At Shredding's Green, in this parish, is the seat of Mrs. Colborne, built by Sir John Vanbrugh, for the dowager of lord Mohun, who was killed in a duel, that was likewise fatal to his antagonist James duke of Hamilton. A considerable cotton mill has lately been erected at Iver.

RICHING PARK, near Colnbrook, in Bucks, is a new seat, erected by John Sullivan, Esq. It stands on the site of Percy Lodge, the residence of Frances countess of Hertford, afterward duchess of Somerset, (the Cleora of Mrs. Rowe, and the patroness, whom Thomson invokes in his Spring.") "It was her practice," says Dr. Johnson, to invite, every summer, some poet into the country, to hear her verses, and assist her studies. This honour was one summer conferred on Thomson, who took more delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends, than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations, and therefore never reBut whatever were the merits ceived another summons." of this excellent lady's poetry, some of her letters, which have been published, evince, in the opinion of Shenstone,

a perfect rectitude of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and a truly classic ease and elegance of style."

In Iver church are monuments to the memory of Sir George and Sir Edward Salter, carvers to Charles I.; of lady Mary Salter, wife of Sir George, rising from her coffin in a shroud; and of John King, killed in his own house in 1601, by his kinsman Roger Parkinson, who, in a drunken frolic, stuck a shoemaker's awl into his forehead.

COLNBROOK,

is a market town, eighteen miles from London, on four channels of the river Coln, over each of which it has a bridge. One part of it is in Middlesex, and the other in Buckinghamshire. Here is an antient chapel, said to have been founded by Edward III. It was removed from its old site in Langley parish in 1790, and rebuilt on the side of the road belonging to the parish of Horton. Some antiquaries have supposed this place to have been a Roman station, but their imagination is not supported by any antiquities having been found here.

Colnbrook

Colnbrook has several large inns, and is accounted the greatest thoroughfare in England for carriages, according to its distance from London, or, as it is called, the great Bath road. It consists principally of one street, is in three parishes, and has a market day on Tuesday, which was used for corn, but has failed some years. The town was incorporated in 1543, by the stile of a bailiff and burgesses.

HORTON, a village near Colnbrook, was antiently possessed by the family of Windsor, and afterwards by that of Scawen. It was purchased in 1794, by Thomas Williams, Esq. M. P. whose son, Owen Williams, Esq. M. P. is the present proprietor. The great Milton, after he had left the university, resided five years at Horton with his father. The house, called the manor house, is now in the occupation of Mrs. Hugford. Here Milton's mother died, in 1637, and is buried in the chancel of the church.

END OF THE FIFTH VOLUME,

VOL. V.

A.

ADDINGTON, church and village, 310;-singular condition of the

tenure of the manor, 310.

also, 226, n.

warren, remains of a Druidical temple at, 265. See

Addiscombe place, the residence of the earl of Liverpool, 309.
Agmondesham, or Amersham, its markets, fairs, manufactures, &c. 466.
Alle-solven chapel, a chantry, founded by sir John de Cobham, at Ro-
chester, 192.

Alleyn, Mr. Edward, founder of Dulwich college, sketch of his life, 53.
Allington castle, near Maidstone, ruins of, 241;-biographical sketches
of the several proprietors, 241.

Amersham, see Agmondesham.

Ascot heath, its situation, 426;-the king's races held there, 426.
Ashted park, the seat of R. B. Howard, Esq. 315.-its church, 315.
Aylesford lathe, 65:-town and bridge, 223;-the manor, &c. ib.

B.

Bagshot, town of, 355-formerly the lordship of the British monarchs, ib.
Banstead village, remarkable for its walnut trees, 311.
Barclay, Mr. G. his seat at Box-Hill, 326.

Barley-end house, formerly the family seat of the Duncombes, 464.
Barn elms, the retreat of Jacob Tonson, the bookseller, 386.
Barnes, village and church, 387;the seat of
Bartholomew, St. Romish legends of, 264.

Lushington, Esq. 387,

Battersea, or Patrick's Ea, manor of, and its various possessors, 396.
Beaconsfield, town, market, and farm, 470;-soil in the vicinity, 470.
Beckenham parish, 271;-Longley park and Kelseys, two estates of lord
Gwydirib. Eden Farm, the seat of lord Auckland, ib.j
Becket, Thomas, the Saint, legendary anecdotes of, 263, n.

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Beddington, its ancient manors, 300;-the first orange trees in England,
planted here, 301, n-the park, and its fine walnut trees, ib.
Belvidere, or Shrub's hill, in Windsor forest, description of, 425.

Belvidere house, Erith, the seat of lord Eardley, 143.

Berkshire, south-east side of, its ancient inhabitants, 400.
Bermondsey spa, its discovery, 59;-its decay, 60.
Betchworth castle, its ancient proprietors, 333.

Beult, a small river of Kent, its course, 63.

Bexley, manor, history of, 148;-the church and momuments, ib.
Binfield, village, the early residence of the poet Pope, 430.

Bisham, manor, history of its descent, 431.

Blackheath, description of a singular cavern discovered there, 113.
Blases's well, in the manor of Bromley, anciently much frequently, 273.
Blechingley, borough of, its representation in parliament, 337.

Bookham, the seat of Mr. Laurel, 322.

Borough English, an antient custom, 329.

Botleys mansion and park, description of, 363.

Boulton, H. Esq. his seat near Blackheath, 322,

Bowes's almshouses, Woolwich, 132.

Box hill, delightful situation of, 316;-its name derived from box trees
planted on its south side, by the earl of Arundel in the reign of Charles
II. 325;-extensive views from, 316, 325;-villas and seats, ib.
Boxley hill, its fine prospects, 227;-history of the manor, and of the
Road of Grace, ib.

Bray

Bray, village of, 433;-anecdotes of its vicar in the reigns of Henry
VIII. and his three successors, 434.

Brightwell court, the seat of the hon. Mr. Irby, 440.

Bromley, town, history of, 273;-Blases's well, 273;-the church, ib..
Brooklands, near Weybridge, the seat of G. Payne, Esq. 364.
Buckinghamshire, ancient inhabitants of, and origin of its name, 434.
Bulstrode, the seat of the duke of Portland, 439;—the pictures, ib.
Burford lodge, Box-hill, 328.

Burnham, village and church, 440.

Butler's court, formerly Gregories, near Beaconsfield, the residence of the
late Edmund Burke, 472.

Bysch court, near Godstone, the seat of John Manship, Esq. 338.

C.

Calico printing, history of its invention in Germany, 281.

Camberwell, parish, village, and manors, 44;-the church, and its
monuments, ib.-the grove, and Dr. Letsom's seat, 45;-the fair, 59.
Camden place, Kent, the residence of the late historian and antiquary,
Camden, 275.

Camomile Hill, near Egham, 356.

Canterbury, diocese of, 65.

Cares, sir Francis, anecdotes of, 301, n.

Caron's almshouse, Lambeth, description of, 33.

Carshalton, ancient records of, 298;-its springs, the source of the river
Wandie, 298;-manufactories of paper, leather, snuff, oil, 298, n.
Castle guard, an antient custom, 168, n.

Chalfont, St. Giles's, the residence of the poet Milton, 469;-seats in the
neighbourhood, viz. Newland park, and The Vache, 469.

Chalk church, singular bequest to, for the repose of the donor's soul, 176.
Charlton, descent of the manor, 123;-the church and manor house,
123.—Origin of Horn fair, 124.

Chatham, ancient records of, 214;-the dock, 215;-ordnance wharf,
216;-main mast of the victory, lord Nelson's flag ship deposited here,
ib.-fortifications, ib.-the garrison and barracks, 217.

Chatham chest, origin, design, and present state of, 221;-removed to
Greenwich, 222.

Cheam, its ancient name, and descent of the manor, 294;-the seat of
P. Antrobus, Esq. ib.-the church and remarkable monuments, 295.
Cherries, singular method of preserving on the tree, in the days of queen
Elizabeth, 301, n.

Chertsey, its antiquity, 359;-privileges of the Hundred to which it
gives name, 360;-sir Wm. Perkin's charity school, ib.

Chesham, town of, 465;-manufactures, ib.-fairs, ib.-descent of the
manor, ib.-the church, and remarkable monuments, ib.

Chesterfield house, Blackheath, the residence of R. Hulse, Esq. 118;—
the picture gallery, ib.

Chevening, village of, 261;-description of earl Stanhope's seat, ib.-the
church and remarkable monuments, 262.

Chiltern hiils, their situation, 455, n.

Chipping Wycombe, see Wycombe.

property

of

Chiselhurst, anciently an appurtenance to Dartford, now the

lord viscount Sydney, 275;-the church and monuments, ib.
Cholmondeley house, Richmond, 374.

Clanden, East, or Clanden Abbatis, 352.

West, or Clanden Regis, manor and advowson, 352.

Clapham, village of, 287;-improved state of the common and roads, ib.
Claremont, the seat of the late lord Clive, 368.

Clever, parish of, 426;-St. Leonard's hill, the seat of General Harcourt,
ib.-Roman antiquities, 427, n;—the church, ib.

Cliften

Chfden house, formerly the seat of the countess of Orkney, 442.
Cliff church, curious antiquities of, 178.

Cobham, Kent, 181;-mausoleum raised in the park, pursuant to the will
of the late earl Darnley, ib-anecdotes of John lord Cobham, ib.
Surrey, the parish and village, 366;-medicinal springs, ib..
Ancient British monuments, ib.—the park and mansion, 367.
Coleshill, hamlet of, the birth place of Waller, the poet, 468.
Colfe's school and almshouse, at Sydenham, 72;-regulations of, 73.
Colnbrook, town of, 475;-formerly a Roman station, ib;-accommoda-
tions for travellers, 476;-fairs and corporation, ib.

Combe, East, a villa at Blackheath, 122.

West, late the retirement of the duchess of Bolton (formerly
Miss Lavinia Fenton, and Gay's Polly Peachum, when the Beggar's
Opera was first performed,) 123.

Coombe Neville, a manor once belonging to Neville the great earl of
Warwick, in the days of Henry VI. and Edward IV. 371. '

house, the residence of major Tollemache, 371.

Convers, Dr. Richard, biographical notice of, 82, n.-his epitaph, 84.
Cooper's hill, its situation, 356;-criticisms on Denham's poem, 356.
Cotman Dean, salubrity of its air, 330;-almshouses for widows, 330.
Coway Stakes, the spot where Julius Cæsar crossed the Thames against the
British chief Cassivelaunus, 361.

Cowling castle, erected by John lord Cobham, in the reign of Richard II.
179; singular inscription on it, ib.

Crampit, or Crawford brook, its source and direction, 153.
Cranbourne lodge, Windsor, description of, 426.

Cray, river, its rise and source, 149.

Crayford, town of, its name, 149;-remarkable monuments, 150.

Crays, the, why so called, 146.-See Foot's Cray, North Cray, &c.
Cromlechs, ancient burial places of the Britons, 226, 265.

Croydon, its situation, 304;-once a royal residence, ib.

Coddington, or Codington, the favourite retreat of Henry VIII. 293.

D.

Danson hill, near Bexley, the seat of John Johnston, Esq. 149.
Darent, river, 63, 152;-village of, 160;-church, 161.

Dartford hill and heath, 157;—the town a place of ancient eminence, ib.
Datchet, its bridge, and villas in the vicinity, 435;-the church, ib.
Datchet Mead, the scene of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, 435.
Deepden, on Cotman Dean, see Cotman Dean.

Denbighs, the seat of J. Denison, Esq. 328;-representation of the valley
of the Shadow of Death," at, ib.

Denham manor, its descent, 473;-description of the mansion, &c. ib.
Deptford, its ancient state and name, 73;-various possessors, 74.
Derby, earl of, his seat at the Oaks, 311.

Ditton park and house, the seat of the duchess of Buccleugh, 425.
Dog and Duck, St. George's Fields, formerly a place of entertainment,
36;-now a school for the indigent blind, 37.

Dorking, its situation, 328;-descent of the manor, 329;--custom of
Borough English retained in this manor, ib.-the church, ib.

Dorset, duke of, his seat at Knowle park, 249.

Downe, village of, 268;-monuments in the church, ib.

Drake's hill, or. Catherine's hill, near Guildford, 350.

Druidical remains, 265, 266.

Dulwich, first notice of it in history, 52;-given to Edward Alleyn,
Esq. 53-the college, ib.-anecdotes of the founder, 54.

Dunstan, St. legendary anecdotes of, 58.

Durdans, the seat of Mrs. Kenworthy (formerly the residence of Frede
Fick prince of Wales) near Epsom, 314.

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