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the manufacture of boots, 251 shoes, and lace. Pop. 1851, 5061.

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Thrapston, on the Nen. 191 by means of which it pos sesses a considerable trade. Pop. 1851, 1183. About two miles distant is Drayton 181

House, a noble antiquated structure, supposed to have been erected about the middle of the 15th century. The ehurch of Lowick in the vicinity is adorned with monuments, brasses, and 16 stained glass. Beyond, about four miles distant, is Lilford Hall, a handsome mansion, belonging to Lord Lilford, and about 4 miles farther,

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Enter Northamptonshire.

Bozeat. Wollaston.

Long Bridge.

cr. the river Nen. WELLINGBOROUGH.

(To Northampton, 11 miles; Thrapston, 11 miles.)

Great Harrowden. Isham.

Weston Underwood, Sir R. G. Throckmorton, Bart.

Olney is a small but neat town on the Ouse, surrounded by delightful scenery. The church is spacious. Many of the 56 females here are employed in making worsted stockings and in silk. weaving. Cowper the poet resided for a number of years at Weston in the vicinity.

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2 miles from Bozeat is Castle Ashby, Marquis 63 of Northampton, a large quadrangular structure, containing numerous portraits. The dates 1625 and 1635 are seen in the balustrades of the turrets. In the park is the church, a neat building, with a curious ancient porch, and an oid altar tomb

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Oundle, a neat town, 11 almost surrounded by the Nen, possessing, besides a handsome church with a tower, several chapels, a market-house, &c. Pop. 1851, 2689. 34 miles from Oundle is 5 Fotheringhay(Lord Overstone), where formerly stood the castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was confined and executed. 6 miles from Oundle is Apthorpe, the church of which contains monument to Sir W. Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth, and founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In the vicinity is Apthorpe Hall, the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland.

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2 miles from Kettering on the right is Boughton House, Duke of 78 Buccleuch, formerly th seat of the Dukes of Montagu; and 9 miles from Kettering is Wel79 don, noted for its quarries of stone, which is capable of taking a high polish. In the neighbourhood are the traces of a town, and the remains of the pavement of a Roman 84 mansion.

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CXLVIII. LONDON TO HIGHAM FERRERS THROUGH KIMBOLTON, 71 Miles.

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CLI. LONDON TO MARKET WEIGHTON BY BAWTRY, THORNE, AND

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curious ments. Pop. 1851, 2235. Near Holme is Holme Hall, (Hon. C. Langdale.) for several centuries the property of the Constables of Flamborough, who sold it to Sir Marmadake Langdale, the steady adherent of Charles L

Market Weighton carries on a considerable trade by means of a canal, which communicates with the Humber. Here are several barrows containing human bones, and the remains of armour.

9 miles distant Houghton Hall, Hon. C. Langdale.

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Booth Ferry.

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The Dutch riyer is a canal, so called because 173 it was cut in the reign of Charles II., by Van Mulden, and his Dutch and Flemish settlers.

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Two or three miles east of Booth Ferry, and on the Ouse, is the rising port of GoOLE, which carries on a considerable trade, and has extensive docks and warehouses. Pop. 1851, 4722.

cr. the river Ouse.

(To South Cave, 12 m.
thence to Hull, 12 m.)

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Near Holme is Spalding Moor, on which is a remark1831 able hill, 120 feet high, commanding an extensive prospect. The village is on the plain, but the church is situ184 ated on the top of the hill.

Beyond Holme is Melbourne Hall (Sir H. M. Va186 distant from Holme, is Evervasour, Bart.); and, 2 miles

ingham Hall, (Lord Herries), a noble modern mansion, in which is a fine portrait of Charles I. by Vandyke. Near

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CLII. LONDON TO GREAT GRIMBSY THROUGH LINCOLN & MARKET RASEN.

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There is another and better road to Great Grimsby by Market Rasen and Caistor, but it is 5 miles longer.

CAISTOR, a place of great antiquity, is supposed to derive its name from the Roman word "Castrum." Some Roman and Saxon antiquities have been disThe church is partly of Norman and partly of early English ar

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chitecture. There are also several chapels, banks, &c., in this town.

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