Engraved by Igham.from a Drawing by Gastineau. for the Excursions through Surrey.

WOOTON HOUSE,

The Seat of Sir I.Evelyn. Bar

of Abinger, with those of Slinfold and Rudgwick in Sussex, by so small a point, that it is said a horse may stand with a foot in each of the four parishes at the same time.

Wotton House, situated at the junction of two valleys, is the mansion-house of Sir Frederick Evelyn, and has been the seat of the family of that name from the time of Queen Elizabeth. Much of the ancient house is yet remaining; together with the table mentioned by John Evelyn, the celebrated author of Sylva: this table consists of a single plank, now shortened in its length, but upwards of five feet in diameter. The park has been many years thrown into cultivation, but remembrances of its former state are preserved in the names Park Farm and the Deer-leap Wood.

The Church situated on a knoll rising in the valley at the foot of the chalk downs, contains several monuments for the Evelyn family: among others, one for Richard Evelyn, the father of the author of Sylva, and another for that celebrated man himself. The former is of alabaster, and on it are the effigies of a man, his wife, and five children, all kneeling; the family arms; and a Latin inscription; and, on a brass plate fixed on his grave-stone, some quaint, but expressive lines.

The tomb of his son is inscribed:

Here lies the body of John Evelyn, Esq. of this place, second son of Richard Evelyn, Esq. who, having served the publick in several employments, of which that of Commissioner of the Privy Seal in the reign of King James the Second was most honourable, and perpetuated his fame by far more lasting monuments than those of stone or brass, his learned and useful works, fell asleep the 27th day of February, 1705-6, being the 86th year of his age, in full hope of a glorious resurrection through faith in Jesus Christ. Living in an age of extraordinary events and revolutions, he learnt (as himself asserted) this truth, which pursuant to his intention, is here declared; that all is vanity which is not honest; and that there is no solid wisdom but in real piety.

What follows, relates only to his family connections,

A similar tomb, at the head of the former, is inscribed:

Mary Evelyn the best daughter, wife, and mother; the most accomplished of women; beloved, esteemed, admired, and regretted, by all that knew her; is deposited in this stone coffin according to her own desire, as near as could be to her dear husband John Evelyn, with whom she lived almost threescore years, and survived not quite three, dying at London the 9th of February, 1708-9, in the 74th year of ber age.

Tanhurst is a very pleasantly situated house, the property of William Philip Perrin, Esq. who is the owner also of Leith Hill Place, and Parkhurst in the parish of Abinger.

The Tower on the celebrated Leith Hill, by much the highest ground in the county, is likewise the property of this gentleman, who has greatly contributed to its preservation, and, by adding several feet to its height, rendered it still more conspicuous as a sea-mark than previously. Richard Hull, Esq. to whom Leith Hill Place formerly belonged, erected this building, and fitted up a handsome room in it, from which the prospect is most extensive.

Abinger Hammer is a hamlet in the parish of ABINGER, and is so called from its having been the site of an iron-hammer mill, which remained till of late years.

EWHURST, adjoining westward, is supposed to take its name from an unusual number of yews, with which, it is probable, the hurst, or woodland of this neighbourhood formerly abounded: at present, however, oaks appear to thrive most luxuriantly in the soil. In this parish, just where it borders upon Shire, Abinger, and Ockley, is a large camp, called Holm-bury, conjectured to be a Roman work. It stands on the eastern declivity of a considerable eminence; is of extremely irregular form; has two entrances, one near the north-west and another near the south-east angle; and is fortified with a double trench, except on the east, south, and south-west, where the precipice rendered this unnecessary, and