ON RIGHT FROM LOND. 480 CLXXVIII. LONDON TO HARWICH. THROUGH CHELMSFORD AND HARWICH, a railway station, 60 situated on a tongue of land opposite the mouth of the Stour and the Orwell, has a spacious harbour, capable of 60 containing more than 100 sall chon. It is a railway station, and carries on a considerable trade in 11 MANNINGTREE. of the line. It was a place of importance during the war, 63 as almost the only means of communication with the north of Europe. The chief employments are ship-building and other kindred trades. 67 Here is a dockyard, wel furnished with stor-houses &c., a church, town hal. and gaol, custom house, &c. In 684 summer it is much frequented as a bathing-place. Landguard fort, defending the harbour, was erected by 69 James I. 2 M.P. Pop. 1881. 4451 4 miles across the Orwell, Felixstowe, Sir. S. Fludyer, 71 Bart. CLXXIX. LONDON TO SOUTHEND, THROUGH BARKING, RAINHAM, STANFORD LE HOPE, AND HADLEIGH, 394 Miles. 152 BARKING was formerly celebrated for its nunnery said to have been the first convent for women in Eng land. The church contains several brasses and other Barking and monuments. its neighbourhood supply London with vast quantities of vegetables. 1 m. dist. is 7 Eastbury House, a curious antique building, tradition12 ally associated with the gun13 powder plot, as the place where the conspirators held 141 their meetings. Pop. of Barking, 1851, 1930. At Purfleet are large ge 16 vernment powder magazines Near Winnington is Bel 18 House, Sir T. B. Lennard, Bt 204 1 mile from Stifford is Belmont Castle. 21 ON RIGHT FROM LOND. ON LEFT FROM LOND. leigh Hall, now a school. CLXXX. LONDON TO SOUTHEND THROUGH ROMFORD, BRENTWOOD, From South'd. From London. ON LEFT FROM LOND. CLXXXI. LONDON TO BEDFORD, BY RAILWAY, 63 Miles. CLXXXII. PETERBOROUGH TO STAMFORD, MELTON-MOWBRAY, AND LEICESTER, BY RAILWAY, 53 Miles. Normanton Pa., 2 m., Lord Aveland; 8 m. thr- 34 ther, Exton Hall (Earl of Park, Mr. Finch. if miles. CLXXXIII. LONDON TO WARE AND HERTFORD, BY RAILWAY, 26 Miles. Leave main line of Northern and Eastern Railway. From Bishopsgate St. to 7 Broxbourne Junction St. 19 The Rye House, the scene of the pretended] conspiracy of 1683, is in the present day the frequent resort of the London angler, who finds 51 good sport in the Lea and the New River, both in its immediate vicinity. Faseney Park. The Priory and Poles. Hertford, the county town of Herts, is situated on the south bank of the river Lea. A castle was erected here in the tenth century, of which a few remains still exist. But the present castle was cr. New River. and follow its course. Rye House St. Hoddesdon, a small market town, 17 miles from London, and 4 miles to the south-east of Hertford. Pop. 1851, 1854. (See p. 381). Haileybury College, 2 miles, belonging to the 20 East India Company. Amwell, a pretty vil lage (see p. 387). A votive urn, surrounded by a 22 thicket ofevergreens, was erected here in 1800, to 241 the memory of Sir Hugh Myddleton, by whose patriotic exertions the waters of New River were originally conveyed to the metropolis. Balls Park, Marquis of 26 Townshend; Brickendonbury, and beyond. Panshanger (Earl Cowper). 484 LONDON TO HUNTINGDON, &c. built in the time of Charles I., and is now a school. At the east end of the town is an establishment belonging to Christ's Hospital (popularly known as the Blue Coat School), London, and used as a preparatory school for younger children, who are received here prior to their admission to the metropolitan establishment. It is a large building, capable of accomodating 600 children. Hertford is a pleasant, busy, and respectable town. Its principal trade is in mealing and malting. Two M.P. Pop. 1851, 6605. CLXXXIV. LONDON TO HUNTINGDON, BY RAILWAY, 77 Miles. CLXXXV. LONDON TO MARCH AND WISBEACH, BY RAILWAY, 100 Miles. 6 miles distant is Ramsey (p. 458), and Ramsey Abbey, E. Fellowes, Esq. Doddington, 1 mile 13 Wimblington and Dod- 86 (the richest living in dington St. England), Sir H. Peyton. Line to Peterborough, 15 miles. Line from Ely joins 9 (see p. 452). |