from Tynemouth is Seaton Delaval, formerly the seat of the Delavals, now the property of Lord Hastings. It was erected from designs by Sir John Vanbrugh, and was one of the finest mansions in Northumberland, but was unfortunately destroyed by fire about twenty years ago. There is a mausoleum within the grounds, and the chapel, which is as old as the time of William the Conqueror, is one of the most complete and beautiful little pieces of antiquity in England.

CXVI. FROM LONDON TO KIRBY MOORSIDE THROUGH HELMESLEY BLACKMOOR, 227 Miles.

Helmesley is a small

market-town on a declivity near the Rye. The inhabitants are employed in agriculture and the linen manufacture. Here are the ruins of a castle which was taken by Fairfax in the civil war. The grounds of Duncombe Park, half a mile distant, are laid out with great beauty, and command fine prospects. Four miles distant are the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, founded in 1811 for Cistertian monks. The situation is one of remarkable beauty. Five miles from Helmesley are the ruins of Ryland Abbey.

Newborough Hall, G. Wombwell, Esq.

Oswaldkirk Hall.

Duncomb Park, Lord Feversham, an elegant mansion, containing a fine collection of paintings. It was formerly called Helmesley, and was the seat of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.

5 HELMESLEY BLACK- 2221 To Bilsdale, 9 miles,

MOOR.

thence to Kirby, 34 m.,thence to Stokesby, 23 m,

Kirby Moorside is remarkable as the place 227 where the Duke of Buckingham died in want and misery in 1687, as described in the well known lines of Pope.

THAM, DONCASTER, YORK, AND NEW MALTON, 246 Miles.

MALTON, 239 Miles.

CXIX. LONDON TO WHITBY THROUGH LINCOLN, HULL, AND SCAR

* Gainsborough is situate on the right bank of the river Trent, twenty-one miles above its junction with the estuary of the Humber. The town, consisting principally of one long street, running parallel to the river, is clean, well paved, and lighted. It possesses a well built church, erected in 1748, several dissenting places of worship, a town hall, and a small theatre. Here is an ancient building called the Old Hall, composed of oak timber framing, and forming three sides of a quadrangle. It was formerly surrounded by a moat. The town has a considerable coasting and inward trade, arising from canals, and the navigable state of the river, which admits steamers and vessels of from 150 to 200 tons. Its population, in 1841, was 7860.