole, Wareham, and Dorchester; and returns from Luce’s Hotel, 
 Weymouth, at the same hour every morning (except Sundays). 
 
 The whole of the above Coaches are travelling with the greatest 
 possible expedition consistent with safety, and every accommodation 
 will be invariably afforded to those who may be pleased to give this 
 Establishment a preference. 
 
 The greatest care will be taken, the lowest rate charged , and the 
 utmost expedition used in the delivery of all Parcels. 
 
 ORDERS BY LETTER DULY ATTENDED TO. 
 
 Notice. — In pursuance of an Act of Parliament, passed in the first 
 year ot the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., cap. 68, no 
 Parcel above the value of .s6 J 10 accounted for, if lost or damaged, un- 
 less entered and paid for accordingly. 
 
 HEARSES AND MOURNING COACHES TO ANY PART OF ENGLAND, ON 
 THE SHORTEST NOTICE. 
 
THE 
 
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 No. 159, 
 
 HIGH STREET, SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 PATRONIZED BY 
 
 The Rt. Rev. The Lord Bishop op Winchester. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, M.P. 
 
 Sir George Staunton, Bart., M. P., Leigh Park. 
 
 J. S. W. S. E. Drax, Esq., Charborough Park, Dorset. 
 
 Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., Stratton Park. 
 
 Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq., Cranbury Park. 
 
 Arthur Atherley, Esq., Arundel. 
 
 Charles Cecil Martyn, Esq. 
 
 William Hornby, Esq., Hook. 
 
 And by many of the most Distinguished Families in the neighbourhood. 
 
 This Gallery is principally for the reception of Pictures by living 
 British Artists, with a view to their Exhibition and Sale ; and the 
 Proprietors confidently entertain the hope that it will be found to 
 merit, in no small degree, a portion of that widely extended patronage, 
 which alike sustaining and honouring the progress of the Fine Arts 
 in this Country, at present distinguishes the national character. But 
 whatever more important effects the Proprietors may reasonably an- 
 ticipate, they deem full confidence that the Exhibition will afford the 
 Inhabitants and Visitors to the Town and Neighbourhood an inno- 
 cent, liberal, and gratifying amusement, consequently the objects of 
 the Institution are two-fold, to gratify the public ta^ie and curiosity 
 at a cheap rate, and to encourage the rising merits of Artists, not only 
 of this, but of the neighbouring counties, by giving them an oppor- 
 tunity of exhibiting their Works free of expense , with the advantages 
 of a chance of sale. With this object in view, the Proprietors feel 
 confident that no appeal is necessary to ensure the Patronage of the 
 Public •, but they cannot close this address without returning their 
 most sincere thanks to the Patrons and Subscribers of this Institu- 
 tion for their support, and hope that the taste for the Fine Arts in 
 Southampton and its neighbourhood will continue to increase, and 
 find enlightened judges and liberal patrons of the various merits the 
 Exhibition may possess. 
 
 Since the opening of the Exhibition in 1827, upwards of Four 
 Hundred Pictures have been sold. 
 
 The Gallery opens the first week in August (in each year), and 
 closes the first week in December. Subscriptions of One Guinea will 
 admit the whole of a Family at all times. 
 
 Non- Subscribers One Shilling. 
 
 Buchan and Slodden, Proprietors. 
 
LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, 
 
 Yacht and Ship Agent, 
 
 A4D©T0@[MI[I&5 a AI?l?l8ADg|£l3, §iy)K¥IY®K 3 
 
 SHARE BROKER, 
 
 GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, 
 
 AHD UNDERTAKER. 
 
 JVo. 8 r Opposite Portland Street r 
 
 (above the Bar Gate,) 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 AGENT TO THE 
 
 Estates* Houses and Yachts, at all times on Sale, 
 and to be Eet. 
 
 ALL, INFORMATION: ORATBSb 
 It is requested all Letters should be Laid. 
 
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 Celebrated Dublin Porter. 
 
 This very superior XX Stout Porter, for its 
 softness, purity, and nutritious quality has been 
 attested by chemical analysis; it is free from all 
 hardness and acidity, of the finest Malt and Hops, 
 warranted three Bushels of Malt to the Barrel, 
 and strongly recommended by the faculty. 
 
 ON SALE BY THE IMPORTERS 
 
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 56, HIGH STREET. 
 
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 n.b. a large stock of wines 
 
 AND SPIRITS, 
 
 Perry, Ales, Ciders, &c. dec. dtc* 
 
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YAtgfHIT ©FIFO©®* 
 
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 SEVERAL YftOHT AGENT*) 
 
 SHIP BROKER, &c. 
 
 No. 92, HIGH STREET {near the Quay), 
 
 S OUTIIAM PT O W, 
 
 Announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that 
 having the best, earliest, and most extensive channels of 
 information, he can offer his services with confidence in 
 the 
 
 PURCHASE OR SALE OF YACHTS, ETC. 
 
 Possessing long experience and practical knowledge as to 
 the character and fittings of Shipping of every description, 
 J. K. respectfully solicits that patronage and support which, 
 by strict attention and zealous exertion, it shall be his study 
 on all occasions to deserve. 
 
 YACHTS OF VARIOUS TONNAGE FOR 
 SALE. 
 
 No charge made for the transaction of any Yacht busi- 
 ness unless a Sale is effected, and in all cases J. K. will be 
 satisfied with a moderate Commission. 
 
 [H]®U§{I MO® WfflT 
 
 PAINTING, PLUMBING, &c. &c. 
 
 *** ALL APPLICATIONS BY LETTER TO BE POST PAID, 
 
 Agent for the sale of J. R. St ebb mg’s Binnacles and Com- 
 passes, in Brass and Wood , 
 
 ALSO WITH TRANSPARENT CARDS TO LET IN THE DECK, 
 
 TELESCOPES, DECK LIGHTS, CHARTS, ETC. ETC. 
 
216 
 
 PERIODICALS FOR JUNE, 
 
 And supplied regularly and early, on the First of the Month, 
 
 BY 
 
 CO UPLAND; ANP NrCHTfN.CAt.Ej 
 
 169, HIGH STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, 
 
 BOOKSELLERS, 
 
 STATIONERS, LIBRARIANS, PRINTERS, 
 
 BOOKBINDERS, NEWS AGENTS, ETC. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Bentley’s Miscellany for June .. 2 6 
 
 Colburn’s New Monthly 3 6 
 
 Fraser’s Magazine 2 6 
 
 Blackvvood’9 Magazine 2 6 
 
 United Service Journal 3 6 
 
 Asiatic Journal 3 6 
 
 Sporting Review, by Nimrod 2 6 
 
 New Sporting Magazine 2 6 
 
 Old Sporting Magazine 2 6 
 
 Farmer’s Journal 1 6 
 
 Lockhart’s Life of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. Ill 5 0 
 
 Maxwell’s Life of the Duke of Wellington— Part II.. 5 0 
 
 Alexander’s Ditto— Part III 2 6 
 
 Major Basil Jackson and Captain B. R. Scott’s Ditto — 
 
 Part II 2 6 
 
 Wright’s Ditto— Part IV 1 0 
 
 World of Fashion. 2 0 
 
 Oriental Herald. . / 2 6 
 
 And all other Periodicals. 
 
 £ s. d 
 
 New Works Just Published. 
 
 Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1 18 0 
 
 Debrett’s Peerage, 1839 1 8 0 
 
 Lodge’s Peerage, 1839 1 1 0 
 
 The Noble Science — A few General Ideas on Fox 
 
 Hunting. By Delme Radliffe, Esq 1 8 0 
 
 Sketches by Boz 1 1 0 
 
 Fielding on Painting in Oil and Water Colours. ... 170 
 
 And every other New Publication. 
 
 A good selection of Works in every class of Literature, constantly 
 on sale. Also an extensive stock of Stationery of every description, 
 Plain and Fancy; Ledgers, Account Books, &c. &c. 
 
 Bookbinding, executed by London Workmen, in every style, at 
 moderate charges. 
 
 Printing of all kinds at the shortest notice. 
 

 
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